For the past decade, in keeping with rising costs and the natural pace of inflation, New York has spent more and more yearly, being eclipsed in spending only by California. Last year’s budget of about $220 billion was heavily debated, with one point...

This past week, the Minority Conferences in the Assembly and Senate rallied with local highway superintendents and laborers to champion the cause of better funding for local roads and bridges. Known as the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement...

Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C-Deerpark) and his fellow Assembly and Senate Minority members have pushed for better funding of local roads during the course of the state’s annual budget debates. Potholes and old roads plague a large amount of the state,...

One of the most pressing issues New York faces is the continued population loss thanks to outmigration. Between July 2021 and July 2022, New York saw its largest population loss of 299,557 people. They didn’t die from COVID-19 or old age, they moved...

It was nice to be away from Albany last week, because it freed me up to meet with members of the community and reacquaint myself with the needs of my constituents. I spent time with members of law enforcement, religious groups and library advocates, just...

Once again, Albany played host, as it often does, to lobbyists and concerned citizens looking to make the case for policies and funding on various issues that have the attention of the state’s citizens. But something that was special about this past...

Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C-Deerpark) and Assemblyman Brian Maher (R,C-Walden) are joining forces to push for a better allotment of funding and compensation for local district attorney offices during state budget negotiations. After hearing the concerns...

The governor recently presented her budget proposal for the 2024 fiscal year, and like many governors before her, it didn’t strike the right chord for me. Now, I won’t say that her intentions are bad, but like this government continues to do, it overcompensates...

“Another budget proposal from another governor has arrived, and much like years before, it’s bloated, weighs far too heavily toward New York City’s individual needs and is filled with a good amount of policy that is barely connected to spending...

Earlier this week, Assembly and Senate Minority members united for a press conference about the ongoing problem of bail reform. Since its implementation in 2019, our state has heard case after case, concern after concern, about bail reform and the leniency...