Driscoll supported property tax increase her second home avoided

Jeanine Driscoll, the Republican candidate in New York’s 4th congressional district, supported a property tax hike that her $2 million Southampton home was exempt from.

From 2020 to 2026, Driscoll served as the Hempstead Receiver of Taxes under town supervisor Don Clavin. Taxes were raised on Hempstead residents every year of Clavin and Driscoll’s term.

In 2024, the Town of Hempstead Board approved a 12.1% tax levy increase, allowing the town to take in an additional $42.2 million a year. The new levy applied to property taxes and appears to be the largest tax hike in town history, according to records dating back to 2013.

Driscoll’s $1 million home in Hempstead was subject to the increase, but her second and more expensive home in Southampton was not.

Driscoll’s second home is also outside of the 4th District. It is in New York’s 1st DIstrict which is represented by Republican Rep. Nick LaLota.

Driscoll will face incumbent Democratic Rep. Laura Gillen in the general election.