Tracey Brooks Focuses on Capital Region Economy Calls for Investment in New Technologies and a Departure from Failed Bush Policies
Congressional Candidate Tracey Brooks pointed to
recent reports of a surprisingly high local unemployment rate and a
potential local sub-prime mortgage crisis in calling for immediate
action to address our struggling local economy and help Capital Region
working families.
“We must immediately reinvigorate
our economy with a short-term stimulus plan that can bring jobs back to
the Capital Region and ease the squeeze on middle-class families,” said
Brooks, a Democratic candidate in the 21st Congressional District. “Our
area can’t afford to wait any longer with gas prices creeping towards
$4.00 per gallon, home heating costs through the roof, and a local
unemployment rate that’s higher than the state average – we must act
now.”
Tracey Brooks Supports “Earth Hour” Worldwide Conservation Effort Will Make Climate Change, Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Focal Points of Her Campaign
Congressional Candidate Tracey Brooks today announced her
support for the “Earth Hour” energy conservation effort created by the World
Wildlife Fund and invited all families and businesses in the Capital Region to
join millions around the world in turning off their lights for just one hour.
The creators of “Earth Hour” are asking people to make a statement about climate
change by turning off their lights from 8:00
to 9:00 p.m. on March 29, 2008. Earth Hour
was started last year in Sydney,
Australia, and
in one year has grown from a single event in one city to a global
movement.This year, millions of people,
businesses, governments and organizations around the globe are expected to turn
off their lights...
March
Madness on the Campaign Trail Rocco
DeFazio Hosts Tracey Brooks Event in Troy
Troy
entrepreneur and community leader Rocco DeFazio today announced that he
will host a “March Madness Goes to Washington” fundraiser and candidate
meet-n-greet with Congressional candidate and former basketball state
champion Tracey Brooks on Sunday, March 30th, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm, at
Ryan’s Wake in Troy.
“We’re planning a fun afternoon of basketball, politics and food with
my friend Tracey Brooks,” said DeFazio, a big fan and local supporter
of sports and politics. “I’m supporting Tracey Brooks for Congress
because she has the right experience and right priorities for the job
but also because she’s grown up in the community, played sports here,
has given back to our neighborhoods and community organizations...”
March 26, 2008 at 5:24 pm by Lauren Stanforth, Staff writer
Democratic
candidate for the 21st Congressional District Tracey Brooks said today
she’s gotten endorsed by the national group Emily’s List, an
organization that supports pro-choice female candidates for office.
“Tracey Brooks is a bright, honest, and articulate leader who has
been actively working with New York communities for more than fifteen
years,” said Ellen R. Malcolm, president of EMILY’s List, in a press
release from the organization. “A fresh voice with innovative ideas,
Tracey is a rising star in the political world.”
March 26,
2008
EMILY’s
List Announces Endorsement of Tracey Brooks
For New York’s 21st Congressional District
Washington,
D.C. -- EMILY’s List, the nation’s
largest political action committee and financial resource for women
running for elective office, today announced its endorsement
of Tracey
Brooks for New York’s 21st congressional district.
“Tracey Brooks is a bright,
honest, and articulate leader who has been actively working with New
York communities for more than fifteen years,” said Ellen R. Malcolm,
president
of EMILY’s List. “A fresh voice with innovative ideas, Tracey
is a
rising star in the political world. She has dedicated her life to
advocating for those in need, from her work to increase access to
education to her successful fight to protect families’ homes. EMILY’s
List and its members are proud to support Tracey Brooks in her campaign
to represent New York’s 21st district...”
(Albany, March 24) Amalgamated Transit Union
Local 1321 representing 750 members/employees of the Capital District
Transportation Authority {CDTA} announced their support of Tracey
Brooks for the 21st Congressional District. “Throughout
her career Tracey Brooks has been an energetic and consistent advocate
for the interest of transit workers and all working men and women in
the Capital District; supporting increased funding for the transit
systems, calling for an immediate solution to the sub-prime Mortgage
crisis to help protect our housing and local economy. Ms. Brooks has
been fighting for seniors, non-profits and our schools,” said Local
president and business agent, Steven Green of ATU Local 1321. “We
believe that Tracey Brooks is the best person to represent the
interests of the working men and women in our community as
Congressperson.”
On
Fifth Anniversary of Iraq War, Congressional Candidate Tracey Brooks
Calls on President Bush To Bring Our Troops Home
Tracey Brooks,
Congressional candidate in the Capital
Region’s 21st District, called on President Bush
to finally end the
war in Iraq
and bring our troops home.
“President Bush,
our troops have done their job and now it’s
time to bring them home,” said Brooks. “We all know that it doesn't
make sense
to continue spending billions of dollars abroad on a mission we were
told was
accomplished several years ago when we have so many important issues to
address
here at home...”
On Monday,
Tracey Brooks received what media outlets called "big endorsements"
from Albany Mayor Jennings and other Democratic Party officials. This
was the latest in a series of endorsements for Tracey Brooks.
March
13, 2008
Congressional
Candidate Tracey Brooks Meets with Health Care Representatives from
Hospitals, Home Care Agencies, Community Health Centers and Emergency
Responders
Tracey
Brooks, Congressional candidate in the
Capital Region’s 21st District, has been meeting with state and local
health care leaders from throughout the region, discussing the current
State and Federal health care budgets and proposed cuts, issues
impacting the local health care community and ideas for improving our
health care delivery system.
“We need to provide
comprehensive health care reform and the only way to do that right is
to work with both those receiving and those delivering health care
services,” said Brooks. “We must address the rising costs of health
care, expand affordable health care options, increase incentives for
medical research and innovation, and ensure that everyone in America
receives health care. These are the right priorities for the Capital
Region and for our country...”
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Democratic Congressional
hopeful Tracey Brooks received
major endorsements today from Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings and other
party officials.
Brooks is running for
the seat of outgoing Congressman Mike McNulty in the 21st Congressional
District.
Mayor
Jennings said, "I am proud to endorse Tracey Brooks to replace Mike
McNulty for Congress because she has the best combination of experience
working in the District, grassroots work in the community and knowledge
of the issues most important to us in the City of Albany and the
Capital Region..."
Congressional
Candidate Tracey Brooks Calls For Immediate Action to Address the
Looming Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis in the Capital Region
Tracey
Brooks, Congressional candidate in the Capital
Region’s 21st District, today called for
immediate congressional and
state action to address the looming sub-prime mortgage crisis in the
Capital
Region.
“It is vital that elected leaders in Washington and
Albany work quickly to pass legislation to protect New York families
from being
put out on the street and the economy from being put in further
jeopardy.”
“Throughout
her career Tracey Brooks has been an energetic and consistent advocate
for the interest of transit workers and all working men and women in
the Capital District; supporting increased funding for the transit
systems, calling for an immediate solution to the sub-prime Mortgage
crisis to help protect our housing and local economy. Ms. Brooks has
been fighting for seniors, non-profits and our schools,” said Local
president and business agent, Steven Green of ATU Local 1321. “We
believe that Tracey Brooks is the best person to represent the
interests of the working men and women in our community as
Congressperson.”
