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Newsday
November 10, 2025

Long Islanders made their voices heard this week. Across Nassau and Suffolk counties, more than 420,000 people turned out to vote. They showed once again that when local government works, our community stands behind it.


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Washington Reporter
November 6, 2025

Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R., N.Y.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, explained to the Washington Reporter how his home state senator’s ongoing shutdown is causing an “increased risk amid an evolving threat landscape.”


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newsweek
September 11, 2025

Sept. 11, 2001, is more than a dark moment in history; it is a day that has forever marked New Yorkers and the nation, especially for the families and first responders who lost loved ones and those who are still impacted to this day.


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City & State
September 2, 2025

Long Island Rep. Andrew Garbarino was elected chair of the House Homeland Security Committee in July.


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LI Press
August 5, 2025

U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, joined Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder, and former Homeland Security Committee Chair Peter King on Tuesday, Aug. 5, to discuss Nassau’s various potential safety threats during the county’s weekly “Terror Tuesday” briefing.


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news12
July 27, 2025
Rep. Andrew Garbarino, the new chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, joins Rich Barrabi for his first one-on-one interview since taking on the new role.
 
Also, the Long Island Power Authority has a new chief executive officer.

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newsday
July 22, 2025

Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-Bayport) has been selected as the new chairman of the powerful House Homeland Security Committee, a panel that helps steer federal counterterrorism programs to New York in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.


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newsday
July 4, 2025
The current bill makes the majority of those cuts permanent, but also adds some new temporary provisions, including increasing the cap on state and local tax deductions to $40,000 for households earning $500,000 or less for the next five years
Issues: Taxes

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Islip Messenger
May 29, 2025

Congressman Andrew Garbarino (R-Bayport), in partnership with Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (R, NY-24), has reintroduced the Local Law Enforcement Protection Act, a federal bill aimed at safeguarding qualified immunity protections for police officers at the state and local levels across the country.


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newsday
January 22, 2025
As a barrier island off the coast of Long Island, Fire Island is “very important for the protection of the South Shore,” said Garbarino (R-Bayport), who advocated to lower the threshold for federal aid to Long Island municipalities. The Army Corps will also conduct townwide feasibility studies on the South Shore ahead of later project authorizations under the act.
Issues: Environment