[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 85 (Thursday, June 25, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1225]
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                       HONORING GENEVIEVE BROOKS

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 24, 1998

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, we rise to speak in the highest praise of a 
woman who has worked for much of her life to improve the lot of people 
in need, a woman who has done more than probably anyone to save and 
create housing in the Bronx when it seemed that everyone else was 
fleeing.
  Genevieve Brooks is vice president for the Faith Center for Community 
Development, where she is dedicating herself to creating and preserving 
healthy neighborhoods. She has been doing this in many guises for most 
of her life. As Deputy Borough President of the Bronx she oversaw 
policy implementation for a county of 1.2 million people while managing 
the day-to-day operations of 120 people and agency professionals, as 
well as community based organizations, in planning for and improving 
housing and the delivery of municipal services. She has served on the 
Boards of Directors of Bronx Health and Human Services Development 
Corp. and the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp. She has also 
served on the Consumer Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board 
and the Advisory Council of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
  She has organized and run dozens of organizations to improve housing 
either communally or throughout the Borough. She was instrumental in 
the Bronx being named one of America's top ten cities.
  Genevieve Brooks is being honored for her good works by being named 
Bronx Woman of Distinction. No one is more deserving of this honor; no 
one has done more to earn it.

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