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New York State Assembly District 129
Syracuse University—Bachelor's in Communication and Rhetoric Studies
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Maurice “Mo” Brown is the Democratic candidate for New York State Assembly District 129 in 2026 and currently serves as the Onondaga County Legislator for District 15. Before elected office, he served in the U.S. Army Reserve as a Military Police Sergeant, worked as a Success Coach at Onondaga Community College, and organized with the Working Families Party. His political background includes volunteering for Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, co-founding Uplift Syracuse, and working on electoral and issue campaigns in Central New York.
Committee Assignments: Ways & Means Committee · Planning & Economic Development Committee
Maurice Brown frames healthcare as a human right and says he would be a leader for the New York Health Act/single-payer healthcare in Albany. His healthcare positions also include lowering healthcare and prescription drug costs, protecting reproductive healthcare, expanding mental healthcare, supporting veterans’ access to healthcare and mental health services, and backing healthcare workers’ demands for fair pay, safe staffing, benefits, and childcare support.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Brown said one of his top legislative priorities for 2027 would be the New York Health Act and stated, "I think that healthcare is a human right."
SourceIn the VOTE411 guide for New York Assembly District 129, Brown listed lowering everyday costs by tackling healthcare expenses and prescription drug costs as a priority if elected.
SourceBrown’s campaign platform says veterans deserve timely access to healthcare, including mental healthcare and crisis services, and supports easier benefits navigation and stronger partnerships with providers and veteran-serving organizations.
SourceBrown joined 1199SEIU healthcare workers at a Central Park Rehab informational rally and endorsed their demands for fair pay, safe staffing, benefit protections, and childcare support.
SourceMaurice Brown frames his Economy & Jobs agenda around affordability, higher wages, stronger worker protections, tax fairness, lower utility costs, and public investment that connects people to jobs. His platform supports raising the minimum wage, ending the subminimum tipped wage, making large corporations and the ultra-wealthy pay more, expanding union jobs, and using project labor agreements for publicly supported major projects.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Brown says New York should raise the minimum wage so it keeps up with the cost of living and end the lower wage for tipped workers so everyone earns a fair base pay.
SourceBrown joined 1199SEIU healthcare workers at Central Park Rehab and supported their demands for fair and competitive pay, safe staffing, benefits protection, and childcare support.
SourceBrown says he supports a Project Labor Agreement for Micron and believes every large project using public money should include a PLA to ensure fair wages, safe jobsites, benefits, and local training and apprenticeship opportunities.
SourceBrown described the Micron-linked sewer district vote as a required step for one of the region’s largest economic development investments, while emphasizing skepticism, scrutiny, and accountability for large corporations receiving public support.
SourceBrown criticized DoorDash-funded outside spending in the Assembly race and argued elected officials should answer to residents rather than multinational corporations with records of opposing worker protections.
SourceMaurice Brown's immigration position is strongly pro-immigrant and anti-ICE-enforcement: he has supported limiting local cooperation with ICE, protecting immigrant/refugee communities, and aligning his 2026 Assembly campaign with New York Immigration Coalition Action's immigrant-rights platform. As an Onondaga County legislator and 2026 Democratic candidate for New York Assembly District 129, he has also signed onto broader calls to abolish ICE.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Brown said Onondaga County should not support Sheriff's Office cooperation with ICE even if federal funding were conditioned on that cooperation.
SourceBrown supported an Onondaga County memorializing resolution opposing the "cruel and inhumane actions of ICE" and said residents were asking legislators to protect them.
SourceNYIC Action endorsed Brown for New York State Assembly District 129 after candidates were required to pledge to champion its immigrant-community agenda, including ending state support for detention and deportation and building civil rights protections.
SourceBrown was listed among New York elected officials who signed a letter calling on congressional Democratic leaders to support abolishing and defunding ICE.
SourceMaurice Brown supports an aggressive clean-energy and climate platform: blocking new fossil-fuel infrastructure, moving New York toward fully renewable energy, maintaining the state CLCPA’s binding targets, and using public power/utility policy to address energy affordability. As an Onondaga County legislator, he also voted against a county opt-out that made future wind, solar, and other renewable energy projects fully taxable.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Lead Locally’s candidate profile says Brown, running for New York State Assembly District 129, would vote to block new fossil-fuel infrastructure and advance legislation moving New York toward a fully renewable energy economy.
SourceBrown participated in an October 2026 public-power panel where progressives argued public ownership/control of power could lower utility rates, upgrade infrastructure, expand renewable generation, and make energy a public good.
SourceStreetsPAC reported Brown is committed to fighting for increased funding for Centro public transit, expanded routes and service, major bike-infrastructure upgrades, and broader scooter-share access in Onondaga County.
SourceBrown signed an April 2026 letter from local elected officials urging state legislative leaders to oppose rollbacks to the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act and keep its binding targets, timelines, and emissions-accounting methodology intact.
SourceMaurice Brown frames education as a human right and says every child deserves a fair shot regardless of ZIP code. His stated education-related priorities include more state funding for Central New York school districts, attention to Syracuse City School District students and ESOL learners, student transportation access, and transparency in school-board governance.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Brown's campaign biography states that he believes education is a human right and that every child deserves a fair shot at education regardless of ZIP code.
SourceBrown wrote that Central New York school districts need more funding from the state Legislature, citing Syracuse City School District per-pupil funding and the needs of ESOL learners.
SourceBrown called for implementing bus rapid transit and funding ride passes for students trying to get to and from school safely.
SourceBrown said Twiggy Billue should be on the Syracuse City School Board and argued the removal process lacked transparency and fairness for Syracuse families.
SourceBrown described a student's inability to reach an Onondaga Community College class because of a bus-schedule change as a motivating example of community failure and civic action.
SourceMaurice Brown frames public safety as prevention-focused and community-based, emphasizing root-cause investments such as youth programs, mental health care, violence interruption, crisis response teams, police transparency, and alternatives to incarceration. As an Onondaga County legislator, he has also supported or advanced targeted public-safety measures including vulnerable-road-user protections, public-safety equipment funding, and recognition of the Sheriff’s Office.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Brown says he supports investments in mental health care, youth programs, violence interruption, trauma-informed crisis response teams, police transparency, and alternatives to incarceration while opposing rollbacks of New York’s 2019 bail reform law.
SourceAs chair of the Onondaga County Ways & Means Committee, Brown led the committee when it advanced bond legislation including critical investments in Sheriff’s Office public safety operations and the E-911 call center.
SourceBrown’s public health platform calls for treating community violence as an emergency, investing more in prevention, and partnering with community organizations and conflict-resolution professionals to connect residents to mental health, job training, and other supports that promote public safety.
SourceBrown presented a Gold Seal recognizing Sheriffs’ Week and said support for law enforcement and advocacy for the community go hand in hand, describing local public safety as built on trust.
SourceElect Maurice Brown - About
https://www.electmauricebrown.com/aboutFetched: biography, location, background
Onondaga County Legislature - 15th District Member
https://onondaga.gov/legislature/about-us/members/district-15/Fetched: biography, location, committees
BallotReady - Maurice "Mo" Brown
https://www.ballotready.org/people/maurice-mo-brownFetched: biography, education, background
Times Union Onondaga County primary voter guide 2026
https://www.timesunion.com/projects/2026/onondaga-county-primary-ballot/Fetched: votingRecord
99chambers New York Assembly District 129 forecast 2026
https://99chambers.app/ny/assembly/129Fetched: campaignFinance
Transparency USA Mo Brown New York Candidate
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/candidate/mo-brownFetched: campaignFinance
Blue Voter Guide
https://bluevoterguide.org/district/NY/New_York_State_Assembly_District_129/46398/564Fetched: endorsements
Elect Maurice Brown
https://www.electmauricebrown.com/bernie-sanders-endorsement-maurice-brownFetched: endorsements
New York State Tenant Bloc
https://tenantbloc.org/statewide-tenant-movement-endorses-upstate-tenant-champions-to-expand-rent-stabilization/Fetched: endorsements
VOTE411 Voter Guide
https://onyourballot.vote411.org/candidate-detail.do?id=73213657Fetched: issuePositions
Tom Keck interview with Maurice Brown
https://tomkeck.beehiiv.com/p/my-interview-with-maurice-mo-brownFetched: issuePositions
Elect Maurice Brown - Standing with Healthcare Workers at Central Park Rehab
https://www.electmauricebrown.com/standing-with-healthcare-workers-at-central-park-rehabFetched: issuePositions
Elect Maurice Brown - Meet Tammy Honeywell
https://www.electmauricebrown.com/meet-tammy-honeywell-fighting-for-working-people-in-syracuseFetched: issuePositions
Elect Maurice Brown - Syracuse Politics Update 3/6/2026
https://www.electmauricebrown.com/syracuse-politics-update-3/6/2026-micron-vote-nob-hill-fire-and-ny-assembly-campaignFetched: issuePositions
Elect Maurice Brown - DoorDash Statement
https://www.electmauricebrown.com/doordashFetched: issuePositions
Central Current
https://centralcurrent.org/2025-election-qa-onondaga-county-legislature-15th-district-candidate-maurice-mo-brown/Fetched: issuePositions
Onondaga County Legislature
https://onondaga.gov/legislature/wp-content/uploads/sites/201/2026/02/2.3.26-Session-Packet-w-NOs-Revised.pdfFetched: issuePositions
WAER
https://www.waer.org/news/2026-02-04/county-legislatures-new-democratic-majority-takes-stand-against-federal-immigration-operationsFetched: issuePositions
State of The Left
https://www.sotlnews.com/p/diana-moreno-julia-salazar-shahanaFetched: issuePositions
Central Current
https://centralcurrent.org/new-york-progressives-have-a-plan-to-achieve-energy-affordability-make-power-public/Fetched: issuePositions
Syracusefan.com repost of Syracuse.com article
https://syracusefan.com/threads/for-football.183371/Fetched: issuePositions
Elect Maurice Brown
https://www.electmauricebrown.com/what-exploring-a-run-for-new-york-state-assembly-really-meansFetched: issuePositions
Medium - Maurice Mo Brown
https://medium.com/@mauricemobrown/2020-is-too-important-i-am-no-longer-exploring-a-run-for-new-york-state-assembly-a234e1d71447Fetched: issuePositions
Elect Maurice Brown - January 26th 2026 Update
https://www.electmauricebrown.com/january-26th-2026-update-from-legislator-maurice-brownFetched: issuePositions
Onondaga Community College
https://www.sunyocc.edu/news/black-history-month-brings-maurice-brown-17-back-campusFetched: issuePositions
Onondaga County Legislature - Cycle Safety Local Law
https://onondaga.gov/legislature/2026/06/03/legislature-passes-two-ballot-referendums-and-cycle-safety-local-law-for-vulnerable-road-users/Fetched: issuePositions
Onondaga County Legislature - Ways & Means Advances Bonds
https://onondaga.gov/legislature/2026/04/28/ways-means-advances-24-million-in-bonds/Fetched: issuePositions
Elect Maurice Brown - Public Health
https://www.electmauricebrown.com/public-healthFetched: issuePositions
Onondaga County Legislature - Sheriffs’ Week
https://onondaga.gov/legislature/2026/09/25/onondaga-county-legislature-recognizes-sheriffs-week-honoring-the-service-of-the-sheriffs-office/Fetched: issuePositions