Dennis Gallagher was elected to the New York City Council in the November 2001 election. He presently serves on Finance, Youth, Aging, Civil Service & Labor, and Parks Committees.

Dennis is 39 years of age and resides in Middle Village, with his wife, Donna and his two children, Patrick and Kevin.

Mr. Gallagher has served in a public capacity as an Investigator for the State of New York Crime Victims Board, Regional Coordinator NYS Assembly, Executive Assistant to Senator Serf Maltese and Chief of Staff to Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene.

Mr. Gallagher is extensively involved in community and civic affairs. He is a Member of the Executive Committee of the Queens Republican Party, Past President of the Midville Civic Association, Member of the Juniper Park Civic Association, Middle Village Property Owners and Residents Association, and Steuben Society.

He was a former Member of the Catalpa YMCA Board and an activist with the Greater Ridgewood Youth Council.

Mr. Gallagher has served for twelve years as a CYO Coach for St. Margaret’s Sports Program for Boys and Girls Basketball. He also served as a Manager of the RGMVM Little League. He is a social Member of the Mario Lanza Lodge Order Sons of Italy, and a Member of the Glendale Kiwanis.

Mr. Gallagher has also been privileged to be a member of the NYS Senate Veterans Advisory Council and the NYS Senate Consumer Protection Advisory Board. Mr. Gallagher has been honored by the Juniper Park Civic Association, the Boy Scouts of America, Glendale Volunteer Ambulance Corp, Fire Department of City of New York, the Ridgewood Communicare Center, St. Aloysius Sports Program, Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation, Richmond Hill Block Association, St. Pancras Sports Association, I.S 93, P.S. 49, Queens Multi Service Senior Center, Catalpa YMCA, Blau Weiss Gottscheer, RH Historical Society Ridgewood Property Owners among others.


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