Brian Maher

Maher opposed proposed Medicaid reimbursement cuts affecting ambulance and emergency-medical services.

February 11, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nystateassembly.granicus.com · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A2035 to let specified advanced health professionals qualify as emergency service technicians in rural areas.

January 14, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher voted against A1395, requiring medication-abortion access at SUNY and CUNY campuses.

April 18, 2023Opposes Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced the Health Care Tax Reform Act, proposing to phase out four state taxes on health insurance and hospital services over five years (Assembly Bill A6012).

March 30, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher voted against S824, the Climate Change Superfund Act's climate-adaptation cost-recovery program.

February 24, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill creating a state tax credit for farmers whose products sell while they move toward USDA organic certification (Assembly Bill 1961).

January 14, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A1938 to include Orange County among designated communities eligible for community-preservation funds.

January 14, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A2012 to study emerging opioid compounds and improve overdose-treatment protocols.

January 14, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill directing the state health commissioner to study new opioid compounds found in overdose patients and to develop better treatment protocols (Assembly Bill A7746).

June 6, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher voted against A2084, prohibiting lead ammunition on specified state and watershed lands.

April 26, 2023Opposes Environment and Public Health

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, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A5211 to authorize a Chester community-preservation fund supported by a real-estate transfer tax.

March 6, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher voted against A3516, the Keep Police Radio Public Act.

June 5, 2025Opposes Anti-Corruption

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A6014 to create county incentives to investigate and prosecute Medicaid fraud.

March 30, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill adding the Goshen Central School District to the New York school districts allowed to set up an insurance reserve fund, proposing to let the district save money in advance for swings in health insurance costs (Assembly Bill A10973).

April 14, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher advocated legislation requiring prompt state payment to nonprofit service providers and interest on late payments.

June 17, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

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, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

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, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A2031 to establish term limits for the governor and legislators and four-year legislative terms.

January 14, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher's principal-sponsored A9828, exempting Chester's comptroller and building inspector from town residency requirements, was signed into law.

August 28, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher's principal-sponsored A5355, allowing Maybrook's village justice to live elsewhere in Montgomery or Hamptonburgh, was signed into law.

September 15, 2023Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a proposed constitutional amendment setting term limits for New York's governor and legislators and lengthening legislative terms to four years (Assembly Bill A7345).

May 17, 2023Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A5478 to require a state report on surplus ventilators after the COVID-19 emergency.

March 13, 2023Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A4792 to require NYSERDA to pay farm-operation grants within 90 days after notification.

February 23, 2023Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Sponsored a bill letting employees of one school district count work done since July 2025 toward the state employees' pension system, with the district paying any required employer costs. The Assembly passed it on May 29, 2026 (Assembly Bill 11183).

May 29, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill to create state grants for schools and other groups to plan, launch, and expand new learning models (Assembly Bill A10887).

April 8, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A10520 to let local social-services districts tighten child-care-block-grant income eligibility when funds near exhaustion.

March 6, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher opposed proposed Medicaid reimbursement cuts affecting ambulance and emergency-medical services.

February 11, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A7922 to establish a community housing fund in Rochester, Ulster County.

April 11, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A1938 to include Orange County among designated communities eligible for community-preservation funds.

January 14, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A1925 to fund local sector partnerships linking employers, industry clusters, and community colleges.

January 14, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill letting the village of Washingtonville borrow up to $4.5 million to pay off deficits in its general, water, sewer, and capital funds. The matching Senate bill passed and was signed into law (Assembly Bill 7633-A).

May 25, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A6871 to approve specified employee-benefit costs for Goshen Central School District transportation employees.

May 8, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill creating a state program that funds partnerships among employers, industry groups, and community colleges to build the local workforce (Assembly Bill 6496).

April 12, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher publicly pressed for dedicated state funding for school-resource officers and school safety.

March 30, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A5479 to provide loan forgiveness for agriculture educators.

March 13, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A5211 to authorize a Chester community-preservation fund supported by a real-estate transfer tax.

March 6, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

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, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher announced that the parole board denied parole after his petition and public advocacy concerning Trooper Robert VanNostrand's killer.

October 2, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 4906, which lets assault victims give their statement at work instead of at a police station. It applies where the workplace was the scene of the assault and is a hospital, an emergency medical facility, a nursing home, another residential health care facility, or a mental health facility. The choice belongs to the victim. Officers must tell the victim about it when they have reason to believe the attack was second-degree assault. The New York Assembly passed it 105-41. It became law.

June 11, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Maher submitted a petition opposing parole for the person convicted of murdering Trooper Robert VanNostrand.

May 23, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher voted against S745, requiring a merchant category code for firearm and ammunition retailers.

March 19, 2025Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A1973 to let nonpublic schools apply for school-zone speed limits.

January 14, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill to let volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers claim both a property-tax exemption and an income-tax credit for their service (Assembly Bill A2029).

January 14, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A2013 to require life without parole for specified murders of children under 13.

January 14, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A1922 to require automatic license-plate readers at state-park entrances and exits.

January 14, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher was appointed co-chair of the Assembly Minority Conference Human Trafficking Task Force.

July 29, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher's principal-sponsored A3749, granting peace-officer status to Montgomery town court officers, passed the Assembly.

May 14, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A9270 to let nonpublic schools apply for school-zone speed limits.

February 23, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill proposing to require automatic license-plate readers at every entrance and exit of New York state parks, and to help local governments set up similar systems at their own parks. It never moved past committee (Assembly Bill A8143).

October 13, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill letting landlords and employers sue an abuser for money they lost because of domestic violence, such as damage to a rental unit or the cost of covering a victim's missed work (Assembly Bill 6011). The bill stayed in the Judiciary Committee and did not pass.

March 30, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher publicly pressed for dedicated state funding for school-resource officers and school safety.

March 30, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a New York bill proposing to let volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers claim both a property-tax break and an income-tax credit for their service. The bill died in the Ways and Means Committee.

February 23, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill requiring life in prison without parole for anyone convicted of murdering a child under 13 (Assembly Bill 4041).

February 9, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A7922 to establish a community housing fund in Rochester, Ulster County.

April 11, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher advocated reducing child-care staffing ratios as a way to expand capacity and lower costs.

December 20, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A9035 to establish a task force on modernizing victim-services reimbursements.

September 5, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced Assembly Bill A5417, proposing a state commission to study how public assistance is paid and the income levels at which families lose benefits.

February 14, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A2042 to study barriers to creating child-care providers and recommend ways to expand supply.

January 14, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A2050 to encourage married or two-adult households in public-assistance eligibility rules.

January 14, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher was appointed ranking minority member of the Assembly Children and Families Committee.

December 20, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A8969 to study barriers to creating child-care providers and recommend ways to expand supply.

January 31, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher created the William J. Larkin Jr. Community Response Task Force and associated charitable fund to assist disaster-affected residents.

July 13, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill proposing that New York ignore some income and resources so married or two-adult households are not penalized in public-assistance eligibility (Assembly Bill A6148).

April 3, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A6013 to permit installment payment of the earned-income credit.

March 30, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill to create state grants for schools and other groups to plan, launch, and expand new learning models (Assembly Bill A10887).

April 8, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A2052 to provide loan forgiveness for agriculture educators.

January 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A1925 to fund local sector partnerships linking employers, industry clusters, and community colleges.

January 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill creating a state program that funds partnerships among employers, industry groups, and community colleges to build the local workforce (Assembly Bill 6496).

April 12, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A5479 to provide loan forgiveness for agriculture educators.

March 13, 2023Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher voted against A1191, directing a study of personalized-firearm technological viability.

March 26, 2026Opposes Gun Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 745, which takes ammunition sellers out of a card-tracking rule. A 2024 law made payment card networks give gun and ammunition sellers their own merchant code, so those purchases can be told apart. The bill removes dealers of ammunition from that rule. The code still applies to licensed firearms dealers. A firearms dealer that also sells ammunition is still covered. Every other state and federal rule on selling ammunition is unchanged. The New York Assembly passed it 96-52. It became law.

March 19, 2025Supports Gun Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Maher voted against S745, requiring a merchant category code for firearm and ammunition retailers.

March 19, 2025Opposes Gun Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A5482 to repeal New York SAFE Act ammunition-capacity restrictions.

March 13, 2023Opposes Gun Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A4727 to allow children age 10 or older to use firearms at shooting ranges under qualified supervision.

February 23, 2023Opposes Gun Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher voted against S4914, expanding shield protections for legally protected health activity.

June 16, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher voted against A2581, establishing a reproductive-health outreach and education program.

June 11, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher voted against S3609, requiring a reproductive and maternal health impact assessment for specified hospital changes.

June 7, 2023Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher voted against A1395, requiring medication-abortion access at SUNY and CUNY campuses.

April 18, 2023Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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, 2023Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill proposing to require automatic license-plate readers at every entrance and exit of New York state parks, and to help local governments set up similar systems at their own parks. It never moved past committee (Assembly Bill A8143).

October 13, 2023Opposes Data Privacy

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against Assembly Bill 4040-A, which changes how someone proves housing discrimination under the state human rights law. A person can now win by showing what a rule or practice does, even with no proof that anyone meant to discriminate. That counts when the practice shuts out a protected group in practice, or keeps neighborhoods segregated. The practice can still be legal if the owner proves it is needed for a real and lawful business reason. Even then, the person who complained can still win by proving that another practice with less harm would serve that same reason. The law spells out who has to prove what at each step. the New York State Assembly passed it 95-46, and it became law.

June 6, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Maher voted against A136, the medical-aid-in-dying bill.

April 29, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A7008 to prohibit the term 'sex work' and variations of it in state law and rules.

March 18, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher voted against A1142, replacing specified gendered terms in state law with gender-neutral language.

May 17, 2023Opposes Civil Rights

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, 2023Opposes Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A9165 to require social-media platforms to remove content depicting a violent human death within 24 hours after notice.

October 17, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill proposing to require hiring local workers before a business can claim certain property tax breaks for investments or energy systems (Assembly Bill A1951).

January 14, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced Assembly Bill A1978, proposing that manual workers be paid at least twice a month instead of weekly. The bill also proposes blocking employee lawsuits over unknowing violations, leaving fines of up to $25 per worker to the state labor commissioner.

January 14, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced Assembly Bill A7747, proposing to require that at least 80% of workers be local hires before a business could claim certain property-tax breaks. The bill stalled in committee and died.

June 6, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 6997, which sets up a way to report unsafe work on utility poles. Pole owners and anyone attaching equipment must file, electronically, who owns what is on a pole and which contractor is working on it. The Public Service Commission must run a public online complaint form for the public and for telecoms workers. It must inspect a reported complaint within two weeks and decide whether a rule was broken. A party usually gets a week to put a violation right before any fine, but the commission can shorten or extend that time. Fines are ceilings, not set amounts: up to $20,000 for a first violation and up to $50,000 for a second. Breaking the commission's one-touch make-ready rules, which let a single crew move every company's lines on a pole in one visit, brings a fine of up to $20,000 with no time to fix it first. Anyone seeking a permit to work in a public right of way must also tell the local government every contractor doing the work. The New York Assembly passed it 111-31. It became law.

June 17, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Maher's principal-sponsored A1934, exempting a specified Orange County premises from liquor-license requirements, passed both chambers.

June 3, 2026

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

The Center for Effective Lawmaking ranked him third among minority-party Assembly members. The ranking covered the 2023-24 session. It also named him among five freshmen exceeding expectations.

November 14, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher began a nine-month active-duty Navy deployment to a combat area while keeping his Assembly district office operating.

November 6, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher's principal-sponsored A1969, authorizing a Chester village hotel and motel tax, was signed into law.

October 16, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A7913 to authorize Montgomery to impose a hotel and motel tax.

April 11, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A1947 to establish a farm savings-account program.

January 14, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A2036 to create a tax credit for growers of base ingredients used to produce beer.

January 14, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher's principal-sponsored A6202, authorizing a Goshen village hotel and motel tax, was signed into law.

August 23, 2023

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A5488 to establish a farm savings-account program.

March 13, 2023

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Introduced a bill to widen who qualifies for a non-ambulatory hunting permit, covering people who can walk indoors but not through fields and woods (Assembly Bill 5490).

March 13, 2023

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A5484 to create a non-trail snowmobile registration for access to hunting, fishing, and trapping areas.

March 13, 2023

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A5498 to create a tax credit for growers of base ingredients used to produce beer.

March 13, 2023

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A4727 to allow children age 10 or older to use firearms at shooting ranges under qualified supervision.

February 23, 2023

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

The Orange County Partnership named Maher its 2022 Most Valuable Partner for economic-development and comprehensive-planning work as Montgomery town supervisor.

June 7, 2022

Source: ocpartnership.org · researched July 18, 2026

The New York Young Republican Club endorsed Maher for State Assembly District 101.

May 12, 2022

Source: nyyrc.com · researched July 18, 2026

Maher introduced A11224 to transfer specified Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center property to Goshen.

May 1, 2026

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Contacted a senior ICE official about a proposed Chester facility. Later announced that the site was no longer being pursued.

February 20, 2026

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 2551, which raises the fines a court may impose on a company convicted of a crime. The ceiling for a felony goes from $10,000 to $80,000. For the more serious class of misdemeanor it goes from $5,000 to $40,000, and for the lesser class from $2,000 to $15,000. For a violation, the lowest tier, it goes from $500 to $4,000. A judge may instead fine up to three times what the company gained, where the old limit was double. The change reaches companies only, not people, and only where no other law sets its own company fine. The New York Assembly passed it 107-33. It became law.

June 17, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 8420, which makes advertisers say when a person in an ad is not real. A synthetic performer is a figure built by computer to look like a human performer who is nobody real. A business that makes an ad and knows one is in it must say so clearly, in the ad itself. The fine is $1,000 the first time and $5,000 after that. The rule falls on whoever makes the ad, not on the paper, channel or platform that carries it. Audio-only ads are exempt, as is using the technology just to translate a real person's words. Ads for films, television, streaming and video games are exempt only when the synthetic performer is used in the ad the same way it is used in the work itself. The New York Assembly passed it 92-49. It became law.

June 17, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 8416, known as the FAIR Business Practices Act. The old law banned only business acts that deceive people. This law also bans acts that are unfair or abusive. An act is unfair when it does real harm that people cannot easily avoid, and the harm is not worth the benefit. An act is abusive when it blocks someone from understanding a term of a deal, or takes unfair advantage of their confusion, weak position, or trust. The attorney general can sue over these acts even when the target is a business rather than a shopper, and even when the company sits outside New York. People suing on their own can still sue only over acts that deceive. A company that follows federal trade rules has a full defense. the New York State Assembly passed it 91-50, and it became law.

June 17, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 4914, which shields people who give or get reproductive and gender-affirming care from other states' courts. It gathers scattered protections under one definition and drops the rule that the care had to happen in New York. Anyone asking a New York court to help an out-of-state case must swear it is not about punishing that care, and a false oath costs $15,000. A New York business holding records may not answer an out-of-state demand without that oath, and must tell the Attorney General within 72 hours. Police may not make an arrest over it, doctors and lawyers may not be disciplined for it, and insurers may not retaliate. A family court may not take a child away because a parent allowed this care. The bill does not change who may get care or what a doctor may do. The New York Assembly passed it 94-50. It became law.

June 16, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 8417, which ends the cost break for extending a gas line to a building that does not have gas. Under the old rule a utility had to supply gas or electricity, and the state public service commission could make the customer pay only for the part of the line beyond 100 feet. Now a utility must still connect a building that asks for gas, but the commission has to make that customer pay the material and installation costs of the pipe. The old 100 foot cost sharing rule stays in place for electric service. the New York State Assembly passed it 83-62, and it became law.

June 16, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1069, which bars drilling for oil and gas on more state land. State law already kept gas and oil work off state park land and the coastal district. The bill adds state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife management areas and unique areas to that list. It covers looking for, developing and producing gas and oil. It reaches state-owned land in those categories only, not private land. The New York Assembly passed it 91-48. It became law.

June 11, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1353, which helps people forced into debt by an abuser. Coerced debt means a debt someone took on through force, threats, fraud or being kept in the dark. A debtor tells the creditor which debt is coerced and backs it with a police report, an identity theft report, a court order or a sworn statement from a professional such as a doctor, lawyer or social worker. The creditor must then stop collecting while it reviews the claim, and flag the account as disputed. A debtor can also go to court for a ruling, or raise it as a defense if sued. The creditor may still collect from anyone else, may sue the abuser, and may start again if it explains why. The debtor has to prove the debt is coerced. The New York Assembly passed it 96-50. It became law.

June 11, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1985-A, which changes what police must do about guns when they answer a family violence call. Before, an officer had to take guns only from a person who was arrested for the offense or suspected of it. Now an officer must also take a gun found in plain sight or in a lawful search in two more cases. The first is when the victim answers yes to the threat or danger questions on the state's domestic incident report form. The second is when a responding officer reasonably believes taking the gun is needed to protect someone or to prevent more violence. The officer also takes the person's gun license, and the wait before a gun can be given back rises from 48 hours to 120 hours. the New York State Assembly passed it 93-46, and it became law.

June 11, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 123, which bans the sale of infant walkers in New York. An infant walker is a seat on a wheeled frame that lets a baby scoot across the floor. No shop, wholesaler or secondhand dealer may sell or lease one. Child care centers may not keep one either, unless a medical professional says a particular child needs it. Parents may still own and use one at home, and owning one is not an offense. The Attorney General can go to court to stop a seller, and a judge may fine up to $500 for each sale. The New York Assembly passed it 97-49. It became law.

June 10, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 7882, which bans landlords from setting rents with software that pools private data from rival landlords. It is now against the law to run or sell a service that does all three of these things. The service gathers rents, empty units or lease dates from two or more unrelated landlords, crunches that data, and then suggests prices or lease terms. It is also against the law for a landlord to use those suggestions to set rents or lease terms, knowingly or with reckless disregard. Software that sets rent or income limits under rent regulation or a government affordable housing program is not covered. the New York State Assembly passed it 95-51, and it became law.

June 10, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 3072, which bars employers from using a person's credit record to decide who gets hired, how much they are paid, or how they are treated at work. Unions and job agencies are covered too, and doing it counts as illegal discrimination. State and city agencies also may not use a credit record to decide on a license or permit. Credit record here means a credit report or score, or details the employer gets from the person about accounts, missed payments, debts in collection, bankruptcies, judgments or liens. The ban has eight exceptions. They cover jobs where another law requires the check, police and law enforcement jobs, bonded jobs, and jobs needing a security clearance. They also cover most jobs with regular access to trade secrets, jobs that can sign for $10,000 or more of other people's money, and jobs that can change computer security systems. Local laws that protect workers more than this one still apply. the New York State Assembly passed it 98-46, and it became law.

May 28, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 952-B, which rewrites the rules for security deposits on rent stabilized apartments. These are apartments where state law limits the rent, in New York City and in other covered areas. A deposit may not be more than one month's rent. The whole deposit must come back when the tenant moves out. The landlord may keep money only for listed costs: unpaid rent, unpaid utility bills owed to the landlord, damage worse than normal wear and tear, or moving and storing what the tenant left. The landlord must offer to walk through the apartment with the tenant before move-in and again before move-out. The landlord must send a list of what was kept, plus the rest of the money, within 14 days, or lose the right to keep any of it. If there is a fight over the amount, the landlord has to show it was fair, and a landlord who breaks the rules on purpose can owe twice the deposit. the New York State Assembly passed it 95-50, and it became law.

May 27, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted against Assembly Bill 387, which makes hospitals help patients who do not speak English well. Every general hospital must run a language assistance program and name someone to run it. Interpreters must be free to the patient, and signs at public entrances must say so. Staff who deal with patients must be trained, and the patient's preferred language goes in the medical record. A hospital may not use a family member as the interpreter unless the patient agrees after being offered a free one. Forms must be translated for any language group that is more than one percent of the area the hospital serves. The rules reach general hospitals only, not clinics or doctors' offices, and the law names no penalty. The New York Assembly passed it 113-34. It became law.

May 14, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Maher introduced A8316 to establish a supplemental property-tax exemption for veterans and qualifying surviving spouses.

May 13, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against Assembly Bill 1820, which clears racist language out of property deeds. Many old deeds still carry covenants barring sale to people of a certain race or religion. Those promises already cannot be enforced, but the words stay in the public record. The bill makes a seller file a form striking that language before or at closing, and the county charges no fee for it. Condo boards, co-op boards and homeowner associations must clean their own recorded documents within a year, without asking owners. Any owner may file the form themselves. The bill does not void the covenants and does not block a sale, and it carries no penalty. The New York Assembly passed it 100-48. It became law.

April 2, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 744, which adds pistol converters to the state's legal list of rapid-fire modification devices. A pistol converter is a small part that makes a handgun fire many rounds with one pull of the trigger. The list already covered bump stocks, trigger cranks, binary triggers and burst triggers, so the change brings converters under the same penal law rules. It takes effect together with a 2024 law on pistol converters. the New York State Assembly passed it 100-48, and it became law.

March 19, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 743, which spells out that the warning gun dealers must give buyers covers rifles and shotguns, not only handguns. The warning says a gun in the home raises the risk of suicide. It also names the risk of death during a family fight and of accidental death. Dealers must post it in the store and hand a copy to each buyer, and licensing officers must give one to each new license holder. A dealer who fails to post or hand out the warning commits a violation. The penalty is up to 15 days in jail or a fine of up to $1,000, and each day counts on its own. The law also drops the old line telling local police to enforce the rule. the New York State Assembly passed it 98-50, and it became law.

March 19, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 801, which puts electric car charging into New York's building code. Any code the state adopts after December 31, 2026 must make a new building that adds its own parking include charging stations and wiring ready for more. Buildings that already stand are not covered. For a single home or a two-family home, the state board may ask for the wiring alone. The board sets how many spaces and how much charging power, requires signs, and must excuse affordable housing projects and sites where charging will not work. the New York State Assembly passed it 88-57, and it became law.

March 12, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Voted no on a bill making technical changes to the rules for ballot drop boxes used for absentee and early voting. The Assembly passed it 94-50 and the governor signed it (Senate Bill 752, Chapter 109 of 2025).

March 12, 2025

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 36-A, which lets the prescription label for the abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol name a health care practice instead of a person. At the prescriber's request, the pharmacy label may carry the name of the prescribing practice in place of the prescriber's own name. When a doctor or other clinician hands the drugs directly to their own patient, that label may carry the name of the dispensing practice in place of the clinician's own name. Generic versions of both drugs are covered too. the New York State Assembly passed it 95-42, and it became law.

January 22, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 3, 2026

Maher introduced A5483 to establish a tax credit for farms transitioning to specified agricultural certifications.

March 13, 2023

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched July 18, 2026