Brian Maher

Republican · NY · New York State Assembly, District 101

Brian Maher is the Republican candidate for the New York State Assembly, District 101, on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot. They are the incumbent.

Campaign Finance Information · Member of the Assembly, District 101 · November 3, 2026

Data last updated July 21, 2026

Raised: $71,286
Spent: $14,960

Direct contributions by size

$1,000-$4,999$44,668
$500-$999$9,542
$250-$499$6,909
$100-$249$6,907
$1-$99$3,259

Source: New York Soda · 2026 cycle · data.ny.gov

Track record

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Environment and Public Health

· 7 records

Maher promoted an Assembly Minority energy plan focused on reliability, affordability, and expanded supply.
February 24, 2026For
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher voted against S824, the Climate Change Superfund Act's climate-adaptation cost-recovery program.
February 24, 2025Against
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher introduced A1961 to establish a tax credit for farms transitioning to specified agricultural certifications.
January 14, 2025For
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Maher introduced A1938 to include Orange County among designated communities eligible for community-preservation funds.
January 14, 2025For
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Maher voted against A2084, prohibiting lead ammunition on specified state and watershed lands.
April 26, 2023Against
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Maher introduced A5483 to establish a tax credit for farms transitioning to specified agricultural certifications.
March 13, 2023For
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Maher introduced A5211 to authorize a Chester community-preservation fund supported by a real-estate transfer tax.
March 6, 2023For
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Government Efficiency

· 14 records

Maher expanded his district staff by hiring a Sullivan County administrative aide.
January 29, 2026For
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Maher advocated legislation requiring prompt state payment to nonprofit service providers and interest on late payments.
June 17, 2025For
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Maher voted against A3516, the Keep Police Radio Public Act.
June 5, 2025Against
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
At an Assembly opioid hearing, Maher advocated county-led planning, incentives, and zoning authority for methadone-clinic placement.
June 3, 2025For
Source: nystateassembly.granicus.com · researched July 18, 2026
Maher introduced A1981 to require NYSERDA to pay farm-operation grants within 90 days after notification.
January 14, 2025For
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Maher introduced A2031 to establish term limits for the governor and legislators and four-year legislative terms.
January 14, 2025For
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Maher introduced A1925 to fund local sector partnerships linking employers, industry clusters, and community colleges.
January 14, 2025For
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Maher's principal-sponsored A9828, exempting Chester's comptroller and building inspector from town residency requirements, was signed into law.
August 28, 2024For
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Maher's principal-sponsored A5355, allowing Maybrook's village justice to live elsewhere in Montgomery or Hamptonburgh, was signed into law.
September 15, 2023For
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Maher introduced A7633 to authorize up to $4.5 million in Washingtonville deficit-financing bonds.
May 25, 2023For
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Maher introduced A7345 to establish term limits for the governor and legislators and four-year legislative terms.
May 17, 2023For
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Maher introduced A6496 to fund local sector partnerships linking employers, industry clusters, and community colleges.
April 12, 2023For
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Maher introduced A4792 to require NYSERDA to pay farm-operation grants within 90 days after notification.
February 23, 2023For
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As Montgomery town supervisor, Maher moved adoption of the town's fee and fine schedule and voted for it.
January 2, 2020For
Source: ecode360.com · researched July 18, 2026

Healthcare Affordability

· 14 records

Maher opposed proposed Medicaid reimbursement cuts affecting ambulance and emergency-medical services.
February 11, 2026For
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Maher voted against S4914, expanding shield protections for legally protected health activity.
June 16, 2025Against
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Maher voted against A2581, establishing a reproductive-health outreach and education program.
June 11, 2025Against
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
At an Assembly opioid hearing, Maher advocated county-led planning, incentives, and zoning authority for methadone-clinic placement.
June 3, 2025For
Source: nystateassembly.granicus.com · researched July 18, 2026
Maher voted against A136, the medical-aid-in-dying bill.
April 29, 2025Against
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Maher introduced A2035 to let specified advanced health professionals qualify as emergency service technicians in rural areas.
January 14, 2025For
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Maher introduced A2012 to study emerging opioid compounds and improve overdose-treatment protocols.
January 14, 2025For
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Maher voted against S3609, requiring a reproductive and maternal health impact assessment for specified hospital changes.
June 7, 2023Against
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Maher introduced A7746 to study emerging opioid compounds and improve overdose-treatment protocols.
June 6, 2023For
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Maher voted against A1395, requiring medication-abortion access at SUNY and CUNY campuses.
April 18, 2023Against
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher introduced A6012, the Health Care Tax Reform Act, to eliminate specified taxes and assessments on health insurance.
March 30, 2023For
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher introduced A5481 to let specified advanced health professionals qualify as emergency service technicians in rural areas.
March 13, 2023For
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Maher introduced A5478 to require a state report on surplus ventilators after the COVID-19 emergency.
March 13, 2023For
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher voted against S1351, which protects New York abortion providers from specified out-of-state arrest and extradition actions.
February 13, 2023Against
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Government Spending Reduction

· 1 record

Maher promoted an Assembly Minority energy plan focused on reliability, affordability, and expanded supply.
February 24, 2026For
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Public Safety and Crime Control

· 25 records

Maher's principal-sponsored A2020, granting peace-officer status to Montgomery town court officers, passed both chambers and was delivered to the governor.
July 17, 2026For
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Maher's principal-sponsored A10941, authorizing John Raftery's police civil-service eligibility in Shawangunk, passed the Assembly.
June 4, 2026For
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher's principal-sponsored A2733, authorizing Daniel Montalto's police civil-service eligibility in Shawangunk, passed both chambers.
June 1, 2026For
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher voted against A1191, directing a study of personalized-firearm technological viability.
March 26, 2026Against
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher contacted a senior ICE official about a proposed Chester facility and later announced that the site was no longer being pursued.
February 20, 2026For
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher introduced A10086 to let police ask drivers of vehicles with tinted windows to lower every window for officer safety.
January 30, 2026For
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Maher introduced A9165 to require social-media platforms to remove content depicting a violent human death within 24 hours after notice.
October 17, 2025For
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Maher announced that the parole board denied parole after his petition and public advocacy concerning Trooper Robert VanNostrand's killer.
October 2, 2025For
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Maher voted against S1985, authorizing temporary firearm custody in specified family-violence circumstances.
June 11, 2025Against
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Maher submitted a petition opposing parole for the person convicted of murdering Trooper Robert VanNostrand.
May 23, 2025For
Source: assembly.state.ny.us · researched July 18, 2026
Maher opposed proposed prison closures and argued they would harm public safety and affected communities.
April 10, 2025For
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Maher voted against S745, requiring a merchant category code for firearm and ammunition retailers.
March 19, 2025Against
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher introduced A1973 to let nonpublic schools apply for school-zone speed limits.
January 14, 2025For
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Maher introduced A2029 to let volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers receive both a property-tax exemption and an income-tax credit for service.
January 14, 2025For
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Maher introduced A2013 to require life without parole for specified murders of children under 13.
January 14, 2025For
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Maher introduced A1922 to require automatic license-plate readers at state-park entrances and exits.
January 14, 2025For
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Maher was appointed co-chair of the Assembly Minority Conference Human Trafficking Task Force.
July 29, 2024For
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Maher's principal-sponsored A3749, granting peace-officer status to Montgomery town court officers, passed the Assembly.
May 14, 2024For
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher introduced A9270 to let nonpublic schools apply for school-zone speed limits.
February 23, 2024For
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Maher introduced A8143 to require automatic license-plate readers at state-park entrances and exits.
October 13, 2023For
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Maher introduced A6011 to create a private right of action for landlords and employers suffering actual losses from domestic violence.
March 30, 2023For
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher publicly pressed for dedicated state funding for school-resource officers and school safety.
March 30, 2023For
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher introduced A5482 to repeal New York SAFE Act ammunition-capacity restrictions.
March 13, 2023Against
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher introduced A4728 to let volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers receive both a property-tax exemption and an income-tax credit for service.
February 23, 2023For
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher introduced A4041 to require life without parole for specified murders of children under 13.
February 9, 2023For
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Housing Affordability

· 3 records

Maher voted against S7882, restricting landlords' use of algorithmic pricing tools.
June 10, 2025Against
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher voted against S952, expanding protections involving rent-stabilized tenancies.
May 27, 2025Against
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Maher introduced A7922 to establish a community housing fund in Rochester, Ulster County.
April 11, 2025For
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Social Programs and Welfare

· 13 records

Maher introduced A10520 to let local social-services districts tighten child-care-block-grant income eligibility when funds near exhaustion.
March 6, 2026Against
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Maher advocated reducing child-care staffing ratios as a way to expand capacity and lower costs.
December 20, 2025For
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Maher introduced A9035 to establish a task force on modernizing victim-services reimbursements.
September 5, 2025For
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Maher advocated legislation requiring prompt state payment to nonprofit service providers and interest on late payments.
June 17, 2025For
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Maher introduced A8316 to establish a supplemental property-tax exemption for veterans and qualifying surviving spouses.
May 13, 2025For
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Maher introduced A5417 to create a commission studying reform of public-assistance benefit payment and eligibility cliffs.
February 14, 2025For
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Maher introduced A2042 to study barriers to creating child-care providers and recommend ways to expand supply.
January 14, 2025For
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Maher introduced A2050 to encourage married or two-adult households in public-assistance eligibility rules.
January 14, 2025For
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Maher was appointed ranking minority member of the Assembly Children and Families Committee.
December 20, 2024For
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Maher introduced A8969 to study barriers to creating child-care providers and recommend ways to expand supply.
January 31, 2024For
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Maher created the William J. Larkin Jr. Community Response Task Force and associated charitable fund to assist disaster-affected residents.
July 13, 2023For
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Maher introduced A6148 to encourage married or two-adult households in public-assistance eligibility rules.
April 3, 2023For
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Maher introduced A6013 to permit installment payment of the earned-income credit.
March 30, 2023For
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Public Education Quality

· 9 records

Maher's principal-sponsored A11183, granting retroactive state retirement-system participation to Rockland Central School District, passed the Assembly.
May 29, 2026For
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Maher introduced A10973 to authorize Goshen Central School District to establish an insurance reserve fund.
April 14, 2026For
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Maher introduced A10887 to establish grants for planning and scaling innovative learning models.
April 8, 2026For
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Maher introduced A1973 to let nonpublic schools apply for school-zone speed limits.
January 14, 2025For
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher introduced A2052 to provide loan forgiveness for agriculture educators.
January 14, 2025For
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher introduced A9270 to let nonpublic schools apply for school-zone speed limits.
February 23, 2024For
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Maher introduced A6871 to approve specified employee-benefit costs for Goshen Central School District transportation employees.
May 8, 2023For
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Maher publicly pressed for dedicated state funding for school-resource officers and school safety.
March 30, 2023For
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Maher introduced A5479 to provide loan forgiveness for agriculture educators.
March 13, 2023For
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Civil Rights

· 5 records

Maher voted against A6741, requiring online publication of sample ballots.
May 4, 2026Against
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Maher introduced A7008 to prohibit the term 'sex work' and variations of it in state law and rules.
March 18, 2025Against
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Maher voted against S752, authorizing secure ballot drop boxes.
March 12, 2025Against
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Maher voted against A1142, replacing specified gendered terms in state law with gender-neutral language.
May 17, 2023Against
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Maher voted against S1351, which protects New York abortion providers from specified out-of-state arrest and extradition actions.
February 13, 2023Against
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Corporate Accountability

· 6 records

Maher voted against S7882, restricting landlords' use of algorithmic pricing tools.
June 10, 2025Against
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher voted against S824, the Climate Change Superfund Act's climate-adaptation cost-recovery program.
February 24, 2025Against
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher introduced A1951 to require local labor for specified business-investment and energy-system property-tax exemptions.
January 14, 2025For
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Maher introduced A1978 to require at least semimonthly pay for manual workers while limiting private penalties for unknowing violations.
January 14, 2025For
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Maher introduced A7747 to require local labor for specified business-investment and energy-system property-tax exemptions.
June 6, 2023For
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Maher introduced A6014 to create county incentives to investigate and prosecute Medicaid fraud.
March 30, 2023For
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Public Infrastructure