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Glenn Nocera

Republican Party

STH · NY · District 44

Brooklyn, NY

New York State Assembly District 44

Brooklyn College—B.A. in political science

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Background

Glenn Nocera is a Republican candidate for New York State Assembly District 44 and has been identified as president of the Brooklyn Tea Party. He has served as president of the Brooklyn Young Republican Club, Republican district leader/state committee member for the 44th Assembly District, and has worked on numerous political campaigns. He has also served his community as an Auxiliary Police Sergeant in Brooklyn's 66th Precinct and was described in 2016 reporting as a Brooklyn College Campus Police officer.

Committee Assignments: No committee assignments available.

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Healthcare

No verifiable Healthcare position was found for Glenn Nocera in the 2026 New York State Assembly District 44 race. Candidate guides located for this specific race report that he had no campaign website or online Healthcare information, and VOTE411 shows he had not responded to candidate questions.

Healthcare

Economy & Jobs

Branch explicitly says that, as of September 9, 2026, he had no website or economy information online. Older, same-office coverage from his 2016 Assembly District 44 run shows an economically conservative focus on cutting property taxes, opposing added fees/taxes, and reducing small-business tax and fee burdens.

Specific Actions & Proposals

SUPPORTS

Reduce state taxes and fees on small businesses

2016-07-18

In coverage of his Assembly District 44 campaign, Nocera said many neighborhood small-business owners do not want the state to "nickel and dime" them with every tax and fee imposed on small business.

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OPPOSES

Reverse New York City's five-cent plastic-bag fee

2016-09-26

In an interview about his Brooklyn Tea Party role while running for Assembly District 44, Nocera said the group wanted the City Council to reverse the five-cent plastic-bag fee, describing it as another tax on New Yorkers and part of the rising cost of living.

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OPPOSES

Oppose job losses from overseas outsourcing and unfavorable trade deals

2016-10-01

In a candidate Q&A, Nocera tied his support for Donald Trump to concern that U.S. jobs were going overseas and that trade deals benefited other countries rather than the United States.

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Economy & Jobs

Immigration

Glenn Nocera, the Republican candidate for New York State Assembly District 44, has expressed a pro-legal-immigration position while opposing illegal immigration and what he characterized as an "open door" approach. No 2026 campaign website or current Assembly voting record was found for Nocera, so the available immigration positions come from prior 2016 candidate interviews for the same Assembly district.

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Support legal immigration while opposing illegal immigration

2016-07-18

Nocera said immigration should be based on U.S. needs, that people should not come illegally, and that immigrants should follow the laws of the land.

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Recognize immigration as central to the United States and immigrant communities

2016-10-21

In a candidate Q&A for Assembly District 44, Nocera described immigration as a cornerstone of U.S. history and said immigrants come for opportunities for themselves and their families.

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Immigration

Climate & Energy

Glenn Nocera has a limited public record on Climate & Energy for the 2026 New York State Assembly District 44 race. The only clearly sourced Climate & Energy-related position found is opposition to New York City's five-cent plastic-bag fee, framing it as an added cost/tax on New Yorkers rather than an environmental measure.

Specific Actions & Proposals

OPPOSES

Reverse New York City's five-cent plastic-bag fee

2016-09-26

Nocera said the Brooklyn Tea Party wanted the City Council to reverse its decision to charge an extra five cents for every plastic bag, calling it an irritating fee and another tax on New Yorkers.

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Climate & Energy

Education

Glenn Nocera supports school choice for families in New York Assembly District 44, including Catholic, charter, private, religious, and public school options. He has also criticized rising public-college tuition and framed education affordability as a cost-of-living issue.

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SUPPORTS

School choice including Catholic and charter schools

2026-09-09

Nocera supports parents' ability to choose Catholic, charter, or other schools for their children.

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Tax credits for families choosing private or religious schools

2016-07-26

In response to a question about private-school tax credits, Nocera said parents should have a choice among religious, public, or private education and argued that failing public schools make parental choice necessary.

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SUPPORTS

Lower-cost access to CUNY and SUNY education

2016-09-26

Nocera criticized increases in CUNY and SUNY tuition as hurting Brooklyn residents trying to send children to college or obtain more education for career advancement.

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Education

Public Safety

Glenn Nocera supports a public-safety platform focused on increasing police patrols, keeping street crime low, and addressing quality-of-life crime in New York Assembly District 44. His public statements emphasize more visible policing and a return to Giuliani/Bloomberg-era crime-fighting tactics.

Specific Actions & Proposals

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Increase police patrols to keep crime low and maintain safe streets

2026-09-09

Nocera supports more police patrols in Assembly District 44 as a way to keep crime low and maintain safe streets.

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More police patrolling streets to address quality-of-life crime

2016-10-24

In a candidate Q&A for Assembly District 44, Nocera said more police should patrol local streets to prevent crime from returning to earlier high-crime levels and cited graffiti and other quality-of-life crimes as concerns.

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SUPPORTS

Return to Bloomberg- and Giuliani-era crime-fighting tactics

2016-06-09

During his 2016 Assembly District 44 campaign, Nocera said the district should go back to the crime-fighting tactics of the Bloomberg and Giuliani administrations in response to break-ins, muggings, and quality-of-life crimes.

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Protect police officers and impose stricter penalties for serious offenders

2008-10-30

In a prior New York Senate candidate interview, Nocera criticized votes against public-safety measures and said he would not vote that way on measures including penalties for cop killers, DNA collection from offenders, electronic monitoring for protection-order respondents, and sex-offender measures.

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