Brad Garlinghouse lands in New York the week the Senate decides on crypto clarity

Brad Garlinghouse flew from Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport to Teterboro Airport on May 20, landing after a two-hour, 24-minute trip aboard N100RP. The Global 6000 arrived just past 12:50 p.m. Eastern time, putting the Ripple CEO in the New York metro area as a critical policy deadline approaches.

Garlinghouse was in Miami two weeks ago for the Consensus 2026 conference, where he warned that the CLARITY Act — the crypto industry's top legislative priority — needs to clear the Senate Banking Committee by the end of the third week of May or its chances “drop precipitously,” per reporting from CoinDesk and Cointelegraph. The bill, which has already passed the House and a Senate Agriculture Committee markup, now faces a narrowing window before the 2026 midterm campaigns turn it into what Garlinghouse called “too much of a loaded issue.”

The New York trip follows Garlinghouse's pattern of shuttling between Florida, the Bay Area, and the Northeast for conferences and regulatory meetings. With Ripple still pursuing an OCC trust charter and a Fed master account, Teterboro's proximity to Washington and Wall Street makes it a frequent landing zone for the CEO during crunch time on Capitol Hill.