James Brennan

James Brennan

Template:TOCnestleft James Brennan is a State Assembly member from New York representing Assembly District 44.

New York Legislature

Brennan was first elected in 1984 after working for his predecessor, Joseph Ferris. From 1995 through 2000, Mr. Brennan chaired the Committee on Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.

Supported Progressive Health Care Reform

In late 2009, James Brennan was one of more than 1,000 state legislators to sign a letter entitled "State Legislators for Progressive Health Care Reform". The letter was a project of the Progressive States Network and was developed in consultation with national health care reform advocates, including the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, Community Catalyst, Families USA, Herndon Alliance, National Women's Law Center, Northeast Action, SEIU, and Universal Health Care Action Network. The letter reads in part,

"Failure to pass national comprehensive health reform now will further jeopardize state and local budgets, undermining public services like education, public safety, and transportation infrastructure... We, the undersigned, call on President Obama and the Congress to enact bold and comprehensive health care reform this year – based on these principles and a strong federal-state collaboration – and pledge our support as state legislators and allies in pursuit of guaranteed, high quality, affordable health care for all."

DSA endorsement

In 1992, New York Democratic Socialists of America endorsed Nydia Velasquez during her run for Congress. They also endorsed Attorney General Robert Abrams for U.S. Senate, Richard Irizarry (28th New York State Senate District), Peggy Shepard (70th Assembly District), James Brennan (44th Assembly District), Hulbert James (31st Assembly District), Nelson Antonio Denis (68th Assembly District), and Trudy Mason (73rd Assembly District).

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