Alec Brook-Krasny

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name = Alec Brook-Kransny Алик Брук-Красный
|order = Member of New York State Assembly
term_start = November 7, 2006
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successor = Incumbent
birth_date = birth date and age|1958|8|2
birth_place = Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
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nationality = American
party = Democrat
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religion = Judaism


website = http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=046&submit=Go
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Alec Brook-Krasny ( _ru. Алик Брук-Красный) (born 1958, Moscow) is an American Jewish politician and the first Soviet-born, Russian speaking Jew to become a New York State Assembly member elected for the 46th District on November 7, 2006. He is affiliated to the Democratic Party. He currently serves on the Housing, Aging, Cities, Election Law, and Governmental Employees Committees in the Assembly.

He emigrated to the USA in 1989 from Moscow where he was graduated from Moscow Technological Institute in 1983*. After a few decades in New York he became a manager and started his own successfully running business, called Funarama in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. He later was appointed to the Community Board and quickly rose to Community Board Treasurer.

Brook-Krasny's first political campaign was in 2000 for the State Assembly. Though he lost to the party-backed incumbent, he won a record number of votes as the city's most viable "write-in" candidate. In 2001, he ran for the City Council. Though he won the endorsememt of the New York Times, he lost to the incumbent.

That same year, Brook-Krasny became the founding Executive Director of The Council of Jewish Émigré Community Organizations (COJECO), a central coordinating body for 42 community-based, Russian-speaking émigré organizations in New York.

In 2006, the State Assemblywoman Adele Cohen, was retiring and Brook-Krasny declared his candidacy. Running a fierce campaign against fellow local activist Ari Kagan, Brook-Krasny reached out to the non-Jewish voters and secured the endorsememtns of many local newspapers and elected officials. He won in a close election and has since reached out to his former opponents for support and cooperation on various issues.

References

* [http://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=046 New York State Assembly Member Website]
* [http://www.brookkrasny.org/ru/index_ru.htm Alec Brook-Krasny's site in Russian]