Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, received news of a bomb threat to her residence as she, her husband and their three-year-old were driving home to Saratoga County for Thanksgiving, according to a statement from Stefanik’s office.

Stefanik's office said the congresswoman, her husband and their three-year-old son were not at the home during the Nov. 27 scare, but were en route from Washington, D.C. for the Thanksgiving holiday at the time they were notified.

Several New York politicians received bomb threats as part of a widespread effort targeting President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and administrative appointees. The attacks, which ranged from bomb threats to prank “swatting” calls meant to dispatch a large number of armed police officers to