Brian-Christopher A. Cunningham

Sponsored A.4550A to require a state study of artificial intelligence's workforce impacts and prevent state entities from using AI to displace existing workers while the study proceeds; the bill advanced to Ways and Means.

January 7, 2026Supports AI Regulation

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Helped secure $1 billion for SUNY Downstate Hospital in the enacted 2025-26 state budget.

August 18, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A.2058, enacted as Chapter 65 of 2025, clarifying implementation of New York's maternity-care coordination program for pregnant and postpartum veterans.

February 14, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Directed 2022-26 state-budget funding to road infrastructure, libraries, parks, botanical and zoological institutions, and green affordable pre-electrification programs serving District 43.

May 15, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: assembly.ny.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Directed 2022-26 state-budget funding to violence-intervention, legal-services, restorative-justice, and firefighter organizations serving District 43.

May 15, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: assembly.ny.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Act, A.4050, to create stable state support for evidence-based hospital and community violence-intervention programs; it was re-referred to the Health Committee in 2026.

January 7, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Supported 2025-26 state-budget investments in gun-violence-prevention programs and establishment of the state Office of Gun Violence Prevention.

August 18, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Directed 2022-26 state-budget funding to rental-assistance, homeowner-protection, fair-housing, legal-services, and affordable-housing organizations serving District 43.

May 15, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: assembly.ny.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored the Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act, A.3647B, to allow mixed-income or fully affordable housing on religious land under defined affordability and density rules; the amended bill was re-referred in 2026.

January 7, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A.4502 and carried it through passage in both legislative chambers; the bill would have counted college coursework and required homework toward work-activity rules for public-assistance recipients, but the governor vetoed it.

December 19, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A.4216, enacted as Chapter 678 of 2025, exempting college meal-plan food or food-point donations to students from sales tax.

December 19, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A.11005, enacted as Chapter 145 of 2026, extending CUNY tuition-waiver rules for eligible firefighters and fire officers through July 1, 2028.

June 26, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Directed 2022-26 state-budget funding to school upgrades, disability supports, early-college programs, youth education, camps, and digital-skills organizations serving District 43.

May 15, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: assembly.ny.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored and amended A.2625A, a pilot grant program for high-impact tutoring that prioritizes low-income and underserved students recovering from pandemic learning loss.

April 10, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored the Voting Integrity and Verification Act of New York, A.6287, guaranteeing voters access to an individually verifiable paper ballot and an opportunity to mark it.

January 7, 2026Supports Election Integrity

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Supported the 2025-26 state budget's increase of the Empire State Child Tax Credit to $1,000 for children under four and $500 for children ages four through sixteen.

August 18, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Voted aye in the Assembly Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee to advance A.9442, which added disclosure, registration, and consumer-protection requirements for litigation-funding contracts.

January 12, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A.9512, enacted as Chapter 80 of 2026, providing a defense against bus-lane camera liability for MTA vehicles performing authorized duties.

February 13, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Supported full funding of the MTA capital plan for repairs and upgrades in the enacted 2025-26 state budget.

August 18, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Received the Business Council of New York State PAC's 2026 endorsement for Assembly District 43.

September 10, 2026

Source: empirereportnewyork.com · researched September 13, 2026

Qualified for the November 2026 general-election ballot on the Democratic and Working Families lines for New York State Assembly District 43.

September 4, 2026

Source: elections.ny.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Received the New York Carib News endorsement for reelection to Assembly District 43.

June 18, 2026

Source: nycaribnews.com · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A.2902, enacted as Chapter 522 of 2023, authorizing licensed on-premises retailers to use regulated pressurized systems for mixing and dispensing alcoholic beverages.

October 13, 2023

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026