Person of the Year: Success after success crowned retired Councilmember Vincent Gentile’s 20 years in public office
The political landscape in southwest Brooklyn has just dramatically shifted.
After 20 years in the forefront of action across Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach and Bensonhurst, Vincent Gentile — most recently a city councilmember for 14 years, and previously a state senator for six — has returned to private life, as a result of term limits.
Behind him, Gentile leaves a dramatic legacy of two decades of accomplishment that he savored in a recent interview with this newspaper.