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During an appearance Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," the former Tennessee congressman -- who is considering running for Kirsten Gillibrand's seat -- said he previously paid New York taxes and filed the appropriate non-resident tax forms for income earned in the state.

"Absolutely. Paid taxes on all New York income the last two years and for the first time in '09 my wife and I will file as residents of New York. But this is politics," Ford Jr. said. "They've tried to distort my record on choice, distort my record on other issues. But at the end of the day, voters in New York are just as unsettled and as worried about their futures as any other set of voters across the country. At the end of the day, many people in this state don't know Senator Gillibrand, don't know a whole lot about her. But there'll be time if I run to litigate that, line by line."

Ford Junior moved to New York to take a job with Merrill Lynch shortly after losing the 2006 U.S. Senate race in Tennessee.

He has since maintained a residence in that state, which has a much lower tax burden than New York.

Meanwhile, both Ford and Gillibrand are scheduled to address an influential group of New York lawmakers Sunday night.

The two will speak in front of the New York's caucus of minority state lawmakers in Albany.

Ford is the keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the state's Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators.

Dozens of state senators and Assembly members make up the caucus -- a perfect opportunity for the former Tennessee congressman to score political points if he decides to make a run for the senate seat.