NY-4 race: How turnout will decide this Long Island swing district

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Oct 21, 2026
I'd like to see a better law enforcement.
The price of gas. It's ridiculous.
Different voters, different priorities.
But in New York's 4th Congressional District,
everyone wants action from Washington.
Both candidates are laying out their plans.
The message is we are here for the taxpayers.
My number one priority is to lower taxes.
Republican Janine Driscoll, the town of Hempstead's receiver of taxes,
is working to unseat Democratic Congresswoman Laura Gillen.
I've helped thousands of people cut their property tax bills.
Driscoll argues her local government experience prepares
her for Washington, claiming Gillen failed to deliver on key promises.
The first thing she did was vote against assault restoration.
She voted against no tax on tips,
no tax on overtime and no tax on Social Security.
Gillen, a former Hempstead town supervisor,
strongly defends her legislative record.
I'll work with anyone if it lowers your costs.
Pointing to federal funding she secured in her freshman year.
I brought over $59 million back into this district
because we send more to D.C. in our tax dollars than we get back.
On health care, an issue of concern for voters,
Gillen is criticizing Republican-backed cuts.
I voted against the largest cut to health care in our nation's history,
which is forcing millions of Americans off their health insurance
and driving up costs.
In this swing district, policy debates tell only half the story.
Turnout on election day could be just as important.
Every non-presidential year, Democratic turnout falls.
And it is very particularly in that southwest portion of Nassau County.
A voting pattern creates a vital window for Republicans.
What I'm telling people on the ground is turnout.
Vote a turnout at this point.
We're going to crank it out.
I want the world to be okay for my children
and for my neighbor's children.
So you have Gillen fighting for her seat, Driscoll's trying to flip it.
And after months of campaigning,
it's voters who ultimately get the final say.
Early voting runs from October 24th through November 1st.
In Hempstead, Long Island, Jodi Goldberg, Fox 5 News.
