Edward C. Braunstein

Received the 1199SEIU endorsement for the 2026 Assembly District 26 election.

September 12, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: 1199seiu.org · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A11420 through the Assembly Rules Committee concerning nursing-home transition and diversion services.

May 20, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A10258 to establish prescribed pediatric extended-care centers.

February 24, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Multi-sponsored New York's Medical Aid in Dying Act, which passed both chambers in 2025 and was signed as Chapter 714 on February 6, 2026.

February 6, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A7746 to require specified warning labels on prescription opioid bottles.

April 8, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A6954 requiring a medical facility or related service to obtain express prior written consent before recording or broadcasting images of a patient's treatment.

March 18, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A137, the Supportive Interventions Act, to revise hospitalization, care-coordination, and assisted-outpatient-treatment rules for people with serious mental illness.

January 8, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A348A requiring overdose education and two doses of an opioid antagonist for certain at-risk patients discharged from treatment facilities and certain incarcerated people with substance-use disorder; both chambers passed it in 2022.

May 24, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored legislation requiring clinicians to co-prescribe naloxone or another opioid antagonist with new opioid prescriptions when specified overdose-risk factors are present; it was signed into law on December 29, 2021.

December 29, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A7746 to require specified warning labels on prescription opioid bottles.

April 8, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A7748 to add the synthetic opioid W-18 to New York's controlled-substance schedule.

April 8, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A7486 exempting qualifying environmentally compliant dry-cleaning equipment from sales and use taxes.

March 28, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A7501 to classify tianeptine sodium as a Schedule II controlled substance.

March 28, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A2047, the GREEN Buildings Act, to authorize property-tax abatements and exemptions for building improvements that reduce carbon emissions.

January 15, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A348A requiring overdose education and two doses of an opioid antagonist for certain at-risk patients discharged from treatment facilities and certain incarcerated people with substance-use disorder; both chambers passed it in 2022.

May 24, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored legislation requiring clinicians to co-prescribe naloxone or another opioid antagonist with new opioid prescriptions when specified overdose-risk factors are present; it was signed into law on December 29, 2021.

December 29, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored the legislation enacted as Chapter 130 of 2011 banning synthetic stimulants commonly sold as bath salts.

July 20, 2011Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Received the New York State United Teachers endorsement for the 2026 Assembly District 26 election.

September 12, 2026Supports Labor Rights

Source: nysut.org · researched September 13, 2026

Received the New York State AFL-CIO endorsement for the 2026 Assembly District 26 election.

September 12, 2026Supports Labor Rights

Source: nysaflcio.org · researched September 13, 2026

Received the 1199SEIU endorsement for the 2026 Assembly District 26 election.

September 12, 2026Supports Labor Rights

Source: 1199seiu.org · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A2212 prohibiting contractors from withholding payment owed for construction materials already delivered and accepted; the Assembly passed it again on March 11, 2026.

March 11, 2026Supports Labor Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A2245, the New York Small Contractor Relief Act.

January 15, 2025Supports Labor Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A8569 repealing a special voting provision for members of the Public Authorities Control Board; both chambers passed the measure on June 4, 2026.

June 4, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A11463 through the Assembly Rules Committee to allow Public Service Commission issues to be decided publicly instead of through closed settlement talks.

May 22, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A7039 changing application and advisory-opinion procedures for the Public Authorities Control Board.

March 19, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A8569 repealing a special voting provision for members of the Public Authorities Control Board; both chambers passed the measure on June 4, 2026.

June 4, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A11461 through the Assembly Rules Committee concerning rulings on motions and petitions before the Public Service Commission.

May 22, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A11468 through the Assembly Rules Committee concerning review of joint proposals in utility-rate proceedings.

May 22, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A11390 through the Assembly Rules Committee to authorize electronic service of process in specified proceedings.

May 20, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A11152 concerning administrative law judges who oversee specified Public Service Commission policy proceedings.

May 7, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A10424 requiring virtual public access to Public Service Commission proceedings and electronic filing of documents.

March 5, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A8570 establishing a procedure for filling a vacancy in the presidency or chairmanship of a public authority.

May 20, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A7061 to create a temporary commission charged with proposing a fairer, simpler New York City property-tax system that protects housing affordability and low- and moderate-income owners.

March 20, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A7039 changing application and advisory-opinion procedures for the Public Authorities Control Board.

March 19, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A10422 requiring Public Service Commission penalties against utilities to be returned directly to affected ratepayers as bill credits; both chambers passed it on June 4, 2026.

June 4, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A8675C, the Prevention of Damage to Critical Infrastructure Act of 2026; both chambers passed the amended measure on June 4, 2026.

June 4, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A9518 to require four years of supervised experience before a real-estate salesperson may apply for a broker license; both chambers passed it on June 1, 2026 after a five-year predecessor was vetoed in 2025.

June 1, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A11456 through the Assembly Rules Committee to strengthen underground-facility standards, excavator training and certification, and damage reporting.

May 22, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A2239 expanding second-degree aggravated harassment to specified communications by text, email, private message, or direct message; both chambers passed it by April 28, 2026.

April 28, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A6768 requiring excavation-equipment lessors to provide customers with one-call-system information and underground-facility safety notices; it became Chapter 495 of the Laws of 2025.

November 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A7748 to add the synthetic opioid W-18 to New York's controlled-substance schedule.

April 8, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A7501 to classify tianeptine sodium as a Schedule II controlled substance.

March 28, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A6818 requiring the New York City Transit Authority and MTA to maintain working subway-station security cameras and report on their operation.

March 18, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A6817 to regulate junk and scrap dealers' receipt of catalytic converters.

March 18, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A1401 to preserve the flight-perimeter rule at LaGuardia Airport.

January 9, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A137, the Supportive Interventions Act, to revise hospitalization, care-coordination, and assisted-outpatient-treatment rules for people with serious mental illness.

January 8, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored legislation enacted as Chapter 486 of 2014 requiring colleges to notify local law enforcement about on-campus violent crimes and missing persons.

December 17, 2014Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored legislation enacted as Chapter 492 of 2012 making the unlicensed practice of law a felony.

December 17, 2012Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored the legislation enacted as Chapter 130 of 2011 banning synthetic stimulants commonly sold as bath salts.

July 20, 2011Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Helped renew New York City's J-51 property-tax incentive for ten years and raise its assessed-value eligibility threshold from $45,000 to $60,000, expanding aid for eligible co-op, condo, and rent-regulated building improvements.

June 11, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A10549 authorizing a tax abatement for multifamily-building alterations that preserve habitability in affordable housing.

March 18, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A7061 to create a temporary commission charged with proposing a fairer, simpler New York City property-tax system that protects housing affordability and low- and moderate-income owners.

March 20, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A2431 requiring clearer disclosure of nonbilling water-delivery information to residents of co-ops, condominiums, and multifamily buildings.

January 16, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A2047, the GREEN Buildings Act, to authorize property-tax abatements and exemptions for building improvements that reduce carbon emissions.

January 15, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A1701 concerning the treatment of cooperative-housing entities under New York law.

January 14, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A11420 through the Assembly Rules Committee concerning nursing-home transition and diversion services.

May 20, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A10258 to establish prescribed pediatric extended-care centers.

February 24, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Received the New York State United Teachers endorsement for the 2026 Assembly District 26 election.

September 12, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nysut.org · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A1435 to require certain textbooks to identify the Sea of Japan also as the East Sea.

January 9, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored legislation enacted as Chapter 486 of 2014 requiring colleges to notify local law enforcement about on-campus violent crimes and missing persons.

December 17, 2014Supports Public Education Quality

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A2226 to cover threats to share intimate images under New York's unlawful-dissemination protections.

January 15, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored New York's revenge-porn law creating the offense of unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate image, enacted as Chapter 109 of 2019.

July 23, 2019Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Helped renew New York City's J-51 property-tax incentive for ten years and raise its assessed-value eligibility threshold from $45,000 to $60,000, expanding aid for eligible co-op, condo, and rent-regulated building improvements.

June 11, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A7735 allowing municipalities to accept certain veterans' late applications for real-property-tax exemptions.

April 8, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A7486 exempting qualifying environmentally compliant dry-cleaning equipment from sales and use taxes.

March 28, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A1434A to impose an excise tax on large commercial collectors of New Yorkers' consumer data.

April 23, 2025Supports Data Privacy

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A6954 requiring a medical facility or related service to obtain express prior written consent before recording or broadcasting images of a patient's treatment.

March 18, 2025Supports Data Privacy

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A2239 expanding second-degree aggravated harassment to specified communications by text, email, private message, or direct message; both chambers passed it by April 28, 2026.

April 28, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A10424 requiring virtual public access to Public Service Commission proceedings and electronic filing of documents.

March 5, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Multi-sponsored New York's Medical Aid in Dying Act, which passed both chambers in 2025 and was signed as Chapter 714 on February 6, 2026.

February 6, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A7069 to revise when a surviving spouse is disqualified from inheritance or related rights.

March 20, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A2226 to cover threats to share intimate images under New York's unlawful-dissemination protections.

January 15, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored New York's revenge-porn law creating the offense of unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate image, enacted as Chapter 109 of 2019.

July 23, 2019Supports Civil Rights

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A2430 establishing residential water-cost indexes and reporting requirements; the bill advanced to the Assembly floor calendar.

September 12, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A10422 requiring Public Service Commission penalties against utilities to be returned directly to affected ratepayers as bill credits; both chambers passed it on June 4, 2026.

June 4, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A9518 to require four years of supervised experience before a real-estate salesperson may apply for a broker license; both chambers passed it on June 1, 2026 after a five-year predecessor was vetoed in 2025.

June 1, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A11461 through the Assembly Rules Committee concerning rulings on motions and petitions before the Public Service Commission.

May 22, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A11462 through the Assembly Rules Committee to regulate settlement negotiations in major utility-rate proceedings.

May 22, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A11468 through the Assembly Rules Committee concerning review of joint proposals in utility-rate proceedings.

May 22, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A11463 through the Assembly Rules Committee to allow Public Service Commission issues to be decided publicly instead of through closed settlement talks.

May 22, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A11152 concerning administrative law judges who oversee specified Public Service Commission policy proceedings.

May 7, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A2212 prohibiting contractors from withholding payment owed for construction materials already delivered and accepted; the Assembly passed it again on March 11, 2026.

March 11, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A10423 establishing consequences when utilities and the Long Island Power Authority fail annual customer-service performance targets.

March 5, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A1434A to impose an excise tax on large commercial collectors of New Yorkers' consumer data.

April 23, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A2431 requiring clearer disclosure of nonbilling water-delivery information to residents of co-ops, condominiums, and multifamily buildings.

January 16, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A2429 directing the Department of Public Service to report on the affordability of commercial and residential water service.

January 16, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored legislation enacted as Chapter 492 of 2012 making the unlicensed practice of law a felony.

December 17, 2012Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A2430 establishing residential water-cost indexes and reporting requirements; the bill advanced to the Assembly floor calendar.

September 12, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A8675C, the Prevention of Damage to Critical Infrastructure Act of 2026; both chambers passed the amended measure on June 4, 2026.

June 4, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Introduced A11456 through the Assembly Rules Committee to strengthen underground-facility standards, excavator training and certification, and damage reporting.

May 22, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A6768 requiring excavation-equipment lessors to provide customers with one-call-system information and underground-facility safety notices; it became Chapter 495 of the Laws of 2025.

November 12, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A6818 requiring the New York City Transit Authority and MTA to maintain working subway-station security cameras and report on their operation.

March 18, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A2429 directing the Department of Public Service to report on the affordability of commercial and residential water service.

January 16, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Sponsored A1401 to preserve the flight-perimeter rule at LaGuardia Airport.

January 9, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Chairs the Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions and serves on the Health, Judiciary, Rules, and Ways and Means committees.

September 12, 2026

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Qualified for the November 2026 general-election ballot as the Democratic candidate for New York Assembly District 26.

September 4, 2026

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

Sponsored A11151 regulating major renovations or alterations to cemeteries.

May 7, 2026

Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026

Has represented New York Assembly District 26 in Northeast Queens since winning election in 2010.

January 1, 2011

Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 13, 2026