Following a press conference held by members of the Assembly Minority Conference in Albany today, Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) is calling for common-sense legislation aimed at relieving thousands of New Yorkers’ student loan debt and reducing...

Editor’s Note: Click Here for an mp4 file of Assemblyman Brabenec’s post press conference interview Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) today attended a press conference held by Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I-Glenville) calling for a floor...

“Today is a truly historic day in the fight for women’s rights in New York State. I am proud to announce that the Women’s Equality Agenda becomes law today to protect women from sexual harassment and pregnancy discrimination in the workplace as...

Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) addressed Orange County Chamber of Commerce members at a breakfast Thursday held to allow legislators the opportunity to provide an update on what is happening in Albany. Brabenec explained the ethics reforms...

Last week, Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) hosted a “My Idea for a Law” poster contest at Sloatsburg Elementary School. Brabenec encouraged second-grade students to think of an everyday problem they believe could be solved with a new state...

Today, Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) is demanding answers after Gov. Cuomo vetoed a veterans’ pension buy-back program for the second year in a row. The bill, which was passed in both the Senate and Assembly, was sponsored by Brabenec,...

Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) is partnering with local charities to collect and distribute food to those less fortunate during the holiday season. Donations of canned goods, pasta, cereal, dry milk, almond milk, soy milk, baby formula, diapers,...

Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) today released an updated schedule of his district-wide constituent meetings. Brabenec now moves to Rockland County, where he will continue to encourage local residents to meet with him and his staff to discuss...

Last night, Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) hosted a public forum at Port Jervis High School to discuss the ongoing heroin epidemic that has claimed the lives of thousands. Across the nation, addiction to this drug has become a disease that...

“Gov. Cuomo’s announcement of a commission to revamp Common Core is nothing but a political farce designed to trick New Yorkers into believing he is listening to their concerns. With the announcement of yet another commission to hide behind, Gov....

Recently, Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R, C, I-Deerpark) visited local shops in the village of Monroe on a small-business walking tour with Mayor James Purcell, Laurie Dziedzic, President of the Greater Monroe Chamber of Commerce (GMCOC), and Paul Campanella,...

“This annexation is going to set a terrible and dangerous precedent. Never before has state law been used in such an aggressive land grab scenario. An annexation of land by the Village of Kiryas Joel will create huge problems for all of Orange County,...

“Common Core is broken. Parents, teachers, administrators and students have been well aware that New York’s implementation of the national standards has been abysmal. Until today, Gov. Cuomo has blatantly ignored the pleas of these stakeholders. While...

On Friday, September 4, Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) will be joined by Village of Monroe Mayor James Purcell and Laurie Dziedzic of the Greater Monroe Chamber of Commerce to tour downtown Monroe starting at 3 p.m. at Monroe Village Hall....

In honor of Swiss American Heritage Month, Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) will join local officials at a small gathering at the Chateau Hathorn, 33 Hathorn Rd in Warwick. Earlier this year, Brabenec and Gov. Cuomo penned an official Assembly...

This coming Friday, Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) will join Orange County Sheriff Carl DuBois at the Town of Warwick Senior Center to meet and talk with local residents about a life-saving program called “Yellow Dot.” Yellow Dot is a...

“I’m profoundly disappointed that Gov. Cuomo vetoed both of the Kiryas Joel Annexation Oversight Bills. These bi-partisan bills passed both the Assembly and Senate overwhelmingly and would have provided much-needed and much-desired oversight to the...

A full week after the Assembly was supposed to have completed its work, the gavel finally came down on this year's last session just after midnight. The indictments of former Speaker Sheldon Silver and Majority Leader Dean Skelos meant that almost nothing...

In response to Assemblyman Dov Hikind’s assertion that those opposed to the Kiryas Joel Annexation are “anti-Hasidic Jew,” Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) sent a scathing missive in response to Hikind’s untrue, ill-conceived remarks....

Today, Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) and Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Woodbury) voted to enact bipartisan legislation that has the potential to stop Kiryas Joel’s annexation plans. Assembly Bill 7639, introduced by Skoufis and co-sponsored...