New York's 1st congressional district | |
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New York 's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
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Current Representative | Lee M. Zeldin (R–Shirley) |
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Population (2000) | 654,360 |
Median income | 61,884 |
Ethnicity | |
Cook PVI | R+2 |
The 1st Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in eastern Long Island. It includes most of Central and Eastern Suffolk County, including most of Smithtown, as well as the entirety of the towns of Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, East Hampton, and Shelter Island. The district encompasses extremely wealthy enclaves such as the Hamptons, middle class suburban towns such as Selden, Centereach and Lake Grove, working-class neighborhoods such as Mastic, Shirley, and Riverhead and rural farming communities such as Mattituck and Jamesport on the North Fork. The district currently is represented by Republican Lee Zeldin. In the 2014 election, Zeldin defeated Democrat Tim Bishop, who had represented the district since 2003.