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New York State Senate District 55
Williams College—B.A. in Psychology
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Samra G. Brouk represents New York's 55th Senate District in Monroe County and serves as Chair of the Senate Mental Health Committee. Before her election to the Senate, she served as a United States Peace Corps volunteer and worked as a health educator in rural Guatemala. She later worked in nonprofit community development, building educational, environmental, and senior-services initiatives in her community and across New York State.
Committee Assignments: Mental Health Chair · Agriculture Member · Children and Families Member · Elections Member · Health Member · Legislative Women's Caucus Member · Local Government Member
Samra Brouk supports expanding access to affordable, timely, and culturally responsive healthcare, including reproductive care, mental health care, Medicaid/Child Health Plus continuity, and universal single-payer healthcare through the New York Health Act. As a sitting New York State Senator for District 55, she has sponsored maternal health and mental health crisis-response legislation, particularly around doula services and Daniel's Law.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Brouk's campaign issues page says she is an advocate for the New York Health Act to provide universal, single-payer healthcare for all New Yorkers.
SourceSamra Brouk supports an economy-and-jobs agenda centered on working families, workforce training, child care access, higher wages, and targeted community investments in the Rochester/Monroe County area. As the Democratic incumbent senator for New York State Senate District 55, she has backed CTE and workforce pipelines, child care expansion tied to workforce participation, local job-creating investments, and minimum-wage indexing.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Brouk called for state budget funding to expand CTE access, increase per-pupil reimbursement, and raise pay for CTE educators to strengthen the skilled-worker pipeline.
SourceBrouk committed $1 million in state Community Investment Fund support for a new Goodwill retail location projected to create 45 jobs and support workforce-development services.
SourceBrouk highlighted FY 2026 budget and legislative actions that increased support for CTE educators, advanced robotics participation funding, and created tuition coverage for adults entering workforce-shortage fields.
SourceSamra Brouk supports pro-immigrant policies, including comprehensive immigration reform that keeps families together, fair treatment of immigrants, pathways to citizenship and employment, and opportunities for undocumented people to contribute. As a New York State Senator for District 55, she has co-sponsored or voted for measures protecting immigrant students, expanding immigrant access to nutrition benefits, limiting civil immigration arrests, and guaranteeing counsel in immigration proceedings.
Samra Brouk, Democratic State Senator for New York Senate District 55, emphasizes utility affordability, ratepayer protections, and climate-aligned energy transition policies. Her record includes sponsoring legislation to bar utilities from charging customers for lobbying and political costs, co-sponsoring gas-system transition legislation, and co-sponsoring climate adaptation cost-recovery legislation targeting major fossil-fuel contributors.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Brouk highlighted inclusion of her S1012A policy in the enacted state budget, along with POWER rebates and requirements for utilities to return more excess revenue to ratepayers earlier.
SourceSamra Brouk supports increased public education funding and education-related mental health services, including fully funding Foundation Aid, expanding school-based mental health access, and improving higher-education access for foster youth. As the Democratic state senator for New York Senate District 55, she has sponsored or co-sponsored education bills on foster-youth college aid information, school psychologists, school mental-health staffing, and STEM robotics grants.
Samra Brouk’s public-safety position centers on treating mental-health and substance-use crises as public-health emergencies, reducing unnecessary police use of force, and funding community-based safety and accountability measures in Rochester and statewide. Her record includes proposing Daniel’s Law, police reform bills responding to Rochester incidents, and budget advocacy for crisis-response pilots and public-safety/security investments.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Brouk supported budget investments to expand Daniel’s Law pilot programs and to allow the Monroe-Rochester Initiative to cover public-safety and security equipment costs.
SourceNYSenate.gov
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/samra-g-brouk/aboutFetched: biography, education, location, committees
Open States search result via Ballot Card
https://ballot-card.com/ny/sldu-55/state-senateFetched: votingRecord
Transparency USA
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/candidate/samra-brouk?filer=samra-brouk-for-state-senate-7331Fetched: campaignFinance
New York Public Campaign Finance Board
https://pcfb.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2025/01/2024-new-york-state-public-campaign-finance-board-election-cycle-report-final.pdfFetched: campaignFinance
Blue Voter Guide
https://bluevoterguide.org/district/NY/New_York_State_Senate_District_55/51844/830Fetched: endorsements
Monroe County (NY) Democratic Committee via Blue Voter Guide
https://bluevoterguide.org/endorser-org/Monroe_County_%28NY%29_Democratic_Committee/NY/9185Fetched: endorsements
Downtown Women for Change
https://www.downtownwomenforchange.org/endorsements-2026Fetched: endorsements
New York League of Conservation Voters Gives Green
https://www.nylcv.org/press-item/nylcv-gives-green-announces-2026-endorsements-for-state-legislative-races/Fetched: endorsements
New York State Nurses Association
https://www.nysna.org/news/nysna-2026-endorsementsFetched: endorsements
Planned Parenthood Empire State Votes
https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/planned-parenthood-empire-state-votes/endorsementsFetched: endorsements
New York League of Conservation Voters 2021 State Scorecard
https://nylcv.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL_NYLCV_2021_StateScorecard_09-14-21.pdfFetched: endorsements
New York League of Conservation Voters 2022 State Scorecard
https://nylcv.org/wp-content/uploads/NYLCV_2022_StateScorecard_FINAL_WEB.pdfFetched: endorsements
NYSenate.gov About Samra G. Brouk
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/samra-g-brouk/aboutFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov Bill S1867A
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S1867/amendment/AFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov Bill S7779A
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7779/amendment/AFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - S4048
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4048Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - CTE Funding Press Release
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/samra-g-brouk/senator-brouk-boces-call-cte-funding-state-budgetFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Child Care Capacity Expansion
https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/Sarah-Clark/story/118571Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - Goodwill Irondequoit Investment
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/samra-g-brouk/goodwill-finger-lakes-announces-new-irondequoit-store?page=2Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - 2025 Year in Review
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/samra-g-brouk/2025-year-review-senator-samra-brouks-comprehensive?page=5Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate S3475 bill page
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S3475Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate S9756 bill page
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S9756Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate S9033 bill page
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S9033Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate S4121 bill page
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4121Fetched: issuePositions
FastDemocracy S2129
https://fastdemocracy.com/bill-search/ny/2023-2024/bills/NYB00138218/Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov Brouk Budget Accomplishments
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/articles/2026/samra-g-brouk/senator-brouk-announces-2026-state-budget-fy27-and-legislativeFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - About Samra G. Brouk
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/samra-g-brouk/aboutFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S378
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S378Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S1712
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1712Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S379A
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S379/amendment/AFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S6807
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6807Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - One House Budget Press Release
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024/samra-g-brouk/senator-brouk-votes-pass-senate-one-house-budgetFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - About Samra G. Brouk
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/samra-g-brouk/aboutFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - Daniel’s Law bill page
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3670Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - S2960 bill page
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S2960Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - Rochester-area public safety package press release
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/samra-g-brouk/rochester-area-legislators-introduce-package-billsFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - 2026 One House Budget wins
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/samra-g-brouk/senator-brouk-announces-senate-one-house-budget-winsFetched: issuePositions