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ALLAN JENNINGS CENSURE
(RES 947)Introduced: 2005
Passed City Council: April 20, 2005
Mayor not decided
The New York City Council voted to censure and fine Queens Councilmember Allan Jennings, who was found guilty of improperly firing one employee on his staff and creating a hostile work environment. The penalty was the recommendation of the council’s eight-member Standards and Ethics Committee, which reviewed the case after five women charged that Jennings touched them inappropriately, subjected them to racist remarks, and intimidated them. The full council was only asked to vote on the penalties, not to consider the validity of the charges. The council ordered Jennings to pay a $5,000 fine; undergo court-certified anger management and gender, racial and harassment sensitivity training; receive a public censure; and be stripped of all of his committee assignments and stipends. Jennings maintains his innocence. Because this is an internal investigation of the council, the mayor does not have to weigh in.
How Councilmembers Voted :
43-Yes 2-No 4-Abstain 2-Absent
| Name | Party | District | Vote |
| Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. | Democrat | 32 | Yes |
| Maria del Carmen Arroyo | Democrat | 17 | Yes |
| Tony Avella | Democrat | 19 | Yes |
| Maria Baez | Democrat | 14 | Yes |
| Charles Barron | Democrat | 42 | No |
| Tracy L. Boyland | Democrat | 41 | Yes |
| Gale A. Brewer | Democrat | 6 | Yes |
| Yvette D. Clarke | Democrat | 40 | Yes |
| Leroy G. Comrie, Jr. | Democrat | 27 | Yes |
| Bill de Blasio | Democrat | 39 | Yes |
| Erik Martin Dilan | Democrat | 37 | Abstain |
| Simcha Felder | Democrat | 44 | Yes |
| Lewis A. Fidler | Democrat | 46 | Yes |
| Helen D. Foster | Democrat | 16 | Yes |
| Dennis P. Gallagher | Republican | 30 | Yes |
| James F. Gennaro | Democrat | 24 | Yes |
| Vincent J. Gentile | Democrat | 43 | Yes |
| Alan Gerson | Democrat | 1 | Yes |
| Eric N. Gioia | Democrat | 26 | Yes |
| Sara M. Gonzalez | Democrat | 38 | Yes |
| Robert Jackson | Democrat | 7 | Yes |
| Letitia James | Working Families | 35 | Yes |
| Allan W. Jennings, Jr. | Democrat | 28 | No |
| Melinda R. Katz | Democrat | 29 | Yes |
| G. Oliver Koppell | Democrat | 11 | Abstain |
| Andrew J. Lanza | Republican | 51 | Yes |
| John C. Liu | Democrat | 20 | Yes |
| Margarita Lopez | Democrat | 2 | Yes |
| Miguel Martinez | 10 | Yes | |
| Michael E. McMahon | Democrat | 49 | Yes |
| Gifford Miller | Democrat | 5 | Yes |
| Hiram Monserrate | Democrat | 21 | Abstain |
| Eva Moskowitz | 4 | Yes | |
| Michael C. Nelson | Democrat | 48 | Absent |
| James S. Oddo | Republican | 50 | Yes |
| Annabel Palma | Democrat | 18 | Yes |
| Bill Perkins | Democrat | 9 | Yes |
| Madeline T. Provenzano | Democrat | 13 | Yes |
| Christine C. Quinn | Democrat | 3 | Yes |
| Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. | Democrat | 47 | Yes |
| Philip Reed | Democrat | 8 | Yes |
| Diana Reyna | Democrat | 34 | Yes |
| Joel Rivera | Democrat | 15 | Yes |
| James Sanders, Jr. | Democrat | 31 | Absent |
| Larry B. Seabrook | Democrat | 12 | Yes |
| Helen Sears | Democrat | 25 | Yes |
| Kendall Stewart | Democrat | 45 | Abstain |
| Peter F. Vallone, Jr. | Democrat | 22 | Yes |
| Albert Vann | Democrat | 36 | Yes |
| David I. Weprin | Democrat | 23 | Yes |
| David Yassky | Democrat | 33 | Yes |