Jabari Brisport

Joined a protest at the governor's office calling for higher taxes on billionaires and large corporations to fund health care and other public services.

April 23, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Voted against the final 2026 state budget bill, arguing that it preserved tax breaks for billionaires while failing to raise enough revenue for public needs.

May 27, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Joined a protest at the governor's office calling for higher taxes on billionaires and large corporations to fund health care and other public services.

April 23, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Introduced legislation creating a universal child-care pilot that would make care free for participating families, raise worker compensation, and test models for statewide expansion.

June 5, 2024Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Saw his legislation signed into law excluding income from specified pilot programs when determining eligibility for public assistance and other means-tested benefits.

March 24, 2023Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Led 47 state legislators in calling the governor's child-care budget insufficient and seeking a $5 billion investment toward universal child care and higher provider pay.

January 31, 2022Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Introduced legislation reducing punitive Taylor Law consequences for public-sector strikes, including double-pay penalties, mandatory union sanctions, and contempt-based incarceration or fines.

January 8, 2025Supports Labor Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

After jointly leading a public hearing on New York's Family Court system, issued a report seeking more judges, higher assigned-counsel pay, stronger indigent legal services, better visitation access, and narrower unnecessary child-welfare intervention.

February 12, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Saw his legislation signed into law requiring public reporting on foster-care placement capacity, provider recruitment, retention, certification, and placement denials.

December 22, 2023Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Voted against the final 2026 state budget bill, arguing that it preserved tax breaks for billionaires while failing to raise enough revenue for public needs.

May 27, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Announced that New York City's first 2-K rollout would include four Brooklyn neighborhoods, with free child care planned for 2,000 two-year-olds in 2026 and 12,000 in 2027.

March 3, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Successfully advocated $449,500 in state funding for district nonprofits: $150,000 for human services, $174,500 for public safety and legal or violence-prevention work, and $125,000 for education.

October 2, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Introduced legislation creating a universal child-care pilot that would make care free for participating families, raise worker compensation, and test models for statewide expansion.

June 5, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Led 47 state legislators in calling the governor's child-care budget insufficient and seeking a $5 billion investment toward universal child care and higher provider pay.

January 31, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Saw his legislation signed into law requiring Family Court to check protection-order, sex-offender, and child-protective records before specified custody determinations.

November 21, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Successfully advocated $449,500 in state funding for district nonprofits: $150,000 for human services, $174,500 for public safety and legal or violence-prevention work, and $125,000 for education.

October 2, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Introduced legislation prohibiting law-enforcement use of cell-site simulators and creating suppression, injunction, damages, and enforcement remedies for unlawful surveillance.

March 17, 2025Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

After jointly leading a public hearing on New York's Family Court system, issued a report seeking more judges, higher assigned-counsel pay, stronger indigent legal services, better visitation access, and narrower unnecessary child-welfare intervention.

February 12, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Saw his juvenile-justice legislation signed into law, moving specified youth violations into Family Court and providing automatic sealing of related records.

December 29, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Introduced a winter eviction moratorium that would pause residential evictions from November 1 through April 15 while preserving court proceedings and rent obligations.

February 4, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Announced that New York City's first 2-K rollout would include four Brooklyn neighborhoods, with free child care planned for 2,000 two-year-olds in 2026 and 12,000 in 2027.

March 3, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Introduced a winter eviction moratorium that would pause residential evictions from November 1 through April 15 while preserving court proceedings and rent obligations.

February 4, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Saw his Anti-Harassment in Reporting Act signed into law, requiring child-abuse reports to be confidential and intended to curb weaponized or retaliatory reporting.

December 19, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Saw his legislation signed into law requiring Family Court to check protection-order, sex-offender, and child-protective records before specified custody determinations.

November 21, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Successfully advocated $449,500 in state funding for district nonprofits: $150,000 for human services, $174,500 for public safety and legal or violence-prevention work, and $125,000 for education.

October 2, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Saw his legislation signed into law requiring Family Court to notify respondents of certain rights and make specified findings before issuing orders in child-abuse or neglect proceedings.

March 20, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Introduced legislation creating a universal child-care pilot that would make care free for participating families, raise worker compensation, and test models for statewide expansion.

June 5, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

After jointly leading a public hearing on New York's Family Court system, issued a report seeking more judges, higher assigned-counsel pay, stronger indigent legal services, better visitation access, and narrower unnecessary child-welfare intervention.

February 12, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Saw his legislation signed into law requiring public reporting on foster-care placement capacity, provider recruitment, retention, certification, and placement denials.

December 22, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Saw his legislation signed into law expanding access to kinship guardianship assistance after a child's parents surrender their rights or those rights are terminated.

October 25, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Saw his legislation signed into law excluding income from specified pilot programs when determining eligibility for public assistance and other means-tested benefits.

March 24, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Saw his legislation signed into law authorizing school districts to award local high-school diplomas to eligible youth placed, detained, or confined by state agencies.

February 24, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Led 47 state legislators in calling the governor's child-care budget insufficient and seeking a $5 billion investment toward universal child care and higher provider pay.

January 31, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

As Children and Families Committee chair, co-hosted a statewide child-care listening tour; the Rochester session drew more than 100 providers and families whose testimony informed later budget proposals.

November 18, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Saw his emergency foster-care legislation signed into law, allowing former foster youth to re-enter care or extend placement when a state disaster emergency disrupted housing or services.

February 16, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Announced that New York City's first 2-K rollout would include four Brooklyn neighborhoods, with free child care planned for 2,000 two-year-olds in 2026 and 12,000 in 2027.

March 3, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Won Senate passage of his bill establishing a statewide educator-diversity task force to study recruitment, preparation, retention, certification, and workforce data.

February 5, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Successfully advocated $449,500 in state funding for district nonprofits: $150,000 for human services, $174,500 for public safety and legal or violence-prevention work, and $125,000 for education.

October 2, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Introduced legislation creating a universal child-care pilot that would make care free for participating families, raise worker compensation, and test models for statewide expansion.

June 5, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Saw his legislation signed into law authorizing school districts to award local high-school diplomas to eligible youth placed, detained, or confined by state agencies.

February 24, 2022Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

As Children and Families Committee chair, co-hosted a statewide child-care listening tour; the Rochester session drew more than 100 providers and families whose testimony informed later budget proposals.

November 18, 2021Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Voted against the final 2026 state budget bill, arguing that it preserved tax breaks for billionaires while failing to raise enough revenue for public needs.

May 27, 2026Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Joined a protest at the governor's office calling for higher taxes on billionaires and large corporations to fund health care and other public services.

April 23, 2026Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Won Senate passage of his bill establishing a statewide educator-diversity task force to study recruitment, preparation, retention, certification, and workforce data.

February 5, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Saw his Anti-Harassment in Reporting Act signed into law, requiring child-abuse reports to be confidential and intended to curb weaponized or retaliatory reporting.

December 19, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Saw his legislation signed into law requiring Family Court to notify respondents of certain rights and make specified findings before issuing orders in child-abuse or neglect proceedings.

March 20, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Co-signed a letter demanding Mahmoud Khalil's release, opposing immigration enforcement used against protected political speech, and calling for ICE and DHS to stay off college campuses.

March 19, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Introduced legislation prohibiting law-enforcement use of cell-site simulators and creating suppression, injunction, damages, and enforcement remedies for unlawful surveillance.

March 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Introduced legislation reducing punitive Taylor Law consequences for public-sector strikes, including double-pay penalties, mandatory union sanctions, and contempt-based incarceration or fines.

January 8, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

After jointly leading a public hearing on New York's Family Court system, issued a report seeking more judges, higher assigned-counsel pay, stronger indigent legal services, better visitation access, and narrower unnecessary child-welfare intervention.

February 12, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Saw his legislation signed into law expanding access to kinship guardianship assistance after a child's parents surrender their rights or those rights are terminated.

October 25, 2023Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Saw his juvenile-justice legislation signed into law, moving specified youth violations into Family Court and providing automatic sealing of related records.

December 29, 2021Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Joined a protest at the governor's office calling for higher taxes on billionaires and large corporations to fund health care and other public services.

April 23, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Received StreetsPAC's 2026 primary endorsement after supporting public transit and bicycle infrastructure, opposing new registration burdens on class 1 and 2 e-bikes, and backing safety measures for faster e-motos and drivers.

June 5, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: streetspac.org · researched September 12, 2026

Received StreetsPAC's 2026 primary endorsement after supporting public transit and bicycle infrastructure, opposing new registration burdens on class 1 and 2 e-bikes, and backing safety measures for faster e-motos and drivers.

June 5, 2026

Source: streetspac.org · researched September 12, 2026