Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I- Deerpark) is disheartened by the Majority’s one-house budget proposal to increase state spending by 22.6% and to raise taxes in the midst of an economic crisis. “Increasing state spending and raising taxes are the...

“Today the Assembly Majority passed what they want you to believe is a removal of Gov. Cuomo’s expanded executive powers. Their framing couldn’t be further from the truth. “This is a sham on the part of the Majority to look like they are actually...

“The Assembly Majority decided to cancel today's session at the last minute, in a blatantly political attempt to avoid voting on measures to remove Gov. Cuomo’s emergency powers. You would think that with scandal after scandal pouring out of his office,...

“From the beginning of the vaccine rollout, the state’s strategy has shut out county and local officials and failed in consistently and efficiently getting doses where they are needed. The state has repeatedly shown it is disconnect with the needs...

“Last night, news broke that the top aide to Gov. Cuomo admitted in a private meeting that the state willfully hid COVID-19 data from nursing homes to evade federal investigation. The more we look into the actions of the governor throughout the response...

Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I- Deerpark) is joining the Assembly Minority Conference, including Minority colleagues on the Assembly Oversight, Analysis and Investigation Committees in urging Majority colleagues to support their petition utilizing Section...

“The attorney general has released a report confirming that the Cuomo administration underreported COVID-19 nursing home and care facility deaths by 50 percent. This is appalling, but sadly, I’m not surprised. The governor has misled members of the...

Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I- Deerpark) has been selected by Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay (R,C,I-Pulaski) to serve on the Legislative Commission on Public Management Systems (Government Administration) for the 2021-2022 legislative term....

“The governor’s speech today was little more than a blanket denial of responsibility for anything that has happened since the start of the pandemic, and yet another instance of him blaming the federal government for his administration’s shortcomings....

“The way in which the governor has gone about distributing vital COVID-19 vaccines has been a complete failure” said Brabenec. “Repeatedly he has blamed his administration’s lack of efficiency on the federal government or factors beyond his control....

On the opening day of his State of the State address, Gov. Cuomo confirmed his administration’s intention of pursuing the legalization of recreational marijuana in New York state. Formerly a public opponent of the idea, the governor cites the adoption...

Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C-Deerpark) has come out against bill A.11181, which  prevents landlords from evicting tenants who have failed to pay rent due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Brabenec and others in the Assembly believe this measure...

“Gov. Cuomo must amend his "yellow" hotspot zone to exclude Monroe-Woodbury's North Main Elementary School. The students and staff in the school have seen near-zero cases of COVID-19 since the school year resumed in September and the continued restrictions...

Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) today is denouncing the elimination of Section 50-a of the Civil Rights Law in New York state. Repealing Section 50-a will make law enforcement officers’ disciplinary records, misconduct complaints and transcripts...

Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) is advocating for the allowance of in-person high school graduation ceremonies to be held starting in July. The ceremonies would have to be held outdoors with necessary precautions such as social distancing and...

"I'm thrilled that a COVID-19 testing location has finally been opened in Spring Valley at the Martin Luther King Multi-Purpose Center," said Brabenec. "This is a long overdue and vital service for the people of north Rockland County, and one that I requested...

Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) today returned to Albany with his fellow Assembly members. The Legislature is convening for the first time since budget proceedings after urgings to return to normalcy. “After working diligently on local...

For many upstate New Yorkers, today symbolizes light at the end of the tunnel. Phase I businesses are being reopened, and people are able to return to work. I am wary, however, of the taste Gov. Cuomo has gotten for power. Gov. Cuomo has used his expanded...

Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) joined the Orange County Tavern and Restaurant Association Saturday in sponsoring (845) Restaurants, a public Facebook group. (845) Restaurants will allow restaurants and residents in the Hudson Valley to post...

Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) today donated roughly 600 surgical masks to the Rockland Organ Donation Alliance (RODA). The masks were accepted by the President of RODA, Michael Prendergast, a transplant recipient himself. The Rockland Organ...