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Joseph Cinquemani
Republican PartyU.S. House · NY · District 16
U.S. House New York District 16
U.S. House · NY · District 16
Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations—Bachelor's degree; Fordham University School of Law—Law degree
Data last updated 10/27/2026
Joseph Cinquemani is a lawyer who lives and works in New Rochelle, New York. Ballotpedia states that his career experience includes working as a lawyer, and his campaign biography says he has practiced law for 32 years with a focus on real estate, business transactions, and succession planning.
Committee Assignments: No committee assignments available.
Joseph Cinquemani frames healthcare primarily as an affordability and insurance-cost problem. His stated approach favors a market-oriented "Inform – Expand – Deregulate" healthcare insurance plan, cutting administrative costs, and eliminating regulations he views as unnecessary.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Cinquemani supports a three-part healthcare insurance approach described by his campaign as "Inform – Expand – Deregulate."
SourceCinquemani supports eliminating unnecessary regulation and cutting administrative costs to encourage market forces to improve the healthcare system.
SourceCinquemani supports letting market forces play a greater role in healthcare as part of his plan to improve the system and lower costs.
SourceJoseph Cinquemani’s Economy & Jobs platform emphasizes tax relief, lower energy costs, reduced federal spending, less regulation, and union job creation. He frames economic growth around cutting the federal budget, shifting monetary policy away from the Federal Reserve, expanding energy production, and promoting union trades and infrastructure projects.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Cinquemani supports cutting federal agency and department budgets by 10%, arguing that excessive federal spending is the root cause of inflation, deficits, and broader economic pain.
SourceCinquemani supports having markets determine interest rates and relegating the Federal Reserve to an advisory role under the Treasury secretary, with rule-based policy for price stability.
SourceCinquemani supports extending the federal income tax withholding exemption to all income up to the federal poverty line so low-wage workers keep more of their paychecks.
SourceCinquemani supports recommissioning Indian Point for small modular nuclear reactors and expanding natural gas production, arguing these policies would lower costs and create high-paying union jobs.
SourceCinquemani supports federal infrastructure investment in Yonkers, Mount Vernon, and Mamaroneck water, sewer, and drainage systems, saying it would address aging infrastructure and create high-paying union jobs.
SourceNo clear public position by Joseph Cinquemani on Immigration was found in the reviewed campaign website, Ballotpedia profile, or issue-position aggregators. Available public materials emphasize affordability, taxes, energy, jobs, infrastructure, and federal spending rather than immigration policy.
Joseph Cinquemani’s Climate & Energy platform emphasizes expanding energy supply to reduce costs, including recommissioning Indian Point for small modular nuclear reactors and increasing fossil-fuel development under a "Drill, baby, drill" approach. He also criticizes Green New Deal-style mandates and prioritizes reliability, affordability, nuclear power, natural gas production, and union job creation over rapid renewable-only transition policies.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Cinquemani supports transforming the Indian Point Energy Center into a small modular reactor hub to provide affordable, reliable, low-carbon baseload power and create union jobs in Westchester and the Bronx.
SourceIn his Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey, Cinquemani said New York should increase energy supply through "Drill, baby, drill" policies and recommission Indian Point for SMRs to generate affordable, reliable, safe, and green nuclear energy.
SourceCinquemani opposed Green New Deal-style and top-down climate mandates, arguing instead for expanded traditional fuel supply and recommissioning Indian Point for SMRs as New York’s long-term energy solution.
SourceJoseph Cinquemani's education-related platform emphasizes workforce-oriented alternatives to traditional four-year college, especially trade-union apprenticeships and vocational pathways. He frames these options as a debt-free route into high-demand work and supports education, training, and retraining programs for union workers facing technological change.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Cinquemani says high school students have been pushed toward expensive four-year degrees and that he would aggressively promote joining a trade union as a lucrative alternative to college.
SourceCinquemani supports apprenticeship pathways that allow young Americans to earn while they learn and enter critical, high-demand industries without student debt.
SourceCinquemani says his policies include developing education, training, and retraining programs to help union members adapt when automation or new technology makes skills obsolete.
SourceJoseph Cinquemani’s public-safety stance emphasizes support for law enforcement tools and cooperation, paired with accountability and privacy limits. He supports tying federal public-safety funds to oversight and background standards, allowing automated license-plate readers with Fourth Amendment guardrails, and having state and local law enforcement cooperate with federal officers.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Cinquemani said he would seek to tie federal public-safety grants to strict community oversight, rigorous background standards, and transparency requirements for local law enforcement.
SourceCinquemani supports use of automated license-plate readers by local police to track stolen vehicles and violent felons, while proposing a 72-hour purge for innocent citizens, a ban on vendors selling driver-location data, and warrants for broad federal historical tracking.
SourceCinquemani’s campaign issues page lists state and local law enforcement cooperation with federal law officers as one of his priority proposals.
SourceBallotpedia
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Cinquemani for Congress
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FEC
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Cinquemani for Congress 2026 Issues
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Smarter.Vote NY-16 Candidate Compare
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Scientist Network for Advancing Policy
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Ballotpedia
https://ballotpedia.org/New_York%27s_16th_Congressional_District_election,_2026Fetched: issuePositions
Cinquemani for Congress About
https://www.cinquemaniforcongress2026.com/about/Fetched: issuePositions
Aligned Vote
https://aligned.vote/politicians/joseph-cinquemani-ny-house-16-2026Fetched: issuePositions
Cinquemani for Congress Issues
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Scientist Network for Advancing Policy Candidate Responses
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Black Westchester
https://blackwestchester.com/cinquemani-condemns-institutional-excuses-calls-for-community-first-public-safety-reform-in-mount-vernon/Fetched: issuePositions