Education
Brook-Krasny emigrated to the United States of America in 1989 from Moscow, where he had graduated from the Moscow Institute of Consumer Technology (currently the Russian State University for Tourism and Services) in 1983.
Brook-Krasny emigrated to the United States of America in 1989 from Moscow, where he had graduated from the Moscow Institute of Consumer Technology (currently the Russian State University for Tourism and Services) in 1983.
While in the assembly, he served on the Housing, Aging, Cities, Election Law, and Governmental Employees Committees. On June 11, 2015, he announced his resignation from the assembly effective July 7, to work in the private sector. After several years in New York City, he became a manager and started his own successful business, a children"s entertainment and community center called Funorama, in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.
He later was appointed to Brooklyn Community Board 13 and quickly rose to the position of treasurer.
In 2001, he ran for the New York City Council. In 2006, State Assemblywoman Adele Cohen retired and Brook-Krasny declared his candidacy for her position.
Running a fierce campaign against fellow local activist Ari Kagan, who is also Russian-born, Brook-Krasny successfully reached out to many non-Jewish voters and secured the endorsements of many local newspapers and elected officials.
His first political campaign was in 2000 for the New York State Assembly. Though he lost to the party-backed incumbent, he won a record number of votes as the city"s most viable write-in candidate.
He was a member of the Democratic Party, and was elected on November 7, 2006 to represent the 46th District, which covers the neighborhoods of Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Dyker Heights, and Seagate, in Brooklyn.