Jim Gennaro

More from Bharat Ayyar, who looked into the race between Republican State Senator Frank Padavan and Democratic challenger Jim Gennaro.

As of the July filing, here's how much money they have on hand:

Padavan - $116,642.20
Gennaro - $406,965.01

It's surprising that Gennaro is raising so much more money than Padavan, since people don't see Padavan as being as vulnerable to a Democratic challenger as some of his Republican colleagues in the State Senate, like Serf Maltese, Caesar Trunzo, and Joe Robach. And even thought the Republican State Senate Campaign Committee has a lot more money than their Democratic counterpart, having to pour money into Padavan's race would just be one more drain on their resources.  read more »

Really:  read more »

In case you had any doubt, fedoras are so much back in style I spotted them on City Council members--and candidates for higher office--David Weprin and Jim Gennaro at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Sunnyside yesterday.  read more »

That’s City Councilman Jim Gennaro (left) with actor Woody Harrelson and filmmaker Josh Tickell after their movie, Field of Fuel, won the Documentary Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

Jim Gennaro, the silver-haired City Councilman who chairs the Environmental Committee, is featured in a new film that’s being screened at Sundance Film Festival, along with Woody Harrelson and Julia Roberts.

The documentary, called "Fields of Fuel” investigates the causes of and possible solutions to the United States’ dependency on foreign oil.

From a Council statement on the movie:

In the film, Council Member Gennaro speaks about a new piece of legislation he has authored that, if signed into law, will mandate all heating oil sold in New York City to contain a specified minimum concentration of biodiesel fuel while strictly limiting its sulfur content. Specifically, the bill would require the city’s heating oil to be least 20% biodiesel by 2013 with a maximum sulfur concentration of 15 parts per million.