GOP controls four of the U.S. House seats on Long Island for the first time since 1994; Zeldin expresses "zero regret" over running for governor; Veterans Day Service will take place at Agawam Park; local housing markets hurt by rising mortgage rates but not so much on the East End; homeowners in beach-rights case asked to have a judge held in contempt of court; Zeldin concedes to Governor Hochul; GOP runs strongest campaign for New York governor in decades.

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Good morning, this is Long Island Morning Edition on 88.3 WLIW FM heard across the East End on 96.9 FM in Central and Western Suffolk. I'm Michael Mackey with Democrat Laura Gillen's concession of the 4th Congressional District race.

Candice Ferrette reports on newsday.com that the 4th Congressional District on Long Island was one of two house seats that had been in Democratic hands for years before Republicans took them Tuesday.

On Tuesday, the GOP kept control of the 1st and 2nd congressional districts in Suffolk, flipped the 3rd and 4th districts.

In Nassau with an anti inflation.

And tough on crime. Message that according to political experts and party officials, resonated strongly with Long Island voters. And while Representative Lee Zeldin, the Republican from Shirley Long Island lost the governor's race to Democrat Kathy Hochul.

He brought out.

Voters in Nassau and Suffolk counties in large numbers, boosting GOP.

Candidates in local house and state legislature races.

Party and official party officials and election experts tell Newsday in Suffolk.

Republican Nicholas load of Amityville, beat Democrat Bridget Fleming of now.

Back in the first district race for an open seat that Zeldin is vacating, Loloda won by about 11 percentage points.

Representative Andrew Garbarino, the Republican from Bayport, beat Democratic challenger Jackie Gordon in the second Congressional District, which lies primarily in Suffolk, but contains a section of Nassau.

Once again, that was a decisive victory.

For the Republican congressional can.

He may not have secured his own personal victory, but Republican Lee Zeldin insisted to the New York Post yesterday.

He had zero regret over the race. He ran as records show. He notched the best total vote performance of any GOP candidate since Nelson Rockefeller 52 years ago in his first.

Interview since conceding to Governor Kathy Hochul Zeldin said his surprisingly strong campaign was not in vain because it helped the Republican Party damn other ballot victories in critical house and New York State Senate races.

We were running as one team 1 ticket.

Zeldin 42 told the Post soon after admitting defeat Wednesday. I helped to bring out their voters. They helped to bring out my voters. That's what happens when you are all working together on these campaigns, said the Shirley Long Island congressman.

New York GOP chairman Nick Langworthy, who secured his own win in the Republican, held 23rd Congressional District on Wednesday, praised Eldon for his Herculean effort in reinvigorating the party.

Lee built a coalition of voters the likes of which we have not seen in a generation who want safe streets, economic freedom and a voice.

In their kids education, said GOP chairman Nick Lang.

Of the.

All veterans are invited to participate and attend the invocation and benediction will be given by the venerable Edward Fuller, U.S. Army veteran and interim clergy in charge at.

And served as an infantryman in the first Armored division in Germany.

Refreshments will be served after the service in the Veterans Memorial Hall.

Everyone is welcome.

That's Friday, November 11th.

Rising mortgage rates. But you wouldn't know it by browsing transaction on Long Island's East End from.

The third quarter.

Jonathan Lamantia reports on news.com that the median home price.

Among sales in the Hamptons was $1.6 billion. For deals that closed between July and September, which was 20.

3.1% higher than in the same quarter a year ago on the North Fork, the median reached a record $979,500, or 22.4% higher than the median.

A year ago, according to data from Douglas Elliman and Miller, Samuel more sales above $5 million of help drive up the median in the Hamptons, said Jonathan Miller, CEO of Miller. Samuel deals above that threshold represented about 13% of all sales in the.

Of the pandemic.

Still real estate firms specializing in East End sales say there are not enough homes available to satisfy buyers.

21 on the North Fork declining sales helped increase the supply of homes on the market. There are 110 sales closed during the quarter, which was 42 point.

Homeowners in a contentious East End beach rights case have asked a judge to hold the East Hampton Town trustees in continuous contempt of court after a lawyer for fishermen.

In a related case, was quoted in newspapers encouraging people to use the beach for fishing. Mark Harrington reports on newsday.com that.

In a filing Monday, a lawyer for four property owned.

Already had found the town of East Hampton and trustees in civil and criminal contempt in the case of finding both bodies have appealed in the new papers in New York State Supreme Court, Stephen Angel, a lawyer for homeowners, pointed to stories at Newsday and other media.

Outlets in which a lawyer for fisherman Dan Rogers was quoted encouraging his clients and others to use the contested beach after a Southampton town justice dismissed trespass charges against his client's 14 E Hampton fishermen. Because homeowners.

Failed to file formal trespass charges.

Term Zeldin said in his statement issued by his campaign.

This race was a once in a generation campaign with a very close margin in the bluest of blue states.

The unrelenting passion and hard work of our grassroots volunteers and supporters made this incredibly close race possible and helped us win at least 49 of New York.

62 counties Zeldin said in the statement. Denise Civiletti reports on Riverhead local Radcon that Hochul leads Eldon 52 to 47% with 93% of the votes calculated and in.

With a few races still up in the air on Wednesday, New Yorkers were parsing returns and finding signs of both democratic resilience and some surprising Republican gains Tuesday.

Most consequential result was Pokal victory over her Republican opponent, Representative Lee Zeldin, who ran a spirited campaign but fell short.

Jesse McKinley and the New York Times report.

It's that in a state where they are outnumbered by registered Democrats by more than two to one. Republicans posted their strongest statewide performance in decades using crime and inflation to outrun their party's performance. Nationally, with 94% of the votes counted, Governor Hogan margin 5.6% look.

More like that of a governor of a hotly contested swing state than deep blue, New York Republicans picked up several congressional.

Would break that streak.

But Governor Hochul ran up the score in New York City, the mother lode of Democratic votes.

She wrote out zelden stronger showing on Long Island.

Home turf and in other suburban and upstate areas, Republicans had a big night on Long Island, sweeping 4 seats, including two in Nassau County vacated by retiring Democrats.

The third Congressional District, where George Sandhaus of latency are who attended the January 6 riot was flipped and on the East End the Republicans wanted first.

This has been Long Island local news on Long Island's only NPR station WLIW FM I Michael Mackey.