Lee Zeldin

About the Author

Lee Zeldin, an attorney and former politician, represented New York’s 1st congressional district in the House of Representatives from 2015 to 2023.

The Archive

Why Donald Trump has a real chance of winning in New York

It may seem unbelievable but it’s true: Donald Trump actually has a fair shot at winning New York in this year’s presidential election.

Instead of fighting crime, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg launches a Trump show trial

Instead of leading with courage to defend New Yorkers by enacting the necessary changes to make life safer, freer and more affordable, our elected officials are trying to imprison and...

Dems failed to take the House, so they’re rewriting rules with toxic map proposal

The red wave that pundits predicted never made its way ashore nationally, but it definitely washed over the landscape here in New York. Running as one team, we campaigned hard...

Feds hired NY health czar who defended deadly nursing-home order

Former Health Commissioner Howard Zucker — who defended the Cuomo-Hochul administration’s disastrous COVID-19 nursing-home policy — has failed upward and now serves in a senior position in the CDC.

Gov. Hochul is AWOL as CUNY is in crisis

As the far-left radicalization of the City University of New York advances, Kathy Hochul, on brand, is nowhere to be found.

My Zeldin Cares charity will lead the way in helping New Yorkers desperate for change

It wasn’t long ago New Yorkers could confidently say they lived in the greatest state in the greatest country in the history of the world.

How GOPers can shake our strategies and truly kickstart national red wave

The “red wave” in 2022 never arrived nationally, but it did flood the Empire State, the likes of which hasn’t been seen in decades.

Zeldin: Here's the REAL state of New York

As governor, if I were delivering Hochul’s State of the State address for her, here are 10 initiatives I would have offered that Hochul ignored.

New Yorkers, facing poorly performing schools, need more choice

Albany needs to lift the antiquated cap on charter schools among other actions in order to raise the bar on education for our students and families.

As New York's resources are overwhelmed, Hochul must push Biden to secure the border

The massive illegal-immigration surge that started when President Joe Biden took office is only getting worse.

Hochul congestion pricing hike puts struggling New Yorkers in a jam

With New York already facing a mass exodus, this Hochul Hike will help kick the outward flow of migration into overdrive.

Crime stopper: NY gov candidate's law & order blueprint: I’m gonna fire DA Bragg on Day 1 

On Day one as New York’s next governor in January, I will do what Kathy Hochul lacks the courage to do, and I will fire Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, vows...

The Democrats are holding New York City back

It’s time for New York City to again become that great city it was not that long ago, by cutting taxes, getting rid of all COVID-19 related mandates once and...

New York must end cashless bail before the list of victims grows even longer

It has been almost two years since cashless bail was implemented here in New York state, and the list of those unnecessarily victimized by its criminal benefactors seemingly grows by...

10 steps Gov. Kathy Hochul should take to get New York moving in the right direction

Here are 10 ideas for the Empire State’s new chief executive to implement, if she is at all serious about turning things around.

It's time to give Israel the means to take out Iranian nukes

The negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program have engendered furious debate in Washington and in capitals across the world. But there are steps outside of the nuclear talks that President Obama...