Phoebe and Louie squawked from upstairs in Claudia Braymer’s home on a snowy day in January. Cora rushed to her side with a wagging tail. Braymer adopted the parrots and the pitbull mix during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Braymer is particularly fond of birds and one makes up the logo of her one-time bustling law firm. The environmental attorney closed her office doors at the beginning of the year. In some ways, 2024 is a time of endings and beginnings.
Braymer is putting aside her law practice and saying goodbye to her eight years as an elected representative on the Warren County Board of Supervisors. The two-time World Cup rugby player is also slowing down coaching the next generation of flankers and half backs.
It is a bittersweet point in her career, but sitting in her home office decorated with an owl photo and a sign that reads, “Climate Crisis,” Braymer is all smiles.
The 43-year-old deputy director of one of the most influential environmental organizations in the 6-million-acre Adirondack Park, is
