July 02, 2024
City & State New York
The website City & State New York named CUNY SPS alum Phara Souffrant Forrest (BS Nursing '20) on their list of the "2024 Brooklyn Power 100." Souffrant Forrest received a #30 ranking for her work in the New York State Assembly as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. As a New York State Representative, Souffrant Forrest has focused on tenant rights and expanded access to health care, including championing efforts to eliminate copays for insulin. She also chairs the Assembly Task Force on New Americans and has worked on legislation to reform prison and jail policies. She was elected to office in 2020 and represents the 57th Assembly District in Brooklyn, which includes Prospect Heights, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and parts of Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant.
