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Harry Bronson
Democratic PartySTH · NY · District 138
New York State Assembly District 138
STH · NY · District 138
New York State Assembly District 138
SUNY Oswego—undergraduate degree in Public Justice; University at Buffalo Law School—law degree
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Harry Bronson was first elected to the New York State Assembly in November 2010 and represents Assembly District 138. He is an attorney and former partner at Blitman and King whose practice focused on anti-discrimination employment law, labor issues, employee benefits and litigation; before joining the Assembly, he served in the Monroe County Legislature, including as Minority Leader. He also co-owned Equal=Grounds, an inclusive coffee house in Rochester’s South Wedge neighborhood, with his husband John for 18 years.
Committee Assignments: Labor Committee (Chair) · Education Committee · Ways and Means Committee · Rules Committee
Harry Bronson, Democratic New York State Assembly member for District 138, has focused healthcare work on protecting access to gender-affirming and reproductive care, strengthening shield-law protections, and addressing home care, hospice, and nursing workforce issues. His healthcare record includes sponsoring enacted gender-affirming-care protections and proposing workforce and patient-care access measures.
Harry Bronson emphasizes an economy centered on workforce development, worker protections, apprenticeships/job training, green jobs, and small-business/entrepreneurship support. As Assembly Labor Committee chair for District 138, he has proposed bills to expand workforce training, create hiring tax credits, and link housing development with job creation.
Harry Bronson supports immigrant-protection policies, including limits on state/local cooperation with immigration enforcement, protections for students regardless of immigration status, and state support for immigrant workers and families. His record includes a 2026 floor statement praising immigrant protections in the state budget and co-sponsorship of bills restricting immigration-status inquiries and ending immigration-detention agreements.
Harry Bronson supports clean-energy expansion tied to affordability, labor standards, and green workforce development. His record includes sponsoring an Affordable Clean Energy Act, sponsoring renewable-energy labor-standard legislation, co-sponsoring a climate investment bill, and publicly backing state investment in clean-energy jobs.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Bronson announced and supported a $3 million New York State investment in Cornell's Climate Jobs Institute to build a skilled union workforce for solar, wind, and other clean-energy industries.
SourceIn a VOTE411 candidate response for New York Assembly District 138, Bronson said climate policy requires sustained investment across buildings, transportation, energy, and natural resources, plus green job training, prevailing wage, and project labor agreements on state-supported clean-energy projects.
SourceHarry Bronson, the Democratic Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 138, emphasizes education access, workforce-connected learning, inclusive school curricula, and supports public-school and continuing-education investments. His education record includes prime sponsorship of bills on student financial aid flexibility, LGBTQ-inclusive education standards, apprenticeship awareness, and trade-union recruitment access in high schools.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Bronson supported the FY 2025-26 enacted state budget investments that included education and continuing education funding, a 2% Foundation Aid increase, classroom smartphone restrictions, and enhanced Career Technical Education for RCSD students.
SourceHarry Bronson frames public safety as a mix of gun-violence prevention, law-enforcement/crime-prevention resources, crisis-response reform, cybersecurity, and community-based anti-violence funding. As Assembly District 138's Democratic incumbent, he has supported New York gun safety legislation and budget investments for Rochester/Monroe County programs such as GIVE, SNUG, Daniel's Law pilots, and local emergency/crime-prevention infrastructure.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Bronson stated support for a New York gun safety package that included reporting seized or recovered guns to a criminal gun clearinghouse and expanding/strengthening ERPO petitions when credible threats of serious harm exist.
SourceBronson said he was proud to join Assembly Majority colleagues in passing gun safety legislation responding to the Supreme Court's Bruen decision, including protections aimed at preventing a firearms free-for-all in New York.
SourceBronson joined the Greater Rochester Majority Delegation in announcing FY2025 investments including statewide GIVE gun-violence elimination aid, local government aid, public safety funding, and anti-poverty investments for Rochester and Monroe County.
SourceBronson joined Rochester-area legislators in highlighting FY2027 budget items for safe streets, including funding for SNUG and GIVE community-based anti-violence programs and a Daniel's Law pilot for Rochester.
SourceBronson's Assembly office listed public safety actions under 'Making our neighborhoods more secure,' including stronger municipal cybersecurity incident reporting, support for a DOCCS body-worn camera program, establishing the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, and discovery-law reforms.
SourceNew York State Assembly
https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/?ad=138&sh=aboutFetched: biography, location, education, background, committees
MyRepTracker
https://www.myreptracker.com/new-york/legislators/ny-house-138-harry-bronson/voting-recordFetched: votingRecord
Vote Smart
https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/92093/harry-bronsonFetched: votingRecord
Transparency USA
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/candidate/harry-bronson?filer=johnson-ann-67972-cohFetched: campaignFinance
New York League of Conservation Voters
https://nylcv.org/wp-content/uploads/nys-scorecard-2024.pdfFetched: ratings
Conservative Party of New York State
https://www.cpnys.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-Assembly-Ratings-Final-Final.pdfFetched: ratings
Medical Society of the State of New York
https://www.mssny.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/MSSNY-2023-Legislator-Scorecard-2.pdfFetched: ratings
New York State Assembly member page
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Harry-B-BronsonFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly press release on Trans Safe Haven Act
https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/Harry-B-Bronson/story/109300Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly press release on Shield Law 2.0 and healthcare protections
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Harry-B-Bronson/story/114763Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate legislation page for A6046B
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A6046Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly legislation page for A09501
https://www2.nyassembly.gov/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&Votes=Y&bn=A09501&leg_video=1&term=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate legislation page for A3268
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A3268Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate legislation page for A8615
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8615Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member profile
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Harry-B-Bronson/about/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly press release on Work Opportunity Tax Credit
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Harry-B-Bronson/story/114112Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate legislation page for A4012
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New York State Senate legislation page for A3309
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New York State Senate legislation page for A3996A
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A3996/amendment/AFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate legislation page for A10267
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A10267Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly video: Bronson Supports Immigrant Protections in State Budget
https://www.assembly.ny.gov/mem/Harry-B-Bronson/video/28582/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Bill Search: A10005C
https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?Actions=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&bn=A10005&default_fld=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Bill Search: A03506
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New York State Assembly Bill Search: A04181
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New York State Assembly Bill Search: A00880
https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?Actions=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&bn=A00880&default_fld=&term=2021Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Bill Search: A02435
https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?Actions=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&bn=A02435&default_fld=&term=2025Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation - A10635
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A10635Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation - A10100
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A10100Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation - A3910
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A3910Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Directory - Harry B. Bronson, Assembly District 138
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Harry-B-Bronson/story/112532Fetched: issuePositions
VOTE411 Voter Guide - New York Assembly District 138
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New York State Assembly Member Directory - Harry B. Bronson Sponsored Legislation
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=138&sh=sponsorFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation - Assembly Bill A3276
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New York State Senate Open Legislation - Assembly Bill A3315
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A3315Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Legislation - A03513
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New York State Senate Open Legislation - Assembly Bill A3734
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A3734Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Harry B. Bronson Budget Investment Press Release
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Harry-B-Bronson/story/114115Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Harry B. Bronson official member page
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/harry-b-bronsonFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Gun Safety Legislation statement
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Harry-B-Bronson/story/102291Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Bruen response gun safety statement
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Harry-B-Bronson/story/102600Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - FY2025 Rochester public safety investments
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Harry-B-Bronson/story/111080Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - FY2027 Rochester and Monroe County budget investments
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/Harry-B-Bronson/story/118659Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Bronson district mailer on neighborhood security
https://nyassembly.gov/write/upload/member_files/138/pdfs/20250828_0115115.pdfFetched: issuePositions