2026 New York General Election

Thomas Briggs

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A resident of Maple Avenue in Ellenville, he is president of the Ellenville Noonday Club, an emergency medical technician and president of the Ellenville First Aid & Rescue Squad, and a commissioner with the Ellenville Fire District.

Election 2026: Ulster legislator TJ Briggs unopposed in District 15

Thomas Briggs is an emergency medical technician and serves as president of the Ellenville Noonday Club and the Ellenville First Aid & Rescue Squad, as well as a commissioner with the Ellenville Fire District.

Election 2026: Ulster Legislator TJ Briggs unopposed in District 15

A retired senior counselor with the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Briggs served on the Ellenville Village Board as both a trustee and mayor from 1993 to 2001 and as a county legislator from 2008-201, before being elected again in 2025. He served on the Wawarsing Town Board from 2018-2022.

Thomas is a retired senior counselor with the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.

Thomas J. (TJ) Briggs
District No. 15 - Town of Wawarsing, Village of Ellenville
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Ulster County Legislature — Legislators

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Voters heading to the polls in November will return Democrat Thomas “TJ” Briggs to the Ulster County Legislature. A Democrat, Briggs, 69, has served 10 nonconsecutive years on the Legislature and is running unopposed for the body’s District 15 seat. He will hold the Democratic line on the ballot.

Thomas currently serves as an Ulster County legislator for District 15, representing the Town of Wawarsing and Village of Ellenville. He has served 10 nonconsecutive years in the Legislature. He previously served on the Wawarsing Town Board from 2018 to 2022 and as a trustee and mayor of the Ellenville Village Board from 1993 to 2001.

Thomas J. (TJ) Briggs - The Ulster County Legislature

Plans to work with county economic-development agencies to offer tax and loan opportunities to new businesses locating in the county.

Briggs said creating jobs, developing affordable housing and growing the county’s volunteer base will be among his priorities in the upcoming term. He said he would work with the Ulster County Industrial Development Agency and the county’s Economic Development team to offer tax and loan opportunities to new businesses that locate in the county and he said he would work with private developers to create affordable housing in areas where employees are needed.

Supports the Fair Taxes Act as a last resort; it would surcharge county income-tax filers earning over $250,000 individually or $500,000 jointly.

To grow the county’s volunteer first responder base, Briggs said he would push for county incentives for those residents who volunteer. Briggs said he supports the county’s Fair Taxes Act, which would impose a county surcharge on the income taxes paid by individual filers with a taxable income over $250,000 and joint filers with a taxable income of more than $500,000, as “another tool” in the county’s toolbox. But, he said, it is “as an absolute last resort.”

Economy

As of October 22, 2026, Thomas Briggs’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Services

Plans to work with private developers to create affordable housing in areas where employees are needed.

Housing & Urban Development

Calls for county incentives for residents who volunteer as first responders.

To grow the county’s volunteer first responder base, Briggs said he would push for county incentives for those residents who volunteer. Briggs said he supports the county’s Fair Taxes Act, which would impose a county surcharge on the income taxes paid by individual filers with a taxable income over $250,000 and joint filers with a taxable income of more than $500,000, as “another tool” in the county’s toolbox.