FILE - Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., speaks during a news conference, July 14, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. LaLota is the Republican candidate in New York's 1st District. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

FILE - Long Island Rail Road commuters arrive at the Hunterspoint Ave. station in the Queens borough of New York as they transfer to a subway station, Monday, July 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

FILE — Rep. Anthony D'Esposito, R-N.Y., arrives as Republicans meet on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 24, 2023. D'Esposito is the Republican candidate in New York's District 4. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

File - Excavators work on a plot of land that is being developed into multifamily housing, bottom left, on Long Island in East Northport, N.Y., Thursday, March 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

FILE — U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi speaks during a campaign canvass kick off event, Feb. 11, 2024, in Plainview N.Y. Suozzi is the Democrat candidate in New York's 3rd district. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer. File)

FILE - Protesters stand along a street on Long Island in Southampton, N.Y. on Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, near the location of a campaign fundraiser attended by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Sara Gillesby, File)

FILE — John Avlon attends The Hollywood Reporter's annual Most Powerful People in Media cocktail reception, at The Pool, April 11, 2019, in New York. Avlon is the Democrat candidate for Congress in New York's District 1. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)