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Brian Kavanagh's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

Legislative Office Building
Room 512
Albany, NY 12247

250 Broadway
Room 2011
New York, NY 10007

209 Joralemon Street, Suite 300
Brooklyn Borough Hall
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Full Name:

Brian P. Kavanagh

Gender:

Male

Birth Place:

Staten Island, NY

Home City:

New York City, NY

BA, Princeton University

JD, New York University

Senator, New York State Senate, District 27, 2023-Present

Senator, New York State Senate, District 26, 2017-2023

Senator, New York State Senate, District 27, 2022

Candidate, New York State Senate, District 26, 2018, 2020

Assembly Member, New York State Assembly, District 74, 2007-2017

Candidate, New York State Assembly, District 74, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016

Former Member, Banks Committee, New York State Senate

Former Member, Cities Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Cities Committee, New York State Senate

Former Chair, Commission on Government Administration, New York State Assembly

Former Chair, Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee, New York State Senate

Former Member, Election Law Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Ranking Member, Elections Committee, New York State Senate

Former Member, Energy Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Environmental Conservation Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Housing Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Investigations and Government Operations Committee, New York State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, New York State Senate

Former Member, Labor Committee, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force, New York State Assembly

Former Member, Social Services Committee, New York State Senate

Former Researcher/Advocate, Demos

Former Attorney, Kaye Scholer

Former Chief of Staff, New York City Councilmember Gale Brewer

Former Policy Director, New York City Department of Homeless Services

Former Aide, New York City Mayor David Dinkins

Former Aide, New York City Mayor Ed Koch

Attorney, Schulte, Roth & Zabel

Founder/Chair, American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention, present

Treasurer, American-Irish Legislators Society, present

Member, Eastside Greenway and Parkland Board, present

Member, Energy and Environment Committee, Council of State Governments, present

Member, Executive Board, National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, present

Co-Chair, New York Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention, present

Member, American-Irish Legislators Society

Board Member, Jesuit Volunteer Corps

Counselor/Volunteer/Board Member, Lower East Side Nativity Community Center

Counselor/Volunteer/Board Member, Lower East Side Nativity Middle School

Member, New York City Bar Association

Member, Steering Committee, State Legislators Against Illegal Guns, New York

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