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<h3>A System Rigged for the Industrial Food Complex</h3>South Shore families aren't imagining it — the system is tilted against us, especially when it comes to our food supply and groceries. Corporate consolidation has reduced competition and allowed large companies to increase prices while families have fewer choices. I will fight to take on these monopolies in Congress by: <ul><li>Cracking down on corporate price gouging and junk fees.</li><li>Enforce antitrust laws and block corporate mergers in grocery retail and food processing that reduces competition and raises grocery prices. </li><li>Support small businesses and farms that create jobs, strengthen local communities and build vibrant downtowns.</li></ul>

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<h3>The Contrast with Garbarino's Pay-to-Play</h3>When politicians become dependent on corporate money, the public has every right to question whose interests are being represented. Recent reporting has highlighted concerns that Representative Andrew Garbarino accepted tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from corporate PACs affiliated with companies that received Department of Homeland Security contracts after he became Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. Watchdog groups have argued that this creates the appearance of a "pay-to-play" system and raises legitimate questions about whether Congress can effectively oversee the very industries funding political campaigns.Andrew Garbarino ran for Congress for himself—not for the people he is supposed to represent. He has said he has "always wanted to be a congressman" and appears to enjoy the perks and privileges that come with his office. Garbarino has embraced the swamp in Washington by:<ul><li>Held stock in, and accepted campaign contributions from, pharmaceutical companies that have been accused of defrauding consumers and taxpayers.</li><li>Repeatedly voted against measures to protect the integrity of New York's elections.</li><li>Repeatedly voted against the New York Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.</li><li>Profited from private legal work while serving in public office and opposed efforts to ban outside income for legislators.</li></ul>Major corporate PAC money Garbarino has received:<ul><li>PRIVATE PRISON CONTRACTORS: Accepted more than tens of thousands of dollars from private prison contractors, including GEO Group and CoreCivic, companies that hold ICE detention contracts while serving on the committee responsible for overseeing the Department of Homeland Security.</li><li>BIG PHARMA: Accepted at least $12,000 in campaign contributions from major pharmaceutical, health insurance, pharmacy benefit management, and healthcare companies, including CVS and Amgen, while Long Island families struggle with rising insurance premiums and prescription drug costs.</li><li>ENVIRONMENT &amp; FOSSIL FUELS: Accepted thousands of dollars from fossil fuel and energy industry PACs while Long Island communities face rising flood risks, worsening coastal erosion, and the growing costs of climate change.</li><li>FINANCE: Accepted thousands of dollars from Wall Street firms and major banks, including BlackRock, Wells Fargo, Fifth Third Bank, and U.S. Bancorp, while Long Island families face rising mortgage costs, unaffordable housing, high interest rates, and mounting household debt.</li><li>DEFENSE: Accepted thousands of dollars from defense contractor PACs, including L3Harris and Lockheed Martin, while Long Island communities continue to fight for federal investments in infrastructure, flood protection, transportation, and affordable housing.</li><li>AIRLINES &amp; TRANSPORTATION: Accepted thousands of dollars from airline and transportation PACs, including Delta Air Lines and FedEx, while Long Island commuters continue to deal with transportation challenges, airport congestion, and rising travel costs.</li><li>REAL ESTATE: Accepted campaign contributions from the National Association of Realtors while Long Island faces one of the nation's worst housing affordability crises, pricing young families out of the communities where they grew up.</li><li>INSURANCE: Accepted campaign contributions from the insurance industry while Long Island homeowners continue to face rising homeowners' insurance premiums and increasing flood insurance costs driven by growing climate risks.</li></ul>I believe Congress should never leave voters wondering whether campaign contributions influence official decisions. Public confidence depends on transparency, independence, and accountability.

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<h4>Who’s Really Paying on Super Bowl Sunday?</h4>Super Bowl Sunday shouldn’t feel like a luxury event. Wings. Chips. Guac. Working families are paying more—while billionaires party. We can do better.

<h4>HEAD IN THE SAND</h4>While ICE sparks protests Andrew Garbarino has been missing in action. Where? In Fiji...

<h4>DC Corruption</h4>Convicted insiders. Pardons for cronies. Secret deals. Zero oversight. While we pay the bill

<h4>ACA &amp; Healthcare</h4>Our community is full of people fighting quiet battles. The fight to make healthcare affordable.

<h2>4. Protecting Long Island's Environment </h2>Long Island's environment isn't just something we enjoy—it's what makes this a great place to live. Our drinking water, beaches, bays, parks, and open spaces are part of who we are, and protecting them means protecting our health, our economy, and our future. I've spent my career fighting to safeguard our sole-source aquifer, hold polluters accountable, preserve open space, and restore the Great South Bay. In Congress, I'll continue fighting to make polluters pay, protect clean water and clean air, strengthen climate resilience, and keep Long Island healthy for generations to come.<h5><a href="/d6702390-0119-40cc-9afe-e3a1beb2102d">→ Learn more about my plan to for the Environment</a></h5>

<h2>7. Safe Communities &amp; Sensible Immigration </h2>Keeping our communities safe starts with strong leadership, support for law enforcement, and an immigration system that is secure, orderly, and fair. As Suffolk County Executive, I worked side-by-side with the Suffolk County Police Department to strengthen public safety, negotiate a long-overdue police contract, improve officer training and equipment, protect victims of domestic violence, and reclaim neighborhoods from crime. In Congress, I'll fight to support our police, secure our borders, combat fentanyl and human trafficking, and fix our broken immigration system with common-sense solutions that keep Long Island families safe while upholding the values that has made America a shining beacon of hope and prosperity.<h5><a href="/f1c866f2-c20f-4c7e-abda-5fa7def78a4f">→ Learn more about my approach to public safety and immigration</a></h5>

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<h3>My Plan to Clean Up Washington</h3><ul><li>First, I’m not accepting any corporate PAC contributions, unlike my opponent who’s taken over huge amounts of Corporate PAC Money from companies who do business with the Department of Homeland Security.</li><li>Banning Members of Congress from trading stocks with insider information and making it water-tight, not filled with loopholes like the watered-down bill Garbarino supports. </li><li>Overturning Citizens United and reducing the influence of unlimited special-interest money in politics.</li><li>Ending the revolving door between Congress, lobbying firms, and the industries they regulate.</li><li>Strengthening ethics rules and financial disclosure requirements.</li><li>I will commit to hold quarterly public town halls and maintain responsive constituent services so Long Islanders always have access to me, their representative - a stark contrast to my opponent. </li><li>Protecting independent congressional oversight to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent responsibly.</li></ul>

<h3>Secure Borders. Smart Immigration.</h3>I believe America deserves secure borders and an immigration system that actually works. We need to stop drug trafficking, human trafficking, gang violence, and illegal crossings while modernizing our legal immigration system so it is orderly, fair, and efficient. Our immigration laws should focus enforcement on violent criminals, traffickers, and those who threaten public safety—not waste resources targeting hardworking families who have lived peacefully in our communities for years. We need comprehensive reform and modernization to our immigration system, and that will only happen when politicians stop using immigrants to score political points and instead work on building stronger communities. Local police should be focused on fighting crime, not serving as federal immigration agents. The trust between local law enforcement and the communities they protect is one of the most effective tools we have for solving crimes and keeping neighborhoods safe.

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<h3>The Policies I'll Fight For</h3><ul><li>Make polluters—not taxpayers—pay to clean up contamination.</li><li>Protect Long Island's sole-source aquifer and strengthen federal drinking water standards.</li><li>Continue removing PFAS and other emerging contaminants from our water supply.</li><li>Protect clean air by reducing harmful pollution, strengthening clean air standards, and holding major polluters accountable.</li><li>Invest in modern water infrastructure and wastewater treatment.</li><li>Restore the Great South Bay and protect our beaches, wetlands, and coastal ecosystems.</li><li>Preserve open space and environmentally sensitive lands.</li><li>Strengthen climate resilience to reduce flooding, protect homes, and lower long-term costs.</li><li>Support responsible recycling, waste reduction, and a cleaner Long Island economy.</li></ul>

<h3>Build Where it Makes Sense</h3>Long Island doesn't need reckless overdevelopment. It needs smarter re-development. That means focusing housing near existing jobs, transit, shopping, and infrastructure instead of forcing growth into established residential neighborhoods. It means redeveloping vacant shopping centers, obsolete office parks, empty parking lots, and aging commercial corridors instead of allowing them to become more warehouses that generate truck traffic day and night.The Route 110 corridor in East Farmingdale is a good example of how planning should work. An earlier proposal for roughly 2,700 housing units generated significant community concern. The Town listened, reduced the project to approximately 1,400, lowered building heights, respected airport safety limitations, and strengthened community protections. That's what responsible planning looks like: listening to residents, making changes, and finding a better solution. The goal was never to stop growth—it was to make sure growth worked for the community. That's the difference between planning and politics.

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The biggest challenge facing Long Island isn't a lack of hard work—it's that the cost of living has gotten out of control. Families are paying more for groceries, housing, childcare, energy, and just about everything else, while too many paychecks haven't kept up. For young people, buying a first home can feel impossible. For seniors, staying in the communities they've called home for decades is becoming harder every year.This didn't happen by accident. For too long, Washington has rewarded special interests instead of working families. Corporate consolidation has driven up prices, large companies have used inflation and tariffs to pad their profits, and politicians like Andrew Garbarino have supported policies that make life more expensive instead of more affordable.I believe government should be on the side of working families. That means lowering everyday costs, expanding opportunities for people to live and work on Long Island, standing up to corporations that rig the system against consumers, and making sure our economy works for the people who earn a paycheck—not just those at the top.

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<h3>A Record of Delivering for Long Island</h3>I don’t need a briefing book to understand Long Island's challenges. I’ve lived them my whole life and worked on them for my entire career. I understand every inch of our district and how government decisions hit household budgets.As Suffolk County Executive, I created the Long Island Housing Partnership to expand housing opportunities for working families and young people trying to stay in the communities where they grew up.As Chairman of the Suffolk County Water Authority, I helped protect Long Island's sold-source aquifer while maintaining some of the best drinking water quality standards in the nation.

<h3>Protecting Victims of Domestic Violence </h3>My very first action as County Executive was signing an Executive Order that changed how Suffolk County responded to domestic violence. Too often, officers could only make an arrest if the victim chose to press charges—even in situations where there was clear evidence of a crime. We knew many victims were afraid to come forward because of intimidation, fear, or financial dependence. I changed that policy by requiring officers to make an arrest of the perpetrator whenever there was clear evidence that a crime had occurred.The results were immediate.Domestic violence arrests increased from just 146 the previous year to more than 2,400 during the first year under the new policy, helping protect victims, hold abusers accountable, and send a clear message that domestic violence would not be tolerated in Suffolk County.

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<h3>The Policies I'll Fight For</h3><ul><li>Expanding housing opportunities for young adults, working families, and seniors.</li><li>Encouraging mixed-use development near transit, downtowns, jobs, and existing infrastructure.</li><li>Providing federal support for sewer, transportation, and water infrastructure that makes responsible housing possible.</li><li>Helping communities redevelop vacant shopping centers, obsolete office parks, and underused commercial property instead of allowing more Amazon warehouse sprawl.</li><li>Supporting workforce housing for teachers, nurses, police officers, firefighters, healthcare workers, and other essential workers who should be able to live in the communities they serve.</li><li>Helping first-time homebuyers overcome today's affordability challenges through responsible federal homeownership programs.</li><li>Preserving local decision-making through meaningful public input, environmental review, and smart planning—not one-size-fits-all mandates from Washington.</li><li>Protecting housing affordability by preventing Wall Street investment firms from buying up homes and pricing working families out of the single-family housing market.</li></ul>

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<h3>Protecting Long Island's Future</h3>Long Island is on the frontline of global warming and we need to carefully balance environmental protection and economic growth. I'll fight for federal investments that help restore the Great South Bay, strengthen coastal resilience, reduce flooding, modernize drinking water infrastructure, and protect our communities from stronger storms and rising seas. I'll also continue opposing projects that threaten our sole-source aquifer or place unacceptable burdens on Long Island's environment. Development should strengthen our communities—not put our drinking water or quality of life at risk.

Andrew Garbarino and many of his colleagues in D.C. have lost sight of who they work for: the American People. Instead of representing the people of the South Shore, Garbarino has waded deep into the corruption-filled swamp, bending his knee to special interests that hurt Long Island.Washington is broken because too many politicians spend more time answering to lobbyists, corporate PACs, billionaires and special interests than the people who elected them. That drives up costs, weakens accountability, and leaves Long Island families paying the price.I believe public office is a public trust. Congress should be focused on lowering costs, strengthening oversight, and solving problems—not helping powerful interests gain influence behind closed doors.

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<h3>And What I'll Fight Against</h3><ul><li>I oppose one-size-fits-all housing mandates from Washington or Albany that ignore local communities.</li><li>I oppose reckless overdevelopment that overwhelms neighborhoods, schools, roads, and infrastructure.</li><li>I oppose warehouse sprawl, including the new Amazon facility in Holbrook that increases truck traffic, harms our environment, and reduces quality of life.</li><li>And I oppose politicians who talk about the housing crisis but never do the hard work of bringing communities together to solve it.</li></ul>

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<h2>Homeland Security chairmanship puts Rep. Andrew Garbarino at center of ICE debate</h2><h6>January 25, 2026</h6><h6>Publication: Newsday</h6><h6>By: Billy House</h6><h6><a href="https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/andrew-garbarino-na8dpipm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">LINK TO ARTICLE</a></h6>WASHINGTON — Long Island Rep. Andrew Garbarino finds himself in a hot seat as chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, while amped-up Trump administration immigration enforcement actions deliver daily upheavals in Minnesota and elsewhere.Garbarino's committee is the main House panel with jurisdictional oversight of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities, and more broadly, the Department of Homeland Security and its secretary, Kristi Noem.But to the exasperation of the panel’s Democrats and others, Garbarino (R-Bayport) has yet to hold a hearing — or even schedule one — into the ICE enforcement actions that have brought angry standoffs with protesters and violence in Minneapolis that has included the shooting death of Renee Good by an immigration agent and Saturday's shooting death of a man by a U.S. Border Patrol officer, federal officials say. Border Patrol is another component of the Homeland Security Department."I mean, people want us to hold hearings. We’re going to hold hearings," Garbarino said in an interview with Newsday, before Saturday's shooting death. He said, "We're working on it."<h6>WHAT NEWSDAY FOUND</h6><ul><li>Long Island Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-Bayport) finds himself in a hot seat as chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, as Trump administration immigration enforcement actions create controversy</li><li>Garbarino's committee is the main House panel with jurisdictional oversight of ICE activities and, more broadly, the Department of Homeland Security.</li><li>But to the exasperation of the panel’s Democrats and others, Garbarino has yet to hold a hearing into the ICE enforcement actions that have brought angry standoffs with protesters.</li></ul>In a statement Saturday, he said his committee "will closely monitor" the investigation into the latest fatal shooting. He also reiterated that ICE and Customs and Border Protection officials will be appearing before his committee "in the coming weeks." But as previously, he did not provide dates.More quietly, Garbarino on Saturday sent a letter to Todd Lyons, the acting head of ICE. Obtained by Newsday, the letter offers Lyons a list of six potential dates — options — on which he apparently can choose to appear before Garbarino’s committee. Most of those offered dates are in March, going from Feb. 10 to as far away as March 18.When the shooting news broke on Saturday, Garbarino was out of the country, traveling overseas as part of a congressional delegation trip focused on other security issues.“The Committee requests your presence at your earliest opportunity,” Garbarino’s letter to Lyons states. “Please confirm your availability for any of the following dates.”Garbarino, in the interview Thursday, conceded it probably won’t be until March that the public will see top officials of ICE, CBP and others from the department testify about the immigration enforcement actions.Garbarino also said Noem will appear before the committee sometime in April or May because she has to make an obligatory trek to the Capitol to talk about budget matters and requests required of most federal agency heads."There’s a lot of questions about what’s going on," Garbarino said of the ICE activities and immigration and deportation pushes. "And we will be doing our proper oversight of the agency."But the extended and fuzzy timeline is angering Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee and others, incensed at what they see as perfunctory or detached nonspecific promises of some future hearing.What is happening in Minnesota and elsewhere, they say, is a national emergency with immediate issues for Congress to scrutinize, including the shooting deaths by federal officers in Minneapolis."Do-nothing Republicans in Congress must force ICE and CBP leaders to testify publicly," the top Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), said after the shooting death Saturday."There is an urgent, urgent need to conduct oversight, from this committee, of the Department of Homeland Security," Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-Brooklyn/Manhattan) said. "The urgency in this country right now is what’s going on with ICE."<h6>Tense hearing</h6>Samples of this outrage spilled out Wednesday during a hearing with several Department of Homeland Security officials who were not involved with ICE or immigration enforcement — but instead cybersecurity, science and transportation security.Garbarino, it turned out, had not initially asked that Lyons be there to testify. He later invited Lyons, but only after Democrats complained about not seeing him listed as a witness. Lyons skipped the hearing anyhow.Goldman and other Democrats during the hearing took turns expressing bewildered anger about how such a hearing — at this moment in time — could even have been arranged without also demanding top ICE officials or even the DHS secretary be there.Turning to the chairman, Goldman said, "I know that you and your colleagues cannot possibly be OK watching secret masked ICE agents barging into homes without a warrant, pulling American citizens out in their underwear, stopping American citizens on the streets and demanding their citizenship."And that, of course, is not even to mention the violence in Renee Good's murder and whatever else we are seeing," Goldman said.Thompson called it a "disgrace" that Lyons wasn’t there. And on Thursday, he continued his criticism as all but seven House Democrats voted against a bill to fund the Homeland Security Department, saying it does not go far enough in reining in ICE tactics and alleged misconduct."Republicans in control of Congress, however, are conducting zero oversight and do nothing but send blank check after blank check to DHS," Thompson said, as the bill passed.On Monday, Thompson and other committee members are holding a forum at City Hall in New Orleans to hear accounts of what Democrats are calling the "ICE Invasion of Louisiana" terrorizing communities there.<h6>Campaign Issue</h6>Such criticisms are also starting to play a political role closer to home.One of the Democrats seeking Garbarino’s 2nd Congressional District seat this fall — former Suffolk County Executive Patrick Halpin — had already released a YouTube video in the days after Good’s shooting death.He asks, "Will Andrew Garbarino, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, hold an emergency hearing now to get to the bottom of this madness. What’s it going to take to wake him up?" Halpin, in an interview Tuesday, reiterated his video’s message by saying safe borders and streets are needed, but that sending armies of masked ICE agents into cities with minimal training and zero accountability has gone terribly wrong, and "our congressman is complicit.""Americans are shocked by what they witnessed in Minneapolis and the chairman has a responsibility to demand accountability and answers," Halpin said. "Silence is complicity, especially in the case of ICE." He said he would be a representative "that will ask tough questions and insist on the truth."Nonpartisan political handicappers have so far not rated the race for Garbarino's seat as very competitive. But the district does have more active Democratic voters, 177,878, than Republicans, 168,592.<h6>"Do whatever you need"</h6>When pressed in the interview, Garbarino emphatically said that, "Nope," he has not been told by the Trump administration or House Republican leaders to stand down or delay his committee’s scrutiny."The speaker told me — do your oversight work. Do whatever you need," Garbarino said.Garbarino dismisses comments from critics like Thompson and others as political performance art. "They’re doing what we would do" if the roles were reversed, he acknowledged of the Democratic attacks.But he said Thompson and other Democrats know that to get the relevant top officials in front of a hearing takes time and requires arrangements based on everyone’s schedules. And while the committee has investigative subpoena power, he said, there are steps to take before leaping to that — a process that in itself can take weeks.While his committee is doing its background work, Garbarino added that, as much as anything, he does not believe ICE and other department officials are ready at this point to even provide real responses to many questions.For instance, he said ICE officials aren't going to talk about the Good shooting on the record, given potential law enforcement investigations. “How many times are you going to ask that question?” without getting an answer, he asked about that possible futility.Garbarino said that when he gets someone in front of his committee, "I want something to be worthwhile."By Billy House<a href="mailto:billy.house@newsday.com">billy.house@newsday.com</a>

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<h3>The Contrast with Garbarino Who Lied to Us</h3>Andrew Garbarino promised to protect Medicaid—and then voted to cut it. In 2025, Garbarino joined other Republicans in warning congressional leadership that he could not support legislation that reduced Medicaid coverage for vulnerable Americans. Then Garbarino turned around and voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill, betraying his fellow New Yorkers.The consequences for New York are enormous: state officials have projected roughly $13 billion in annual damage to New York's healthcare system and 1.5 million New Yorkers ultimately losing insurance coverage as the law's provisions take effect. Andrew Garbarino has also accepted thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Big Pharma while Long Island families struggle with prescription drug prices that just keep going up. He’s perfectly fine with the status quo and letting corporations record record profits while working families struggle with the impossible choice of buying either food or medicine.

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<h3>My Record on Housing</h3>This isn't theoretical for me. Throughout my career I've sat with residents, business owners, environmental advocates, planners, and developers to make the difficult decisions that shape our communities. As Chairman of the Town Planning Board, I've worked to transform underused commercial properties into productive housing, required environmental reviews and infrastructure improvements, and supported scaling projects back when residents raised legitimate concerns. Good planning isn't about saying yes to every project—or no to every project. It's about getting it right.I've learned that the best projects are the ones that improve a community, respect its character, and earn the public's trust.

<h3>Helping Seniors Age with Dignity</h3>Most Long Islanders want to stay in the communities they've spent a lifetime building. I'll support policies that help seniors remain independent by expanding access to home care, supporting family caregivers, protecting affordable housing options for seniors, improving transportation, and making it easier to access the federal benefits they've earned. Growing older should never mean being forced to leave the place you call home.What I'll Fight for: <ul><li>Protect Social Security from benefit cuts and privatization.</li><li>Strengthen Social Security by requiring the highest earners to contribute more toward the program's long-term solvency.</li><li>Protect, strengthen and expand Medicare.</li><li>Protect Social Security and Medicare from political gamesmanship.</li><li>Expand home care and support for family caregivers.</li><li>Help seniors age in place with dignity and independence.</li><li>Provide outstanding constituent services to help seniors access the benefits they've earned.</li></ul>

<h3>The Contrast: Garbarino's Trashing our Environment </h3>Andrew Garbarino has supported budgets that reduce funding for environmental protection while accepting campaign contributions from major corporate interests like Dow Chemical, even as Long Island communities continue to face the costs of contaminated groundwater, coastal flooding, and aging environmental infrastructure. Like Lee Zeldin, our former Congressman and now EPA Administrator who's destroying the EPA, Garbarino knows how sensitive the South Shore is to climate change. But his votes that benefit his corporate donors instead of his supposed home are leaving the Long Island out to dry. I've spent my career protecting Long Island's water, preserving open space, restoring our environment, and holding polluters accountable. In Congress, I'll continue that fight—because protecting Long Island's environment means protecting our families, our economy, and the place we call home.

<h3>Clean Water Is Personal to Me</h3>Long Island families face some of the highest breast cancer rates in the country, and while no single cause explains that reality, we know exposure to toxic chemicals and contaminated groundwater is a serious public health concern that demands action. When chemical companies contaminate our drinking water, they shouldn't be allowed to leave taxpayers holding the bill. Companies that pollute our air and water should pay to clean up the damage they cause. That's the principle I've fought for throughout my career and it's the principle I'll bring to Congress.

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<h2>Ex-Suffolk Exec Halpin to take on ‘Sleepy Drew’ Rep. Garbarino — who snoozed through vote on OBBB</h2><h6>July 15, 2025</h6><h6>By: Brandon Cruz</h6><h6><a href="https://nypost.com/2025/07/15/us-news/pat-halpin-to-take-on-long-island-rep-andrew-garbarino/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">LINK TO ARTICLE</a></h6>Ex-Suffolk County Executive Pat Halpin is jumping back into the political ring to take on “Sleepy Drew’’ Rep. Andrew Garbarino, who famously dozed through a vote on President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.Halpin, a Democrat, launched his 2026 campaign Monday in Babylon, blasting the Republican incumbent for “falling asleep on Long Island families” — after sleeping through and missing the first House vote tied to the key sweeping White House legislation.“Our Congressman, Andrew Garbarino, is asleep at the wheel — literally,” Halpin said.“He’s been caught snoozing while voting to gut hospitals, slash food assistance and hand billionaires more tax breaks — all while Long Island families can’t keep up with rent, childcare or medical bills.”Halpin, who once led Suffolk as the county’s youngest ever top elected official, cast himself as a workhorse ready to “get things done” while citing his extensive political resume.Halpin served as county exec from from 1988 to 1991, during which time he launched the Long Island Housing Partnership, expanded community policing and domestic-violence programs, introduced drug prevention in schools and led one of the nation’s top land preservation efforts, his campaign said.“I know every corner of this district — full of good, hard-working folks,” Halpin said.“I’ll be your go-to congressman no matter if you’re a Democrat, Republican, independent, short, tall, young or old.”“You got a problem; I’ll work to find a solution. Whether that’s fixing a pothole or protecting Medicaid, I will find a way to help.”Garbarino has meanwhile carved out a reputation as a moderate in his party, breaking ranks to support the congressional January 6 commission, codify same-sex marriage and help pass former President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure and cybersecurity bills.He slept through the first House vote on his party’s linchpin One Big Beautiful Bill — delivering a major nail-biter at the time for Republicans, who ended up passing the legislation by just one vote without him.The Senate then revised the House bill and sent it back to the lower chamber for another vote — and Garbarino managed to stay awake to help pass that one.He currently chairs the House subcommittee on cybersecurity, has introduced legislation to combat wildlife trafficking and pushed for workforce training programs and affordable housing aid across Long Island.He recently touted that he and other Republicans helped quadruple the SALT deduction cap to $40,000.But Halpin says Garbarino’s record mostly falls flat at home, accusing the congressman of “going Washington” and failing to deliver while accusing Garbarino of putting billionaires over Suffolk County’s working families.Some constituents of Garbarino seem unhappy with their congressman, even within party lines, as hardcore Republicans liken him to a RINO, or “Republican in name only,” while moderates criticize his high-profile snoozefest during the key bill vote.“[Republicans] called Biden “Sleepy Joe” for four years, and then [Garbarino] actually slept through the vote. [Halpin] should call him ‘Sleepy Drew’ — he’s got my vote,” Patchogue resident Jennifer Armúngo told The Post.Halpin closed out his announcement by saying voters are “tired of the dysfunction” — and argued that Long Island “deserves better” than what it’s getting in Washington.Garbarino’s team fired back at the former county executive, who they called “High Tax” Halpin.“First [Halpin] voted for progressive policies in Albany, then he tried to ruin Suffolk County before he was thrown out of office after one term, and now he wants to ruin the country by voting for progressive policies in Washington, D.C. — how many government pensions does this guy want,” said Anthony Pileggi, Senior Campaign Aide for Garbarino.

<h3>My Record on the Enviornment</h3>Protecting Long Island's environment isn't a campaign promise for me—it's been my life's work. As Suffolk County Executive, I established the Drinking Water Protection Program to preserve land over Long Island's aquifer recharge zones, preventing development that could threaten our drinking water supply for generations to come.As Chairman of the Suffolk County Water Authority, I helped lead one of the nation's largest public water systems, delivering safe drinking water to more than 1.2 million Suffolk County residents. I helped lead landmark litigation against the manufacturers of PFAS "forever chemicals," securing approximately $170 million to help remove these dangerous contaminants from our drinking water instead of taxpayers shouldering the cost. I also helped secure tens of millions of dollars in state funding for water treatment infrastructure and to connect families with contaminated private wells to safe public water. During the COVID pandemic, we delayed water rate increases because families were already facing enough financial hardship. Earlier in my career, as a member of the New York State Assembly, I authored New York's landmark Bottle Bill, dramatically increasing recycling and reducing litter across our state. I also chaired the Assembly Subcommittee on Long Island Marine Resources, helping protect our coastal environment and fisheries and I also co-sponsored a law to close polluting landfills.

<h2>3. Housing that Works for Long Island </h2>Long Island is exporting the one thing we can't afford to lose: our best and brightest. Too many young adults who grew up here can't afford to stay, and too many seniors can't find a place to downsize without leaving the communities they love. I believe we can create more housing opportunities without sacrificing the character of our neighborhoods. That means building where it makes sense, protecting our environment, listening to residents, and making sure new development strengthens our communities instead of overwhelming them. I've spent my career making those decisions, and I'll bring that same balanced approach to Congress.<h5><a href="/ba118067-2929-4f20-bd3f-236a932b348f">→ Learn more about my plan to responsibly address the housing shortage</a></h5>

<h3>My Credibility on Healthcare</h3>As Suffolk County Executive, I had firsthand responsibility for a county government that provided primary care and essential health services to residents, including people who depended on the public healthcare safety net. He understands that when Washington cuts Medicaid and safety-net healthcare funding, those aren't numbers on a spreadsheet—they mean fewer resources for local health centers, hospitals, doctors and the patients who depend on them.As Chairman of the Suffolk County Water Authority, I took responsibility for one of Long Island's most fundamental public health necessities: safe, affordable drinking water from our sole-source aquifer. He pushed for greater transparency and accountability because he believes essential services should serve the public—not entrenched interests. I understand that public health is bigger than what happens in a doctor's office. It's the water we drink, whether we can afford our medicine, whether we can see a doctor when we're sick, and whether healthcare actually reaches people instead of simply being promised to them.

<h3>Strengthen Social Security, Don't Cut it</h3>Today, teachers, nurses, police officers, firefighters, construction workers, and millions of other Americans pay Social Security payroll taxes on every dollar they earn. But once the 1% of earners making several hundred thousand dollars per year reaches the annual payroll tax cap, they stop paying Social Security taxes on additional wages for the rest of the year. The cap was introduced in 1935 and hasn’t kept pace with the large gains in wealth inequality we have today largely because wages at the very top have grown much faster than wages for everyone else.I support strengthening Social Security by requiring the highest earners to contribute their fair share so we can protect the benefits seniors have earned. Working families shouldn't carry the entire burden while the wealthiest Americans stop contributing after reaching the payroll tax cap.Keeping America's promise shouldn't come at the expense of working families—it should come from asking everyone to pay their fair share.

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Long Island is exporting the one thing we can't afford to lose: our best and brightest. Too many young adults who grew up here can't afford to stay, and too many seniors can't find a place to downsize without leaving the communities they love. Meanwhile, businesses struggle to recruit workers because teachers, nurses, police officers, firefighters, tradespeople, and young professionals simply can't afford to live where they work.I believe we can create more housing opportunities without sacrificing the character of our neighborhoods. We don't have to choose between protecting our communities and giving the next generation a chance to build a life here. We can do both by planning smarter, listening to residents, and building where it makes sense.

<h3>The Contrast: Garbarino Wants Privatization</h3>While working New Yorkers pay into Social Security and Medicare with every single paycheck, Representative Andrew Garbarino has backed a very different agenda in Washington. Instead of protecting these earned benefits, Garbarino aligns with party leadership that views our social safety net as a bargaining chip for federal budget cuts. His platform opens the door to privatization schemes—like raising the retirement age and shifting public funds into volatile stock accounts or restrictive private health plans—that threaten the lifetime guarantee Long Island retirees built their lives around.This isn't an accident—it’s driven by corporate influence. Garbarino has taken hundreds of thousands of dollars from corporate PACs representing Wall Street firms, big health insurance companies, and pharmaceutical giants. These corporate backers aren't funding campaigns out of charity; they want access to the trillions of dollars flowing through Social Security and Medicare. Privatizing these programs creates massive management fees for financial firms and record profits for private insurance middlemen, while leaving local seniors to carry all the financial risk. Long Island seniors shouldn't have to worry about stock market crashes or insurance company denials when they retire. Representative Garbarino has made his choice clear: he answers to the corporate interests funding his campaign rather than the working families he was elected to represent. We need a representative in Washington who refuses to sell out our seniors and will always fight to keep America's promise.

Clear, direct conversations on healthcare affordability, housing costs, ICE raids, climate change, tariffs, and the everyday economy.

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<h4>Celebrating Community </h4>Discussing Social Security, Healthcare and celebrating community at Ujamaa Fest

<h4>Head in the Sand</h4>While ICE sparks protests Andrew Garbarino has been missing in action. Where? In Fiji

<h4>Knocking Doors in Deer Park</h4>Meeting voters with Craig Herkowitz and listening to their concerns

<h4>ACA &amp; Healthcare</h4>Our community is full of people fighting quiet battles. The fight to make healthcare affordable.

<h4>Super Bowl Sunday</h4>Football shouldn’t feel like a luxury event. Working families are paying more—while billionaires party..

<h4>Making a Difference</h4>Domestic violence policy reform. Executive leadership. Real results.

<h4>EPA - A disaster for climate change</h4>Stronger Storms. Higher Costs. Less Protection.

<h4>Affordable Housing</h4>Discussing the Long Island Housing Partnership

<h3>My Record of Integrity</h3>Throughout more than four decades of public service, I’ve built a reputation for transparency, accountability, and ethical leadership. <ul><li>I served as Chair of the New York State Assembly Ethics Committee.</li><li>Required strong ethics standards and rigorous background reviews for appointments.</li><li>Supported full financial disclosure to prevent conflicts of interest.</li><li>Delivered transparent leadership as Suffolk County Executive, State Assemblyman, County Legislator, and Chair of the Suffolk County Water Authority.</li><li>Protected the drinking water of more than 1.2 million Suffolk County residents through independent, accountable public oversight.</li></ul>

America made a promise. If you work hard, pay into Social Security and Medicare throughout your career, those benefits will be there when you retire. That's not a government handout—it's an earned benefit that millions of Americans have paid for with every paycheck. I believe we have a moral obligation to keep that promise. For thousands of seniors on Long Island, Social Security is the difference between living with dignity and struggling to make ends meet. Medicare provides the healthcare they've earned after a lifetime of work. We should be strengthening these programs—not looking for ways to cut or privatize them.

Pat has spent decades getting things done for the South Shore. As County Executive, he created the Long Island Housing Partnership to expand housing options and launched community-based policing and anti-domestic violence programs. As Suffolk Water Authority Chairman, he set the standard for the best drinking water in the nation. Now he’s ready to bring that same work ethic and proven track record to Congress.

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<h3>Putting Working Families First </h3>For too long, Washington has worked for large corporations, billionaires and special interests instead of the people who actually make our communities run. I will fight to lower costs for Long Island families by:<ul><li>Lowering healthcare premiums and prescription drug costs by expanding Medicare and taking on pharmaceutical middlemen.</li><li>Reducing childcare costs so families don't have to choose between raising children and building a career.</li><li>Expanding housing opportunities for working families, young people, and seniors who want to stay in their communities.</li><li>Lowering energy and utility bills by pursuing an all-of-the-above energy strategy that increases supply and lowers costs.</li><li>Protecting Social Security and Medicare for the generations that earned them. </li><li>Expand tax credits that support middle class families like the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit, which reward hard work, offset the cost of raising children, and actually saves the government money long-term.</li></ul>

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<h4>Your Tax Dollars are Being Used for Washington Corruption</h4>Washington insiders keep finding new ways to reward themselves while hardworking Americans pay the bill. Convicted insiders. Pardons for cronies. Secret deals. Zero oversight. And while it happens, Congressman Andrew Garbarino stays silent.

<h3>Housing Starts with Good Planning</h3>Building more housing is only part of the solution. If we want housing to be more affordable, we also have to lower the cost of building it responsibly. That starts with infrastructure. Communities need the roads, sewers, utilities, and public investments that allow housing to be built where it belongs. Here on the South Shore, investments like the Southwest Sewer District didn't just help clean up the Great South Bay—they created the infrastructure that made responsible housing possible in places that could support it.The federal government has an important role to play—not by telling Long Island where to build, but by giving local communities the tools to succeed. I'll fight for federal investments that help communities modernize sewer systems, improve transportation, upgrade water infrastructure, and prepare sites for responsible housing development. That's how Washington can be a partner instead of getting in the way.I've also seen how predictable tax policy can make housing more affordable. As Chairman of the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency, I worked with projects that used phased-in property tax agreements to encourage investment while keeping long-term costs manageable for homeowners and renters alike. When communities provide certainty, responsible developers are more willing to invest, financing becomes more affordable, and projects are more likely to succeed.

<h2>5. Tackling Corruption in Washington </h2>Washington should work for the American people—not billionaires, corporate PACs, lobbyists, and special interests. I believe elected officials should earn the public's trust through transparency, accountability, and ethical leadership, not by selling access or putting powerful donors ahead of the families they represent. That's why I’m refusing corporate PAC money, I support banning congressional stock trading, and will fight to restore integrity to Congress by ending pay-to-play politics, strengthening ethics laws, and making government accountable to the people of Long Island.<h5><a href="/d6b8229d-3668-455b-97b6-1614cb59cff8">→ Learn more about my plan to clean up the REAL swamp in DC</a></h5>

<h3>The Policy Agenda I Support</h3>Guarantee Healthcare for Every American — I support the goal of expanding Medicare, but I don't believe getting to universal healthcare means taking good coverage away from people who already have it. Union members have fought at the bargaining table for strong healthcare benefits, and millions of Americans have employer coverage they're happy with. We should let every American access Medicare and build a system that's so good and affordable that more families and employers choose it—not force people into it overnight. As we move toward universal Medicare coverage, people should continue to have the ability to purchase private supplemental insurance as is the norm in most industrialized nations. Lowering the Cost of Healthcare and Prescription Drugs — Americans pay more for healthcare than people in any other industrialized nation, yet we don't get better health outcomes in return. That's because our healthcare system rewards monopoly power, middlemen, and corporate profits instead of patients. I believe we should learn from the best ideas that are working around the world and build an American healthcare system that delivers high-quality care at a price families can afford. The more Americans who participate in Medicare, the greater its purchasing power becomes. We should use that bargaining power to negotiate lower prices for American families—not protect pharmaceutical company profits. <ul><li>Learn from what works: Adopt proven ideas from other industrialized countries that reduce costs, improve access, and deliver better outcomes while building a healthcare system that reflects American values.</li><li>Better drug prices, negotiated sooner: Don't make Medicare wait years before it can negotiate the price of expensive medications without competition.</li><li>Stop pharmaceutical patent games: Crack down on patent thickets, product hopping, pay-for-delay agreements, and other strategies designed primarily to keep cheaper generics and biosimilars off the market.</li><li>Take on PBMs and Prescription Drug Middlemen: The middlemen who negotiate prescription drug prices shouldn't make more money when your medicine gets more expensive.</li></ul>Break the Healthcare Monopolies — America doesn't just have a healthcare coverage problem. We have a healthcare monopoly problem. No healthcare conglomerate should be able to own your insurance company, decide which drugs it will cover, own the middleman negotiating the price, steer you to the pharmacy it owns, buy your doctor's practice—and make money at every step. <ul><li>Remove conflicts of interest: Use stronger antitrust enforcement and structural separation where giant healthcare conglomerates use ownership across insurance, PBMs, pharmacies, and healthcare providers to eliminate competition, steer patients toward their own businesses, and drive up costs.</li><li>Stop hospital and provider consolidation from driving up prices: Scrutinize hospital mergers and the acquisition of independent physician practices that reduce competition, while protecting community and safety-net hospitals that Long Islanders depend on.</li><li>Protect independent doctors and pharmacies: Stop dominant healthcare corporations from using their market power to squeeze independent providers out of business, leaving patients with fewer choices and higher costs.</li><li>Pay fairly for the care you actually receive: Expand appropriate site-neutral payments so patients and Medicare aren't charged substantially more for the same routine service simply because a hospital conglomerate bought the doctor's office or facility.</li><li>Put patients and doctors back in charge: Crack down on abusive prior authorization, corporate steering, and other practices that allow insurance companies and vertically integrated healthcare corporations to put their financial interests ahead of a patient's care.</li></ul>Reverse Garbarino's Healthcare Cuts — Andrew Garbarino promised to protect Medicaid and then voted for legislation that cut healthcare and put coverage at risk for Long Islanders. I will fight to reverse those cuts and protect the healthcare families already depend on.<ul><li>Reverse the Medicaid cuts: Restore federal Medicaid funding and protect coverage and access to care for seniors, people with disabilities, children, and working families who depend on the program.</li><li>Restore and protect New York's Essential Plan: Restore the federal funding cuts that devastated New York's Essential Plan and protect affordable healthcare for the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers whose coverage was put at risk.</li><li>Make ACA coverage affordable again: Restore enhanced ACA premium tax credits so Long Island families buying their own insurance aren't hit with dramatically higher monthly premiums.</li><li>Protect Long Island hospitals and community health centers: Reverse cuts that shift billions in costs onto New York's healthcare system, threatening hospitals, community health centers, providers, and the patients they serve.</li><li>Stop pushing the cost of the uninsured onto everyone else: When people lose coverage, they don't stop getting sick. They end up seeking more expensive care in emergency rooms, leaving hospitals and insured families to absorb the cost. Protecting coverage helps keep costs down for everyone and keeps all our costs from going up.</li></ul>

<h3>Washington's Failure to Act</h3>The greatest threat to Social Security isn't the people who depend on it—it's Washington's failure to act. If Congress continues to kick the can down the road, Social Security's retirement trust fund is projected to become depleted in the next four years. Under current law, that would trigger automatic 22% benefit reductions for millions of retirees who spent their lives paying into the system and depend on their monthly Social Security checks in their golden years. That should never happen.The leaders in the current MAGA Congress have argued that Social Security, Medicare, and other earned-benefit programs "have to be adjusted and fixed" as part of reducing federal spending. They’re saying the quiet part out loud - they want to privatize these programs as a massive giveaway to the Wall Street hedge funds and insurance companies that fund their campaigns. I believe there's a better way. The solution isn't cutting benefits. The solution is making sure the system remains strong for generations to come.

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<img src="https://run.imgix.net/c4b5920c-d331-4f80-99ec-b442234934ad/dddd89d8-cc0d-4a43-bf87-d6e6c712c5a8/dddd89d8-cc0d-4a43-bf87-d6e6c712c5a8.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C4000%2C4157&amp;w=1500" alt="Pat Halpin in his Kitchen" caption="Pat at home in his kitchen" align="left" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">Pat at home in his kitchen<h5>Childhood &amp; Learning the Value of Work</h5>Patrick grew up on the South Shore learning the value of hard work early. As a kid, he rode his bike delivering the Suffolk Sun in the morning and the Long Island Press in the afternoon. Summers meant painting and cleaning classrooms, scraping gum from the bottoms of desks, and earning every dollar. When he turned 10 years old he spent weekends helping his father at the Stony Brook Beverage, sorting empty beer and soda deposits. He followed the rite of passage of many teens working the counter at the McDonald’s on Montauk Highway in Lindenhurst. But even at that age, Pat was a voracious reader of newspapers and history, deeply curious about both local affairs and global events. At West Babylon High School, he served as student body president—and when 18-year-olds gained the right to vote, Pat organized a field trip for 450 seniors to the Board of Elections in Yaphank so they could register. He grew up on Long Island, built his life here, and raised a family and two daughters in his favorite place on earth.<h5>Public Service &amp; Breaking Barriers</h5><img src="https://run.imgix.net/c4b5920c-d331-4f80-99ec-b442234934ad/b850618b-3129-4f1f-bf26-aa1dc6b89b37/34f55402-5c1e-4701-ba59-4ff196b733b3.webp?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=9&amp;con=2&amp;sat=0&amp;high=-22&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=9&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C4096%2C2302&amp;w=1500" alt="Pat Halpin Senator Moynihan" caption="Discussing economic development with Senator Moynihan" align="right" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">Discussing economic development with Senator MoynihanPat spent his public service career getting things done—without partisanship or excuses. Now, he’s running for Congress to fight against billionaire tax breaks and special interests to help bring down costs for the hard working folks on the South Shore.First elected to public office at just 26, Pat began his career representing LD-13 (Lindenhurst, West Babylon and Wyandanch) in the County Legislature before breaking barriers as the first Democrat in more than a century elected to represent the Town of Babylon in the NY State Assembly. He went on to make history again as the youngest Suffolk County Executive ever elected, where he focused relentlessly on public safety, affordability, education, and protecting Long Island’s natural resources.As County Executive, he created the Long Island Housing Partnership to expand housing options for families, seniors and veterans; launched community-based policing and anti-domestic-violence initiatives; and partnered with schools to bring drug education and prevention programs directly into classrooms. He also led one of the nation’s most respected open-space preservation efforts—protecting parks, wetlands, beaches and the pine barrens that define life on Long Island.<h5>Protecting our Drinking Water for Generations</h5><img src="https://run.imgix.net/c4b5920c-d331-4f80-99ec-b442234934ad/01d8ad54-daa3-4645-a943-25c5cb1f3669/01d8ad54-daa3-4645-a943-25c5cb1f3669.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C561%2C432&amp;w=1500" alt="Pat Halpin Suffolk County Water Authority" caption="Pat as Chairman of the Suffolk Water Authority" align="left" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">Pat as Chairman of the Suffolk Water AuthorityPat later brought that same results-driven leadership to his role as Chair of the Suffolk County Water Authority where he set the standard for the best drinking water in the nation. Under his leadership, the Authority strengthened transparency, cut waste and took aggressive action to safeguard Long Island’s sole-source aquifer—because on Long Island, water isn’t just infrastructure. It’s life.<h5>Media, Civics &amp; Responsible Development</h5>In addition to his public service, Pat has worked to strengthen civic life and public understanding. He hosted current events TV shows like Meet the Leaders on Cablevision, Face-Off on PBS and News Talk Television, a nationally syndicated public-affairs program.He chaired the Town of Babylon Industrial Development Agency, focused on bringing strong union jobs to Babylon, and currently serves as Chair of the Town of Babylon Planning Board, helping ensure responsible re-development of neglected areas such as Montauk Highway that respects the community while supporting downtown revitalization.<h5>Delivering Real Results for the South Shore</h5><img src="https://run.imgix.net/c4b5920c-d331-4f80-99ec-b442234934ad/2388c5c9-b15f-41b5-a5c9-baf2785981c2/d5b093f9-bd93-4614-8360-ad44d534c1e6.webp?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=297%2C0%2C3567%2C2917&amp;w=1500" alt="Pat Halpin Tom Downey Al Gore" caption="Pat with With Congressman Tom Downey and Vice President Al Gore" align="right" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">Pat with With Congressman Tom Downey and Vice President Al GorePat knows every corner of this district. He knows the firefighters, police officers, construction workers, families, civic groups and small-business owners who work hard every day to make the South Shore such a special place to live—and how hard it has become for too many young graduates, families and seniors to afford to stay.Now, Pat is running for Congress to deliver real results—just as he always has. While Washington has grown more dysfunctional and out of touch with the needs of everyday people, Pat believes leadership still means showing up, doing the work, and fighting for people, not corporate special interests. For Pat, it’s People, not Politics.Long Island deserves better than a representative who’s missing in action. Pat's fired up and ready to go to Washington to focus on making life better for our South Shore communities from Massapequa to Mastic Beach.

<h3>The Contrast: Andrew Garbarino's Limp Approach </h3>Andrew Garbarino has supported legislation intended to encourage accessory dwelling units, and every good idea deserves consideration — But Long Island's housing challenges won't be solved by a single bill in Washington. They require thoughtful planning, infrastructure investments, local partnerships, and leaders who have actually done this work. That's the experience I'll bring to Congress. Housing gets built when government works with local communities, invests in infrastructure, protects the environment, and earns the trust of residents. That's the work I've done throughout my career, and it's the approach I'll bring to Congress.Long Island doesn't need more political slogans or press releases. It needs hard work and thoughtful planning that keeps our young people here, allows seniors to stay close to their families, and preserves the communities that make this such a special place to call home.

<h3>The Contrast: Andrew Garbarino is costing you more</h3>Andrew Garbarino has supported policies that raise costs for Long Island families — including tariffs that function as hidden taxes on consumers and healthcare cuts that threaten coverage for tens of thousands of Long Islanders. He voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, yet this hypocrite is happy to claim credit for federally funded infrastructure projects that are rebuilding roads, bridges, and communities across the South Shore. He points to the increase in the SALT deduction as tax relief for Long Islanders, but what he doesn't want you to know is that those provisions expire in less than three years while the tax cuts for billionaires and large corporations were made permanent. Garbarino has put out press releases about Housing Affordability. But this is a serious issue that won’t get solved by press releases. It gets solved by planning, compromise, and follow-through, all of which are lacking in our sitting Congressman. Meanwhile, grocery prices continue to rise, families continue to feel pain at the gas pump, housing costs keep climbing, and for too many Long Islanders the American Dream feels further out of reach than ever before.I believe government should be focused on making life more affordable for working families — not protecting billionaires and special interests while hard working families fall further behind.

<h3>And What I'll Fight Against</h3><ul><li>I oppose rolling back environmental protections that keep our air and water safe.</li><li>I oppose forcing Long Island taxpayers to pay for pollution caused by large chemical companies.</li><li>I oppose weakening the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate greenhouse gases and protect public health.</li><li>And I oppose development that threatens our sole-source aquifer or sacrifices Long Island's environment for short-term profits.</li></ul>

Long Island's environment is one of our greatest assets—but it's also one of our greatest responsibilities. Everything we love about living here depends on protecting our natural resources. Clean air and clean water are essential to our health and quality of life. Our beautiful beaches and bays support local businesses and tourism. Our amazing parks allow people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy green open spaces. Most importantly, every family on Long Island depends on the same sole-source aquifer for clean drinking water. Once it's contaminated, there is nowhere else to turn. Protecting our environment isn't just about conservation. It's about protecting public health, lowering costs for families, creating healthier communities, and preserving Long Island for the next generation.

Long Island has always been a place where if you worked hard, you could build a good life and a better future for your family. Today, too many people are doing everything right and still falling behind. The cost of housing, healthcare, groceries, and raising a family keeps climbing while Washington keeps looking out for special interests instead of the people who actually make our communities work.It doesn't have to be this way. We need leaders who will put Long Island first—lowering costs, protecting our freedoms, defending our environment, and making sure the next generation can afford to build a future right here at home. That's what I'll fight for every day in Congress.

<h3>The Contrast: Talking a Big Game with No Spine </h3>Andrew Garbarino talks a lot about public safety. I've actually managed it. As Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Congressman Garbarino has been a weak voice that takes his orders and parrots talking points from the Trump Administration. He hasn’t spent any time or hearings focused on how to fix our broken immigration system and promised an investigation on the ICE shootings in Minneapolis but hasn't produced a page. Though he's Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee he wasn't even able to stop the Trump Administration from withholding terrorism funding for New York. That shows you how weak he is. I know that keeping people safe requires more than talking points or press releases. It requires leadership, partnership, accountability, and the willingness to solve problems instead of exploiting them for political purposes but accomplishing nothing meaningful.

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<h3>Standing with the Officers Who Protect Our Communities</h3>I've always believed that public safety begins by supporting the professionals who put their lives on the line every day. When I became Suffolk County Executive, the Suffolk County Law Enforcement Union had been working without a contract. I brought everyone to the table and negotiated a fair agreement that recognized the sacrifices our officers make while protecting us.My administration also invested in better equipment and expanded training so officers had the resources they needed to respond safely and professionally to every situation. Strong, professional police departments don't happen by accident. They require leaders who respect law enforcement, listen to officers, and give them the support they need and deserve.

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<h2>6. Keeping America's Promise to Our Seniors </h2>For generations, Americans have worked hard, paid into Social Security and Medicare every paycheck, and planned their retirement around one simple promise: if you play by the rules, those benefits will be there when you need them. Today, that promise is at risk. If Congress continues to do nothing, Social Security's retirement trust fund is projected to become insolvent in 2032. Under current law, that would trigger huge benefit cuts of more than 22 percent for millions of retirees—even though they've spent a lifetime paying into the system. That's unacceptable. And what’s even worse is that Speaker Mike Johnson and Congressional Republicans have talked openly about privatizing Social Security and Medicare.<h5><a href="/b93d9def-e4cd-4b5b-a2cc-f13cbfec5b5c">→ Learn more about how we keep that promise</a></h5>

<h4>New York Democrats challenge Trump's denial of storm aid</h4>There was heated rhetoric in a Suffolk congressional race, where&nbsp;U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino’s Democratic challenger Patrick Halpin said Friday that the congressman is missing in action while Trump blocks Gov. Kathy Hochul’s request for disaster recovery aid.

<h4>Ex-Suffolk Exec Halpin to take on ‘Sleepy Drew’ Rep. Garbarino — who snoozed through vote on OBBB</h4>NY Post article on Pat's Campaign Launch

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<h3>Building Safer Neighborhoods</h3>Keeping communities safe means more than responding to crime—it means preventing it. I worked closely with law enforcement, towns, villages and community leaders to identify properties that had become magnets for illegal activity and helped reclaim those neighborhoods for the families who lived there. I believe government should work hand-in-hand with local police, residents, and businesses to improve quality of life, reduce crime, and keep every neighborhood safe.

<h3>Tariffs Are a National Sales Tax on Long Island Families</h3>I believe tariffs should be used strategically to address unfair trade practices — not as a blanket tax on American consumers. The reality is simple: when Washington imposes broad tariffs, Long Island families who pay some of the highest taxes in the nation get hit with yet another bill.Tariffs raise the cost of groceries, appliances, cars, clothing, building materials, and everyday household goods. They make it more expensive to renovate a home, replace a refrigerator, or buy supplies for a small business.At the same time, large corporations use tariffs as cover to raise prices even further. I will fight for trade policies that protect American workers and manufacturing without driving up costs for working families.

I feel incredibly grateful to grown up, served our community and raised a family on the South Shore

<h1>Meet Pat Halpin.</h1>

Long Island families are one serious diagnosis away from financial disaster, and instead of fixing that, Andrew Garbarino voted to make it worse with massive federal cuts to healthcare in New York. I’ve spent my career protecting essential services and fighting to make government work for working families on the South Shore. In Congress, I’ll fight to make healthcare and retirement security affordable again—not gut them to pay for tax breaks for billionaires and give more power to giant healthcare conglomerates.Every American should have access to affordable, high-quality healthcare. I believe we should give Americans the opportunity to buy into Medicare coverage—while making sure no one with strong private coverage they already like is forced to give it up.

<h2>2. Healthcare is a Right, Not a Privilege </h2>Healthcare shouldn't depend on your ZIP code, your job, or your bank account. Too many Long Island families are paying more every year for insurance, prescription drugs, and medical care while giant healthcare corporations make record profits. Andrew Garbarino promised to protect Medicaid and then turned around and voted to gut New Yorkers Healthcare and Hospitals which will result in over 1.5 million New Yorkers losing healthcare coverage and over 13 Billion in cuts this year alone.The United States has the most innovative healthcare system in the world—but it's also the most expensive. We don't need to copy another country. We do need to be humble enough to learn from what's working elsewhere and smart enough to adapt those ideas here.I support building toward universal Medicare coverage in a way that protects the coverage people already have, lowers prescription drug prices, breaks up healthcare monopolies that drive up costs, and reverses the healthcare cuts that threaten Long Island families, hospitals, and community health centers. My approach is simple: put patients ahead of corporate profits, make healthcare more affordable, and ensure no family has to choose between getting the care they need and paying the bills.<h5><a href="/ac7fea1f-e3ff-478a-bbbf-cc24ca02ba4b">→ Learn more about my plan to ensure affordable healthcare for all of us</a></h5>

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Long Island is exporting the one thing we can't afford to lose: our best and brightest. Too many young adults who grew up here can't afford to stay, and too many seniors can't find a place to downsize without leaving the communities they love. I believe we can create more housing opportunities without sacrificing the character of our neighborhoods. That means building where it makes sense, protecting our environment, listening to residents, and making sure new development strengthens our communities instead of overwhelming them. I've spent my career making those decisions, and I'll bring that same balanced approach to Congress.

<h2>Housing that Works for Long Island</h2>

Long Island's environment isn't just something we enjoy—it's what makes this a great place to live. Our drinking water, beaches, bays, parks, and open spaces are part of who we are, and protecting them means protecting our health, our economy, and our future. I've spent my career fighting to safeguard our sole-source aquifer, hold polluters accountable, preserve open space, and restore the Great South Bay. In Congress, I'll continue fighting to make polluters pay, protect clean water and clean air, strengthen climate resilience, and keep Long Island healthy for generations to come.

<h2>Protecting Long Island's Environment</h2>

Ex-Suffolk County Executive Pat Halpin is jumping back into the political ring to take on “Sleepy Drew’’ Rep. Andrew Garbarino, who famously dozed through a vote on President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.

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<h4>Ex-Suffolk Exec Halpin to take on ‘Sleepy Drew’ Rep. Garbarino — who snoozed through vote on OBBB</h4>

It shouldn't be this hard to build a life on Long Island. Every day I meet working families who are doing everything right, but still feel like they're falling behind. Housing costs too much, groceries are more expensive than ever, childcare is out of reach for too many families, and everyday bills keep going up while paychecks struggle to keep pace. Too many young people can't afford to stay here, and too many seniors are being forced to leave the communities they helped build.I believe that if you work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to build a good life right here on Long Island. In Congress, I'll fight to make everyday life more affordable by expanding housing opportunities for working families, standing up to corporate price gouging and monopolies that drive up prices, and putting working families ahead of billionaires and special interests.

<h2>Fighting for Life That's Affordable</h2>

By Billy House<a href="https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/long-island-house-races-pl5esxvo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link to Article in Newsday</a>WASHINGTON — With the past week’s congressional primaries determining the foes for Long Island’s two Republican and two Democratic U.S. House members in this fall’s elections, their races are on and opening salvos are flying.A net gain of just three or four seats by Democrats nationally could flip the current narrow GOP majority. And at least two of the Island’s congressional districts, and potentially a third, are viewed by independent forecasters as among key battlegrounds."Because of its size and the number of competitive seats — maybe as many as four or even five — New York will be absolutely critical to the battle for the House," said Donald Nieman, a history professor and provost emeritus at Binghamton University, who counts the Long Island districts among those.Erin Covey, a House elections expert with The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan handicapper, agreed that Long Island could be a key battleground.Covey rates the districts held by Democrats Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) and Laura Gillen (D-Rockville Centre) as competitive, though both incumbents are still favored, and the district held by Republican Nick LaLota (R-Amityville) as "potentially competitive." The Island’s fourth district, represented by Republican Andrew Garbarino (R-Bayport), is not on many lists as being competitive, though that could change in&nbsp;a Democratic wave.Here are the Long Island congressional matchups, and some of the opening shots being fired by the candidates:<h5>District 1</h5>This race for the seat now held by LaLota, 48, remains in the "solid Republican" category by the Cook Report. Still, some analysts don’t rule out that it could shift, especially in a political environment where Trump’s ratings continue to dive.As LaLota seeks a third term, his Democratic challenger is Christopher Gallant, 37, of Amity Harbor. He is an Army National Guard Blackhawk pilot, former FAA air traffic controller&nbsp;and Suffolk County volunteer firefighter. Neither candidate actually lives in the district, which is not a requirement under the U.S. Constitution.Gallant is hitting LaLota for voting for Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill — despite, he says, publicly promising to oppose deeper Medicaid cuts that the legislation carried. He also notes that LaLota recently threatened — in a letter Newsday has reported on — to withhold federal Community Project Funding from East End municipalities that declined to expand Immigration and Customs Enforcement cooperation in their communities."Nick LaLota promised to protect your healthcare and broke that promise. He took credit for delivering federal dollars to our towns, then threatened to take that money away," Gallant said.LaLota is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate who served for 11 years, including his time at the academy.&nbsp;He is hitting back, including trying to tie Gallant to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and "the socialist wing" of "far-left candidates.""My opponent’s support for East Hampton's first-in-Suffolk ban of what had been longstanding cooperation between local and federal law enforcement is more Mamdani than mainstream," LaLota said.&nbsp; His campaign also said in a statement that Gallant has has publicly supported positions aligned with defunding ICE and expanding sanctuary city policies.Meanwhile, LaLota said he led efforts in Congress to "quadruple" the state and local tax deduction cap, or SALT, reduce other taxes "and secure federal funding for Long Island priorities, including clean water, infrastructure&nbsp;and public safety.<h5>District 2</h5>This race for the seat held by Garbarino, 41, comes as the second congressional district is also viewed by the Cook Report as "solidly Republican," despite an edge in active voters enrolled as Democrats, and with a&nbsp;significant chunk of independents.But Garbarino’s challenger, former Suffolk County Executive Patrick Halpin, 73, of Oak Beach, says the political analysts are falling behind what is happening on the ground. As Trump’s approval numbers are falling into the low 30s within the district, he says, the tide is turning on the South Shore."Long Islanders want their elected leaders to lower costs, fix Social Security, provide affordable healthcare, ensure their safety, and deliver clean air and safe drinking water," Halpin says.Garbarino, chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security, said&nbsp;he has "concern" over the direction of the Democratic Party, because of wins by democratic socialists in three New York City congressional primary races this past week."I’m focused on delivering results, whether it’s increasing the SALT deduction, keeping our country safe, or supporting law enforcement," he said.<h5>District 3</h5>This race for the seat held by Suozzi, 63, is seen as competitive, though rated a "lean Democrat" contest as of this week&nbsp;by the Cook Report. It features a rematch with former GOP Assemb. Michael LiPetri, 35, of Farmingdale, whom Suozzi defeated two years ago by less than 4 percentage points.Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s spot atop the November ballot — as the GOP nominee for governor — could be an added draw for Republican voters. Still, LiPetri lost two years ago with Trump atop the ballot."What we’re seeing is classic Tom Suozzi — someone who has always campaigned as a moderate, then caves to the far-left once he’s in office," said LiPetri, who has also drawn attention to Suozzi's stock market activity while serving in Congress.LiPetri also points to instances such as Suozzi’s flip-flop earlier this year in initially crossing party lines to support a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that included funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, only to reverse himself after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis.LiPetri seeks to tie Suozzi to the ascendance of socialist democrat politicians in New York City. Suozzi in recent weeks has held news conferences to underscore that he has signed a pledge to be "mainstream, not extreme," and "capitalist,&nbsp;not socialist."Kim Devlin, a Suozzi spokesman, said, "Voters have a clear choice between Tom Suozzi — an independent fighter who works across party lines to lower costs and get things done — and Mike LiPetri, a MAGA extremist who supports inflation-driving tariffs, costly wars, cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, and who may or may not live in the district."<h5>District 4</h5>This race for the seat held by freshman Rep. Gillen, 56, is also seen as "lean Democrat" but competitive by the Cook Political Report. Gillen is challenged by Jeanine Driscoll, 59, of the Village of Bellerose, the twice-elected sitting Hempstead receiver of taxes.Driscoll on Tuesday night grabbed more than 90% of the support in her GOP primary race — the highest percentage of any of the Long Island congressional candidates for Congress of either party."This campaign will provide voters with a real choice between Laura Gillen’s record of raising taxes and my work to provide relief to Nassau homeowners," Driscoll said&nbsp;after her primary victory.Gillen's campaign said she is&nbsp;focused on lowering costs, protecting taxpayers and delivering results for working families. It also took a swipe at Driscoll for being a "tax-hiking insider" and the Nassau GOP establishment’s "backup candidate." That is a reference to former Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, who lost to Gillen in 2024, and decided not to seek a rematch.Gillen has also signed the pledge to be "mainstream, not extreme," and "capitalist, not socialist.""Long Islanders know Laura Gillen is on their side," Gillen’s campaign said.&nbsp;

But Garbarino’s challenger, former Suffolk County Executive Patrick Halpin, 73, of Oak Beach, says the political analysts are falling behind what is happening on the ground. As Trump’s approval numbers are falling into the low 30s within the district, he says, the tide is turning on the South Shore."Long Islanders want their elected leaders to lower costs, fix Social Security, provide affordable healthcare, ensure their safety, and deliver clean air and safe drinking water," Halpin says.

<h4>Long Island districts could be key to which party controls U.S. House</h4>

Washington should work for the American people—not billionaires, corporate PACs, lobbyists, and special interests. I believe elected officials should earn the public's trust through transparency, accountability, and ethical leadership, not by selling access or putting powerful donors ahead of the families they represent. That's why I’m refusing corporate PAC money, I support banning congressional stock trading, and will fight to restore integrity to Congress by ending pay-to-play politics, strengthening ethics laws, and making government accountable to the people of Long Island.

<h2>Tackling Corruption in Washington</h2>

Healthcare shouldn't depend on your ZIP code, your job, or your bank account. Too many Long Island families are paying more every year for insurance, prescription drugs, and medical care while giant healthcare corporations make record profits. Andrew Garbarino promised to protect Medicaid and then turned around and voted to gut New Yorkers Healthcare and Hospitals which will result in over 1.5 million New Yorkers losing healthcare coverage and over 13 Billion in cuts this year alone. The United States has the most innovative healthcare system in the world—but it's also the most expensive. We don't need to copy another country. We do need to be humble enough to learn from what's working elsewhere and smart enough to adapt those ideas here. I support building toward universal Medicare coverage in a way that protects the coverage people already have, lowers prescription drug prices, breaks up healthcare monopolies that drive up costs, and reverses the healthcare cuts that threaten Long Island families, hospitals, and community health centers. My approach is simple: put patients ahead of corporate profits, make healthcare more affordable, and ensure no family has to choose between getting the care they need and paying the bills.

<h2>Healthcare is a Right, Not a Privilege</h2>

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Long Island Rep. Andrew Garbarino finds himself in a hot seat as chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security...Halpin, in an interview Tuesday, reiterated his video’s message by saying safe borders and streets are needed, but that sending armies of masked ICE agents into cities with minimal training and zero accountability has gone terribly wrong, and "our congressman is complicit."

<h4>Homeland Security chairmanship puts Rep. Andrew Garbarino at center of ICE debate</h4>

By Billy House<a href="https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/garbarino-halpin-hochul-blizzard-dr0kn1gg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link to Article in Newsday</a>WASHINGTON — New York's quest for disaster relief for an expensive February blizzard has turned political, with state Democrats slamming President Donald Trump while the administration and its Republican allies fire back that the state's request didn't meet the requirements.There was heated rhetoric in a Suffolk congressional race, where&nbsp;U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino’s Democratic challenger said Friday that the congressman is missing in action while Trump blocks Gov. Kathy Hochul’s request for disaster recovery aid — though Garbarino’s office said Hochul hasn't reached out for help.Patrick Halpin, the former Suffolk County executive who is challenging Garbarino, said on Friday that the congressman&nbsp;is "nowhere to be found" and has shown "zero influence that matters," despite being&nbsp;chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, which has&nbsp;oversight of the agency that provides disaster aid.Halpin says Long Islanders and other New Yorkers are left with a question: "If Andrew Garbarino cannot or will not use the power of the chairmanship to protect New York from his own party's decisions, then whose interests is he actually representing?"But Garbarino’s office says he has, in fact, been "engaged" in talks with the administration. However, it says Hochul — who as governor is required to apply on behalf of the state — never reached out to him, and that the application she turned in on behalf of New York failed to meet the&nbsp;requirements."According to FEMA, more than 90% of Gov. Hochul’s request was for reimbursement of the State’s snow removal operations was for plowing, which is viewed to be a state and local government responsibility," Garbarino’s office said.&nbsp;After&nbsp;a natural disaster, state and local governments can request&nbsp;a federal declaration that could activate Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance. The decision rests with the president.The Trump rebuff to New York has received national attention because it was one of four Democratic-led states that Trump denied disaster aid for last week — along with New Jersey, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Those denials came just two days after Trump had approved FEMA disaster aid for six Republican-led states.But a FEMA spokesperson said in a statement to Newsday that partisan politics was not involved, and that, "FEMA worked closely with the State of New York to collect and analyze damage information."New York’s two Democratic senators themselves got publicly involved in asking Trump to approve Hochul’s request in an April letter that explained why they believed the thresholds for federal assistance are, in fact, met.Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand this week urged the Trump administration to reconsider its denial."In the wake of February's record-breaking blizzard, our local governments stepped up to protect residents and save lives. Our municipal partners shouldn't be penalized for doing the right thing," Gillibrand said. "The federal government must pay its fair share to support New York’s full recovery, and I urge the administration to reconsider this short-sighted decision."The governor’s application for the disaster declaration included an&nbsp;estimate putting the damage to New York statewide at $79 million. Hochul had 30 days from the denial&nbsp;to appeal, and she is doing so, her office says.Garbarino's office, meanwhile, while indicating the state does not have a case for a disaster declaration in this matter, said he remains committed to working with the administration on homeland security and disaster-support issues on behalf of Long Island and communities across New York.But Halpin, in his statement Friday, echoed claims by Democrats in Congress that the administration has been withholding homeland security preparedness funding in an effort to make some states accede to his election-administration demands."This MAGA Congress and Administration have politicized even the most fundamental responsibilities of government," Halpin said. "Disaster relief has become political leverage."&nbsp;

There was heated rhetoric in a Suffolk congressional race, where&nbsp;U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino’s Democratic challenger said Friday that the congressman is missing in action while Trump blocks Gov. Kathy Hochul’s request for disaster recovery aid — though Garbarino’s office said Hochul hasn't reached out for help.

<h4>New York Democrats challenge Trump's denial of storm aid</h4>

<h5>By Billy House</h5><a href="https://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/suozzi-garbarino-lalota-epniluxy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link to Article in Newsday</a>WASHINGTON — Three of Long Island’s four U.S. House members say they won't be starting partisan fights by endorsing each other's election challengers, abiding by the non-aggression rule of a bipartisan group they’ve joined in Washington.Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi and GOP Reps. Nick LaLota and Andrew Garbarino each confirmed this week that they won't be endorsing against each other following this week’s primary elections that settled which Republican and which Democrats will be running against them.They also are not endorsing challengers to any of the dozens of congressional colleagues nationally who sit across the political aisle from them but are members of the self-described Problem Solvers Caucus.Majority control of the U.S. House, now narrowly held by Republicans, could teeter on just a handful of net seat gains or losses by either party in this fall’s elections."It's a bit of a head-scratcher," said Donald Nieman, a history professor at Binghamton University, though he noted all three represent politically swingy areas and have built personal brands around bipartisanship."But bottom line," Nieman said, "they're politicians who have grown up in a world where parties are weak and don't mean much to voters or to candidates themselves. It's every person for him or herself."On the other hand, veteran New York Democratic political consultant Hank Sheinkopf said positive relationships could have benefits. "Less intense competition, one might argue, gets more done for Long Island when representatives from all sides of the aisle cooperate," Sheinkopf said.<h5>Seeking collaboration</h5>A spokeswoman for Suozzi (D-Glen Cove)&nbsp;pointed to the bylaws of the Problem Solvers group, which Suozzi co-chairs. "Congressman Suozzi is precluded from getting involved in campaigns against the Problem Solvers Caucus," Kim Devlin said.In a separate statement, Garbarino (R-Bayport) said, "As Vice Chair of the Problem Solvers Caucus, I stand by our mission to find consensus, not fuel division. In keeping with the caucus’s goal of fostering collaboration, its members are prohibited from endorsing against a fellow caucus member."LaLota (R-Amityville) offered in a statement saying that, "While I hold strong common-sense conservative values, I am a member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus because I believe partisan gridlock serves no one and that compromise is often necessary to move America forward."Long Island's fourth U.S. representative, Rep. Laura Gillen (D-Rockville Centre), is not a member of the Problem Solvers. Her office did not immediately provide an answer to whether she will endorse the Democrats who are running against LaLota and Garbarino.The campaigns of LaLota’s Democratic foe, Chris Gallant, and Suozzi’s GOP foe, Michael LiPetri, each either did not respond or declined to provide comment.Multiple sources who are familiar with their activities say at least two of the Long Island challengers extended feelers to the incumbents from their own parties,&nbsp;only to be advised endorsements would not occur because of the Problem Solvers' no-endorsement rule.Garbarino’s Democratic foe, Patrick Halpin, in an interview on Friday, confirmed that he had discussed with Suozzi an endorsement. But he said Suozzi told him, without any prompting, "You know, I’m not endorsing anybody because of the Problem Solvers." Halpin underscored, "It was Suozzi who brought it up to me!""I’ve never asked Suozzi for an endorsement," Halpin went on, asserting that nobody in the 2nd Congressional District would care about one.But Halpin went on to blast Suozzi — as well as Garbarino and LaLota — for their non-endorsement pact and "wanting to sing Kumbaya together while the middle class is getting hit right and left."He also ridiculed the Problem Solvers as a group with no history of real legislative or other accomplishments, beyond, he said, being a "fig leaf" for its MAGA members to claim bipartisanship, with the cooperation of Suozzi and other Democrats.The caucus, founded in 2017, is an offshoot of the nonpartisan group No Labels and was devised to be a critical voting bloc, its membership a balanced mix of Republicans and Democrats. Devlin, Suozzi's spokesman, had no comment on Halpin's remarks.<h5>Regional cooperation</h5>Steve Israel, a former Long Island congressman who chaired the House Democratic caucus’ campaign arm, said it makes sense for members of Congress, especially those from the same region, to maintain good relationships. "At the end of the day, you have to get past the politics and govern together.""I had a similar arrangement, but a bit less formal and more of an implicit understanding," Israel said. "The understanding was that we might have to endorse a candidate in our party, but it wouldn’t be bombastic, wouldn’t criticize the member, and everyone would get advanced notice. It did make the climate easier and more productive when we had to get in a room and discuss regional issues."The relevant section of the group’s bylaws shown to Newsday states: "Members will not actively oppose fellow Caucus members." It says that means: "Not endorsing candidates running against fellow Caucus members, including not engaging in any way, shape or form directly or indirectly against any fellow Caucus member" either in a primary or general election.Caucus members who are found in breach of these standards can receive a formal warning on a first offense. They are at risk of being banished for a second offense to "inactive status" for the remainder of the two-year Congress."It is said there are no friendships in Congress but, strictly speaking, that’s not true — especially when it comes to members of informal caucuses like Problem Solvers," said Ross Baker, a political scientist at Rutgers University.Lawmakers form such non-aggression pacts with fellow incumbents knowing their respective challengers, if elected, "might not be so collegial."

But Halpin went on to blast Suozzi — as well as Garbarino and LaLota — for their non-endorsement pact and "wanting to sing Kumbaya together while the middle class is getting hit right and left."Halpin also ridiculed the Problem Solvers as a group with no history of real legislative or other accomplishments, beyond, he said, being a "fig leaf" for its MAGA members to claim bipartisanship, with the cooperation of Suozzi and other Democrats.

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