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.”

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday tapped Republican former congressman Lee Zeldin of New York to serve as Environmental Protection Agency administrator, a crucial role that will oversee the rollbacks of dozens of President Joe Biden’s environmental policies.