He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics from Brandeis University and Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.
[4] In 2006, Brodsky announced his intentions of running for Attorney General of New York, a campaign that he suspended in order to donate a kidney to his 14-year-old daughter.
[10][11] Brodsky worked as a lawyer for the Working Families Party for years, notably winning a "landmark case stemming out of the 2004 Albany County district attorney contest that let the WFP spend money in Democratic primary races, paving the way for the WFP’s future involvement in campaigns like the one run by Cynthia Nixon in the 2018 gubernatorial campaign."
On the day that Governor Andrew Cuomo began to put New York on lockdown in response to the COVID-19 crisis, Brodsky won "a WFP challenge against rules created by the Public Financing Commission that threatened to destroy the state’s minor parties.
During his career, Brodsky, was concerned with the potential safety hazards of nuclear power plants located at Indian Point Energy Center.
Three months later he co-signed a petition to FEMA requesting that it deny continued approval to the Indian Point Evacuation Plans.
"[14][15] In May 2011, Brodsky sent a letter to the NRC formally complaining of commissions' violations of the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) law with respect to his FOI request earlier that year.
[20] Brodsky was involved in the creation of the New York State School Tax Relief Program (STAR), which was enacted into law in 1996.
[25] In July 2007, Brodsky became a leading opponent of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's congestion pricing proposal.
The proposal, which would have substantially reduced New York City motor vehicle traffic congestion and provided funding to mass transit, failed.