He won Suffolk for the third consecutive election and captured Nassau for the first time, becoming the first Republican to win there since 1988.

Republicans are likely to keep the chamber. But if Democrats flip it, the next two years will be marked by opposition.

As grim election results continue to roll in, Democrats are staring down the barrel of a likely Republican sweep of the White House and both houses of Congress. But boosted by a strong rebound in New York,

President-elect Donald Trump tapped New York Republican Lee Zeldin Monday to be his new head of the Environmental Protection Agency, further signaling his intention to oppose government action to address climate change.

Donald Trump picked Lee Zeldin, a Jewish Republican and former congressman from New York, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Trump announced Zeldin’s appointment on Monday in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, saying Zeldin “has been a true fighter for America First policies.”

Lee Zeldin, the former Long Island congressman, has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to run the Environmental Protection Agency. Zeldin, a Republican, had left Congress in 2023, after challenging Kathy Hochul in a bid for governor of New York State in 2022.