Brianna Durkee joined Ways and Means NY in 2019 as our Legislative Analyst.
Brianna is an honors graduate of Marist College where she was a Political Science major and became a certified paralegal. She has previous experience with a larger lobbying office here in Albany, where she became familiar with lobbying, monitoring committee meetings, the legislative tracking services and maintenance of bill files, and preparation of legislative memos. Her other previous experience was with the Marist Poll and a congressional campaign.
Brianna is responsible for monitoring and reporting on all relevant legislative developments. She tracks all relevant legislation from introduction through floor votes and gubernatorial action, closely monitoring all important committee meetings along the way. She keeps a keen eye on the Executive Branch as well, tracking developments with the Governor and key agencies and monitoring all regulatory, rulemaking and procurement developments as they are posted.
Brianna also works on compliance matters to ensure all lobbyist and client filings are timely, accurate and complete.
Proficient with social media, Brianna monitors the Capitol blogs, Twitter Feeds and other emerging news sources, sharing timely information with clients.
Brianna is also a registered lobbyist.