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Brett lives in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

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Brett works as a technical officer at a data company. He has done technical work for  software companies and financial institutions.

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Brett Wynkoop previously ran for New York State Assembly in 2022 and New York City Council in 2021, but did not win.

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Believes the U.S. needs to bring back manufacturing to address supply chain issues.

Supports bringing manufacturing back to the Brooklyn to address supply chain issues.

Believes companies are leaving New York due to crime and an "antibusiness climate," saying that when a company leaves, it takes jobs with it.

Supports large-scale indoor farming in Brooklyn to create jobs and provide cheaper, higher-quality produce for local tables and restaurants, with the potential for exporting surplus via local waterways.

Supports large-scale indoor farming in Brooklyn to create jobs and provide local produce.

- Supports bringing manufacturing back to the Brooklyn to address supply chain issues.
- Believes companies are leaving New York due to crime and an "antibusiness climate," saying that when a company leaves, it takes jobs with it.
- Supports large-scale indoor farming in Brooklyn to create jobs and provide local produce.

Economy

Supports water shipping over truck shipping due to energy efficiency and lower pollution.

- Supports water shipping over truck shipping due to energy efficiency and lower pollution.

Energy & the Environment

Plans to introduce legislation making it a criminal offense to mandate specific health care choices for others as a condition of employment, services, or public accommodations.

Wants to make it a crime for employers to require vaccination.

Opposes any central registry of vaccination or health status.

- Wants to make it a crime for employers to require vaccination.
- Opposes any central registry of vaccination or health status.

Healthcare

Supports allowing voters to recall any elected official.

Supports allowing voters to hold an election to remove any elected official.

- Supports allowing voters to hold an election to remove any elected official.

Voting & Elections

Plans to introduce bills to prohibit state investment in Chinese businesses and prevent Chinese ownership of New York farmland.

Believes in stopping the "catch and release" of repeat criminals.

- Plans to introduce bills to prohibit state investment in Chinese businesses and prevent Chinese ownership of New York farmland.
- Believes in stopping the "catch and release" of repeat criminals.

Public Safety

Supports requiring schools to tell parents if a student uses mental health services there.

- Supports requiring schools to tell parents if a student uses mental health services there.

Education

Supports rehabilitating Brooklyn's waterfront for commercial and recreational use.

- Supports rehabilitating Brooklyn's waterfront for commercial and recreational use.

Housing & Urban Development

Brett Wynkoop

As of September 19, 2024, Jo Anne Simon’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Jo Anne is a disability civil rights lawyer and educator. She opened a disability civil rights law firm in Downtown Brooklyn and taught as an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School. She also served as a judicial law secretary and taught in Hofstra University School of Law’s clinical program.

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Jo Anne Simon is a New York State Assembly Member representing the 52nd District. She was first elected in 2014 and is currently serving her 5th term.

Opposes fossil fuel infrastructure and incentives, supports environmental conservation, and endorsed a plastic bag fee.

Supports bold measures to address climate change and pollution, including shifting to publicly owned renewable utilities and designating contaminated sites for cleanup.

Supports shifting to publicly owned rather than private energy utilities.

- Opposes fossil fuel infrastructure and incentives, supports environmental conservation, and endorsed a plastic bag fee.
- Supports shifting to publicly owned rather than private energy utilities.

Supports abortion access and women's healthcare rights.

Supports abortion women's access to healthcare.

- Supports abortion women's access to healthcare.

Supports closing the "LLC Loophole" in campaign finance, opposes donations from real estate developers, special interests, and corporate PACs, and advocates for modernizing voting systems and reforming the Board of Elections to increase voting access.

Supported closing the "LLC Loophole" in campaign finance and opposes donations from wealthy interests.

Believes in prioritizing principles over politics, advocating for transparency and reform in the Brooklyn Democratic Party, and co-founded the NY State Democratic Committee’s Progressive Caucus.

Believes in prioritizing principles over politics, and advocated for transparency and reform in the Brooklyn Democratic Party.

Advocates for modernizing voting systems and reforming the Board of Elections to increase voting access.

- Supported closing the "LLC Loophole" in campaign finance and opposes donations from wealthy interests.
- Believes in prioritizing principles over politics, and advocated for transparency and reform in the Brooklyn Democratic Party.
- Advocates for modernizing voting systems and reforming the Board of Elections to increase voting access.

Supports "red flag" laws, enhanced public education, and improved implementation to prevent gun tragedies.

Supports "red flag" laws, enhanced public education, and improved implementation to prevent gun violence.

Supports the Safe Streets Program and voted to expand its speed camera program.

Passed a “gender neutral” language law to help female firefighters and police officers expand their ranks.

- Supports "red flag" laws, enhanced public education, and improved implementation to prevent gun violence.
- Supports the Safe Streets Program and voted to expand its speed camera program.
- Passed a “gender neutral” language law to help female firefighters and police officers expand their ranks.

Passed a dyslexia law to improve reading skills in children.

- Passed a dyslexia law to improve reading skills in children.

Supports equitable public transit access to reduce car reliance. Advocated for diverse MTA funding, supported congestion pricing, and pushed for an accessible subway system.

Supports public transit access to reduce car reliance. Advocated for diverse MTA funding, supported congestion pricing, and pushed for an accessible subway system.

As a community planner, led efforts to develop 6.5 acres of parking lots into housing, with 37.5% designated as low-to-moderate-income housing.

Believes in community-driven land use planning to address housing and urban development issues.

As a state senator, passed a first-in-the-nation “weigh in motion” law to issue automated violations to overweight trucks on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE).

Passed a law to issue automatic tickets to overweight trucks on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

- Supports public transit access to reduce car reliance. Advocated for diverse MTA funding, supported congestion pricing, and pushed for an accessible subway system.
- As a community planner, led efforts to develop 6.5 acres of parking lots into housing, with 37.5% designated as low-to-moderate-income housing.
- Believes in community-driven land use planning to address housing and urban development issues.
- Passed a law to issue automatic tickets to overweight trucks on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

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New York Member of Assembly, District 52

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