Longtime Manhattan pol Herman `Denny´ Farrell Jr. dead at 86
(New York Post Local News)

Longtime Manhattan Assemblyman Herman `Denny` Farrell Jr. died on Saturday, officials said. He was 86. The Democratic powerbroker retired from the Assembly last fall after nearly 43 years in office. Representing the upper Manhattan neighborhoods of West Harlem, Inwood and Washington Heights, Farrell was chair of the Assembly’s powerful Ways and Means Committee for more...