In Congress, I will fight to hold chemical manufacturers accountable for contaminating our drinking water with carcinogens and work with our Towns and Villages so they have the resources they need to update their infrastructure to ensure clean drinking water is available for all Nassau County families.
I will work to preserve shorelines, hold chemical manufacturers accountable for drinking-water contamination, and help towns and villages upgrade infrastructure for clean water.
Occurrences
Evidence
Gillen announced she secured more than $1.1 million in FY2026 Community Project Funding for Freeport to build five pump stations and tide check valves to reduce nuisance flooding and protect homes, businesses, roads, and infrastructure along the Nautical Mile.
Her FY27 appropriations requests include funding for Long Beach drinking-water filtration tank replacement, Rockville Centre 1,4-dioxane treatment, and Valley Stream sewer infrastructure replacement, all framed as clean-water or contamination-related district projects.
The office says it is accepting submissions for the 2026 Water Resources Development Act so Gillen can advocate for district priorities in Army Corps studies and construction projects.
Assessments
The record supports meaningful same-term progress on two parts of the promise: Gillen secured FY2026 federal funding for Freeport shoreline and flood-resilience infrastructure, and she has pursued additional appropriations requests for drinking-water treatment and sewer upgrades in district communities. That is concrete delivery on shoreline protection and helping towns and villages upgrade water-related infrastructure. But the evidence provided does not show that she has yet held chemical manufacturers accountable for drinking-water contamination, and some clean-water items remain requests rather than completed outcomes. On a federal-office standard, that supports partial rather than full delivery.