Gentile coasts to third term in Council
Incumbent Democratic City Councilmember Vincent Gentile easily won a third and final term on Election Day, turning back a challenge by Republican John Quaglione.
Unofficial results have Gentile scoring 62.7 percent of the vote, with 12,638 ballots cast in his favor. Quaglione – deputy chief of staff to State Senator Marty Golden — received 35.6 percent (7,162 votes) and the Green Party candidate, Patrick Dwyer, got 1.7 percent (342 votes). He is now poised to become the most senior member of the City Council in January, 2014, as many of his colleagues were term-limited out of office.
“Can you say landslide?” an ebullient Gentile asked supporters gathered at the Stars & Stripes Democratic Club, 15th Avenue and 74th Street. “The people have spoken and my contract has been renewed.