Councilman Dennis Gallagher, who was indicted for rape earlier this year, came in last place in a race to become a Republican judicial delegate in the Queens district he’s represented since 2001.
The unofficial results for the three positions there, according to the city Board of Elections, are:
John Read More
The City Council just voted 37 to 0 to temporarily remove Councilman Dennis Gallagher from his committees and leadership post following his indictment on rape charges. Another committee is meeting now at 250 Broadway to consider other possible sanctions, which could include removing Gallagher from office (although that seems unlikely since his criminal Read More
A reader passed along this email that was sent to City Council members a few minutes ago:
Dear Council Members:
Please be advised of the following: Addition
Monday, August 6, 2007
Addition
Committee on Standards and Ethics 12:00 p.m.
Agenda to be announced
Hearing Room – 250 Read More
Councilman Dennis Gallagher was indicted just now by a grand jury in Queens on charges that he raped a woman in his district office.
Gallagher’s lawyer said he will move to dismiss the indictment because of “prosecutorial misconduct" when he appears with Gallagher in court tomorrow.
Gallagher’s lawyer, Stephen R. Malher, Read More
This morning, City Councilman Dennis Gallagher arrived for work at City Hall — the first time he's done so since a woman accused him of raping her at his Queens office.
According to a person at the scene, "Gallagher briefly addressed reporters and said he is innocent, but was advised not to discuss the details Read More
Here's a story that broke too late for the dailies: The police have raided the district office of Councilman Dennis Gallagher of Queens.
According to NY1 News, the NYPD would only say that it was part of an ongoing investigation. Gallagher's lawyer said he was unaware of what the police may be Read More
Councilman Dennis Gallagher is having a fund-raiser next week at Russo’s on the Bay featuring billionaire John Catsimatidis on the finance committee.
So, what is Gallagher running for? He’s term-limited and, he told me, he’s not interested in running for Congress.
“Washington isn’t the type of place where I would want to be Read More
Today was a good day for both for City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Republican Minority Leader James Oddo.
Oddo’s bill to ban metal bats from high school baseball games passed (with Quinn’s blessing).
And Quinn scored a victory on a domestic partnership bill requiring that any benefit given to “a spouse” by the city Read More
