Phara Souffrant Forrest
What this job does: Your district's vote in the New York State Assembly (150 members), the larger house of the Legislature. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- Member of the New York State Assembly, District 57 (since 2021)
- Occupation
- Union organizer; nurse; Assembly member
- Lives in
- Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Background
- Associate's degree in nursing (CUNY City Tech) and BSN (CUNY School of Professional Studies) source: assembly.ny.gov
- Worked as a maternal child field nurse and in youth advocacy at Global Kids source: assembly.ny.gov
- President of building's tenant association before running for office source: assembly.ny.gov
- Elected to the Assembly in 2020 source: assembly.ny.gov
In their own words
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- Economy: tenant rights and housing stability source: branch.vote
- Healthcare: expand access to healthcare source: branch.vote
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