In Public Service: Brennan’s tenure stretches back to mid-1980s
James Brennan was first elected to the New York state Assembly in 1984 and has seen a lot of changes in Albany in those 31 years. Brennan, a Democrat who represents the 44th Assembly District (AD), has seen four Assembly Speakers come and go and is currently working with his fifth, Carl Heastie.
But Brennan seems to prefer looking ahead, not looking back. He always looks like he’s ready to grapple with the next challenge.
During the 2015 legislative term, Brennan worked with officials from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to come up with a framework to get the agency’s capital budget passed by the state Legislature so that much-needed infrastructure repairs could take place.