Ken Zebrowski leaves Assembly seat, takes job with law, lobbying firm
WEST NYACK ‒ Ken Zebrowski, who opted not to run again for the Assembly seat he held for nearly 18 years, announced Wednesday that he had officially left his government post. He has taken a job with Brown and Weinraub Advisors, an Albany-based law and lobbying firm, where he will serve as a law firm partner and senior adviser.
The 96th includes Clarkstown and Haverstraw, with Nyack and South Nyack in Orangetown.
The seat, which is on the ballot in November, will be open until January. The Legislature is not due to return to session until then.
The 96th Assembly District office at 151 N. Main St. in New City remains open for constituents, Zebrowski, a Democrat, said in a statement. "Please reach out a 845-634-9791 with any issues and feel free to contact me at any time," he wrote on his Assembly Facebook page.
Leaving Legislature: Ken Zebrowski won't seek re-election to represent Rockland in state Assembly
Policy, legal work
Former legislators like Zebrowski, under the Public Officers Law, are prohibited from directly or indirectly promoting or opposing the passage of legislation in either house of the legislature, for compensation, for two years after they terminate their legislative service.
Zebrowski on Wednesday said there's still plenty of places he can have impact. "I can certainly work on public policy issues with a lot of entities, from the Governor's Office to state agencies, to Washington, D.C."
Zebrowski said he was also a partner with the law firm. "I think my portfolio is yet to be established," he said.
Nearly 18 years in Assembly
Zebrowski, 43, won his ninth term representing District 96 in the New York State Assembly in 2022.
Zebrowski and his wife, Clare, a certified registered nurse anesthetist, have three children and reside in West Nyack.
He served in the Assembly seat his father, also Ken Zebrowski, had filled, but then it was the 94th.
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The Zebrowski record
Zebrowski's legislative history included co-sponsoring bills to establish state-appointed monitors in East Ramapo, and then later expand their oversight powers. Zebrowski teamed with other legislators to win a toll discount for Rockland and Westchester residents as the Tappan Zee Bridge was being replaced. He helped get relief for North Rockland schools after a huge 2007 Mirant property tax settlement that sent local taxes soaring.
Zebrowski got involved early on with the Rockland County Illegal Housing Task Force and helped secure state monitors in Spring Valley and Ramapo after years of lax building code enforcement. The Firefighters Association of the State of New York gave Zebrowski the 2022 Golden Trumpet Award.
In 2013, New York became the first state in the nation to require hospitals and general practice doctors to offer a one-time Hep C test to baby boomers; the bill was sponsored by Zebrowski. His father had acquired Hepatitis C from a blood transfusion in the 1970s and died from liver cancer acquired from Hep C in 2007 at age 61.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: New York State Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski takes law firm lobbying job
