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Jodi Giglio
Republican PartySTH · NY · District 2
New York State Assembly District 2
STH · NY · District 2
New York State Assembly District 2
Stony Brook University—business major (attended; degree not found)
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Jodi Giglio is a Republican Assemblywoman serving New York State Assembly District 2 and is in her third term representing the North Fork of Long Island, portions of Brookhaven, and the towns of Riverhead and Southold. Before joining the Assembly, she served for 10 years as a Riverhead Town Councilwoman; she is also a small business owner with experience in construction management and a union member of Local 138 of the International Union of Operating Engineers.
Committee Assignments: Committee on Agriculture · Committee on Governmental Employees · Committee on Labor · Committee on People with Disabilities · Committee on Transportation · Committee on Ways and Means · Legislative Women's Caucus · Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities
Jodi Giglio, Republican Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 2, emphasizes healthcare access, accountability, and continuity of care, especially for seniors, people with disabilities, children needing early intervention services, and patients needing mental health or long-term care. Her healthcare-related record includes sponsoring an essential-visitor patient-rights bill and publicly pressing state agencies to fix CDPAP, Early Intervention, and mental health service gaps.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Giglio joined Assembly colleagues in calling for the state to delay the CDPAP transition until July 1 so elderly and disabled New Yorkers would not lose home-care services.
SourceGiglio demanded an independent audit of the CDPAP fiscal-intermediary contract, immediate full backpay for affected caregivers, and reinstatement of lost health insurance coverage.
SourceGiglio held a press conference urging the Department of Health to immediately fix the Early Intervention Hub after technical failures caused service interruptions and provider payment delays.
SourceGiglio called for addressing mental health workforce shortages, expanding crisis stabilization and mobile response teams, improving youth mental health services, and requiring clearer reporting on mental-hygiene funds.
SourceJodi Giglio, Republican Assemblywoman for New York State Assembly District 2, frames her economy and jobs position around lowering taxes and costs, limiting state spending, retaining employers, and supporting workforce participation. She also links child care stability, hospitality reopening, and small-business relief to job retention and local economic health.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Giglio called for sustainable Child Care Assistance Program funding and supported the Assembly Minority ABC Plan, including child care tax credits, provider incentives, regulatory relief, and flexible child care models to help parents stay in the workforce.
SourceAt a Local Government budget hearing, Giglio raised concerns about corporate outmigration and said New York needs affordability and competitiveness policies to retain employers, jobs, local economies, and tax revenue.
SourceGiglio backed legislation to lift COVID-era restrictions on restaurants, bars, pubs, and catering halls, arguing that small businesses and hospitality jobs were being harmed by curfews, capacity limits, and alcohol-with-food mandates.
SourceJodi Giglio supports stricter immigration-enforcement measures, including allowing local law enforcement to involve ICE in what she called the illegal migrant crisis. Her legislative record includes co-sponsoring bills to require ICE notification for certain noncitizens, register foreign refugees with state agencies, require local approval for asylum-seeker housing facilities, and verify voter citizenship through the federal SAVE program.
Jodi Giglio, Republican Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 2, emphasizes environmental preservation and clean water/climate resiliency for Long Island while expressing concern that New York climate and renewable-energy mandates need more transparency, local control, and cost/feasibility review. Her climate and energy record includes co-sponsoring bills to preserve fossil-fuel options in buildings, require cost-benefit analysis of renewable-energy targets, and constrain utility-rate increases.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Stated that major renewable-energy projects under CLCPA mandates should involve local-government jurisdiction, saturation review, public hearings, environmental review, and transparent analysis.
SourceJodi Giglio has emphasized education access through scholarships, workforce training, school supplies, and child care availability, while also opposing education-related mandates she views as burdensome or inadequately justified. As a sitting New York Assembly member for District 2, she voted no on the 2026-2027 education, labor, housing and family assistance budget bill.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Giglio encouraged District 2 students and families to apply for Chime Scholars Foundation scholarships and said higher education and workforce training should be accessible regardless of background or financial situation.
SourceGiglio joined Moms for Liberty in calling on lawmakers and candidates not to add COVID-19 vaccination to mandatory school immunizations until vaccines underwent what she described as adequate testing and evaluation for efficacy and safety.
SourceGiglio hosted a back-to-school drive with St. John's Parish Outreach that distributed backpacks, notebooks, pencils, pens, markers, and other supplies to local students, saying every child deserves the tools necessary to succeed in school.
SourceGiglio criticized the governor's State of the State for expanding two-K, three-K, and pre-K in New York City while Long Island families continued to face limited child care and early education access.
SourceJodi Giglio emphasizes a law-and-order public safety agenda, including support for law enforcement, stricter consequences for serious drug and vehicular crimes, and criticism of policies she views as weakening policing or public safety. As a sitting New York Assembly member for District 2, she has sponsored public-safety-related bills and issued statements backing tools for police and tighter rules around crime and parole.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Giglio joined a press conference supporting proposals to restore judicial bail discretion for fentanyl and synthetic opioid sellers, create a death-by-dealer crime, criminalize xylazine, and expand compensation for families of fatal overdose victims.
SourceBallotpedia
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New York State Assembly biography
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New York State Assembly committee membership
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Jodi for NY campaign website
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Patch candidate profile
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FollowTheMoney.org
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Vote Smart - Jodi Giglio Biography
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NYSUT Endorsements
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PEF 2026 Endorsements
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Long Island Gasoline Retailers Association October 2026 PDF
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The South Shore Press
https://www.southshorepress.com/local/for-giglio-people-come-before-politics-498f0cc6Fetched: endorsements
Conservative Party of New York State 2026 Assembly Ratings
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New York State Assembly member profile for Jodi Giglio
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New York State Assembly bill page for A05702
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New York State Assembly - Jodi Giglio Budget Statement
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/Jodi-Giglio/story/117676Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Jodi Giglio Child Care Economy Statement
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/Jodi-Giglio/story/117478Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Jodi Giglio Corporate Outmigration Statement
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New York State Assembly - Jodi Giglio Hospitality Reopening Statement
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/Jodi-Giglio/story/96239Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Bill Search A05718
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New York State Senate Open Legislation A6796
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New York State Senate Open Legislation A6260
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New York State Assembly press release
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New York State Assembly - A10006 bill page
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New York State Assembly - Jodi Giglio scholarship statement
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New York State Assembly - Jodi Giglio COVID-19 school vaccination mandate statement
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Jodi-Giglio/story/104094Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Jodi Giglio back-to-school drive statement
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New York State Assembly - Jodi Giglio State of the State statement
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New York State Senate Open Legislation
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New York State Senate Open Legislation
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New York State Senate Open Legislation
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New York State Senate Open Legislation
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New York State Assembly
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