Preceded by Annie Rabbitt Name Karl Brabenec | Religion Catholic Children KarlKimberlee | |
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Spouse(s) Jessica Ebbecke (2005–2009) Website Campaign WebsiteAssembly Website Education Mount Saint Mary College, John Jay College of Criminal Justice | ||
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Karl A. Brabenec (born July 12, 1979) is the New York State Assemblyman from the 98th District. A Republican, he has served in the Assembly since 2014, when he won a special election. The 98th District contains portions of Orange and Rockland Counties in the Hudson Valley.
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- Ny state assemblyman karl a brabenec video by jose rivera 4 4 17
- Personal Life Education and Career
- New York State Assembly
- Awards
- References
Personal Life, Education and Career
Brabenec was born in Manhasset, New York and lived in Bayside, Queens before moving with his family to Slate Hill, New York when he was 8 years old. He went to Minisink Valley High School, and graduated from Mount Saint Mary College in 2000. In 2005, he received his Masters of Public Administration from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. His father, Rainer K. Brabenec, was a police officer with the New York City Police Department; Brabenec's mother, Emilie (Popule) Brabenec, was a police dispatcher, also with the NYPD. Both of Brabenec's parents are Czechoslovakian refugees from the former Sudetenland who fled from Soviet communist oppression in the late 1940s.
From 2010 to 2014 Brabenec was the Town Supervisor for the Town of Deerpark, having previously served from 2007 as a Town Councilman. He became an assistant professor at SUNY Orange in 2010. He previously served as a staff assistant to Orange County Executive Edward A. Diana in the early 2000s. He is a former Director/Ambassador for the Tri-State Chamber of Commerce.
Brabenec resides in Deerpark, New York and has two children with his ex-wife, Jessica Ebbecke, to whom he was married from 2005-2009.
New York State Assembly
Brabenec was chosen in a special election held November 2014 to fill the remaining term of Assemblywoman Annie Rabbitt, who had resigned to become Orange County Clerk. Brabenec was concurrently elected to serve a full two-year term starting January 2015.
Brabenec currently serves as the Ranking Minority Member of the Labor Committee, and is a member of the committees on Election Law, Aging, Cities, and Local Government. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Regional Economic Community Action Program, Inc., a member of the Orange County Shields, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge #1097, the Town of Deerpark Lion's Club, the National Rifle Association, and the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association.