
Republican · New York's 16th District · 2026
Joseph Cinquemani
Cinquemani is the father of triplets who attended New Rochelle public schools and went on to public universities.
Biography
Joseph Cinquemani is the father of triplets who attended New Rochelle's public schools from preschool through high school and continued to public universities.1 He campaigns as Joe and describes three decades of living in New Rochelle and Pelham Bay, with a focus on representing Westchester and the Bronx.1
An attorney, Cinquemani has focused his practice on real estate, business transactions and succession planning.1 His clients have included buyers and sellers, landlords and tenants, lenders and creditors, and people with different ownership stakes in a business.1 The transactions he describes include homes, commercial properties, leases and complex financing.1
He advises entrepreneurs from the start of a business through planning how to pass it to the next generation.1 That work can involve business valuations, buyout agreements, intellectual property, trusts and life insurance.1 He presents more than three decades of representing different sides of transactions as preparation for negotiating in Congress.1
His 2026 platform proposes a 10 percent reduction in federal spending, small modular nuclear reactors at Indian Point and expanded domestic drilling.2 He also wants the Federal Reserve to advise the Treasury secretary while markets determine interest rates.2 He is challenging Democratic incumbent George Latimer for New York's 16th Congressional District seat.3
Record and controversies
Unverified spending statistic
Cinquemani's issues page claims 70 percent of tax dollars are lost before reaching intended recipients, but identifies no supporting budget table or calculation.2 This review did not verify that percentage; GAO's historical fraud estimates use different measures and do not establish a total current loss rate for all waste and inefficiency.4