Former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin has been confirmed as the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and environmental groups in New York are bracing for impact. Zeldin is a ...

Former New York Republican Congressman and Republican nominee for governor Lee Zeldin testified at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday. President-elect Trump has nominated Zeldin to lead the ...

The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm former congressman Lee ... Zeldin said at his confirmation hearing. Zeldin, 44, is an attorney and former state senator from Long Island, New York.

Lee Zeldin, the former New York congressman tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is set to face his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate confirms Lee Zeldin as Environmental Protection Agency head as Trump targets rules meant to slow climate change.

Declaring climate change “real,” former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin faced questions Thursday from senators as part of his bid to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Republicans ...