Anthony D'Esposito
Republican Representative of New York's 4th district
Representative
New York, district 4
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
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Congresses Served
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House Terms
February 22, 1982 (42 years old)
Birthday
- Retired police detective before entering politics
- Served as a police officer with the NYPD from 2006 to 2020
- Received four complaints during his NYPD career, including one for excessive force and one for an improper search
- Reprimanded twice by the NYPD for working as a DJ without permission and for failing to secure his firearm
- Appointed as a councilman on the Hempstead, New York, town council in 2016 and won a full term the following year
- Served on the Hempstead town council until 2023
- Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2022, representing New York’s 4th congressional district
- His election victory in 2022 was considered a major upset
- Became the first sitting Republican representative to call for Representative George Santos’ resignation in 2023
- Introduced the No Fortune for Fraud Act in 2023
- Supported Kevin McCarthy in the 2023 Speaker of the House election
- Introduced a resolution to expel George Santos from the House of Representatives in October 2023
- Voted against removing U.S. Armed Forces from Syria in 2023
- Introduced a resolution requiring Israel to be in full support of any changes to American foreign policy related to the war against Hamas, Palestinian statehood, etc.
- Serves on the Committee on Homeland Security, Committee on House Administration, and Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Member of the Republican Governance Group, Republican Main Street Partnership, and Congressional Hispanic Conference
- Of Italian and Puerto Rican ancestry
- Practices Roman Catholicism