As the new minority whip, Karl Brabenec said he would continue to advocate for Republican legislative priorities in the face of a Democratic supermajority in the state assembly.
Through the 2022 election, 13 new Republican members made it to Albany, bringing the party’s representation on the 150-seat assembly to just under 50.
As a result, Republican committee membership increased by about one per committee, Brabenec said.
Still, chances to push through Republican-sponsored legislation remain slim in 2023, but by putting reform ideas out there, Democratic colleagues might pick up when the public demands so, he added.
“We will still fight for the initiatives that we want to see. If we can chip away at the rock and get a diluted bill, it is better than nothing, and we are going to do that,” he told The Epoch Times on Jan. 12….