James F. Brennan
| James F. Brennan | |
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| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 44th district |
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In office January 1, 1985 – December 31, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Ferris |
| Succeeded by | Robert Carroll |
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April 7, 1952 Brooklyn, New York |
| Political party | Democratic |
James F. Brennan (born April 17, 1952) is an American politician. He is a former member of the New York State Assembly, representing the 44th Assembly District (Brooklyn). He is a Democrat and also represents the Working Families Party.
Brennan was elected to the Assembly in 1984, from the 51st Assembly District, which included the neighborhoods of Park Slope and Sunset Park. In 1992, due to redistricting, Brennan’s district radically changed. He subsequently ran and won election from the new 44th Assembly District, which includes the neighborhoods of Flatbush, Kensington, Park Slope and Windsor Terrace.
He chaired four committees during his career: six years as Chair of the Assembly Standing Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, one year as Chair of the Assembly Committee on Oversight, Analysis, and Investigation, and Chair of the Assembly Committee on Cities. He most recently was the Chair of the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions.
Brennan has won three national awards as a State legislator. The first, in 1996, was given by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill for Brennan’s leadership in the fight for Parity in Mental and Physical Health Benefits. The second was given by the National Conference of State Legislators in 2007, for an investigative report directed by Brennan as Chair of the Committee on Investigation. The report concerned how the Pataki administration undermined services for the severely disabled as a result of the closure of a Medicaid office serving those clients in the fall of 2004.
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