NY Dems working to keep Stefanik's House seat vacant for months in latest scheme against Trump - assemblyman | 2 Feb 2025 | New York Democratic lawmakers are working to keep Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik's House seat vacant until the summer in an unprecedented move hashed out during late-night discussions last week, a Republican Empire State assemblyman told Fox Digital. "We still haven't seen the final proposal from the Democrats in Albany, but there's no doubt that Tammany Hall corruption is alive and well in the state capital," Republican New York Assemblyman Matt Slater, who represents the state's 94th district in areas of Putnam and Westchester counties, told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview on Sunday morning. "It is just blatantly corrupt for the New York State Democrats to keep changing the rules of engagement simply out of self-interest," Slater continued.