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Back to EpisodesI Live Here Westchester | Joe Cinquemani on Taxes, Indian Point, and the NY-16 Race
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Joseph Cinquemani is the Republican nominee for Congress in New York's 16th District, which covers southern Westchester and part of the Bronx. The New Rochelle attorney talks about why he is challenging Rep. George Latimer, his 10% across-the-board federal spending cut, a plan to end tax withholding for workers earning under $40,000, and his case for recommissioning Indian Point as a small modular reactor hub. He also describes his federal suit against the City of Mount Vernon over a town hall and answers questions on data centers and AI.
In This Episode:
0:21 Who is Joe: a New Rochelle lawyer, a father of triplets, and why he is running
2:05 His 2004 run for Congress and why he stepped away
3:56 What campaigning looks like now
5:11 Reading the district, from Mount Vernon to White Plains
7:36 What he says is broken in Washington
10:30 Taxes, the withholding proposal, and what affordability means in Westchester
16:56 Energy and the case for recommissioning Indian Point
20:03 Who would pay for it
23:07 Whether New York City politics is reaching Westchester
25:38 The Mount Vernon town hall and the federal suit
31:04 Data centers and AI
35:31 The next 30 days on the trail
36:35 A district Latimer won by 43 points
38:57 The first bill he would co-author
42:48 His closing pitch
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