| New reporting reveals that while Jeanine Driscoll worked for the Town of Hempstead, she delivered “the largest tax hike in town history” — one that her own house in the Hamptons just happened to be exempt from.
While Driscoll served as the Hempstead Receiver of Taxes from 2020 to 2026, she oversaw a massive 12.1% property tax increase. While “Driscoll’s $1 million home in Hempstead was subject to the increase…her second and more expensive home in Southampton was not.”
In fact, “taxes were raised on Hempstead residents every year” of Driscoll’s term. Meanwhile, Nassau County residents saved more than $4 million in taxes while Laura Gillen worked in the same town government.
REMINDER: Driscoll has repeatedly used taxpayer dollars to promote herself. In addition to using public funds for a “Salute to Veterans” sign that doubled as partisan campaign material, she has also spent more than $2,000 in taxpayer money on mailers to attack her political opponents.
DCCC Spokesperson Riya Vashi:
“Jeanine Driscoll has no problem making life more expensive for hardworking Long Island families while ensuring the ultrawealthy don’t have to pay a single penny. Hopefully Driscoll’s enjoying her second home, because voters aren’t sending her to a third one in Washington next year.”
American Journal News: 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.
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