Brooklyn Democrat faces bipartisan accusations of anti-Italian bias after comments about landscaping company

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A Brooklyn Democrat city councilmember is facing bipartisan accusations of racism after making comments about an Italian landscaping company.

Thomas Kenniff tells 'The Story' his client, Daniel Penny, was simply placed in a terrifying situation.is facing bipartisan accusations of anti-Italian bias over comments he made about a landscaping company.after his comments about Dragonetti Brothers Landscaping, a firm that had to pay out $1 million in restitution after pleading guilty to insurance fraud last year.

Borelli told Fox News Digital on Friday that Ossé"made an off-color offensive joke, and unfortunately, the standard that politically correct progressives like him demand is one of zero tolerance." Two days after, a video clip of Ossé's remarks made its rounds around the Big Apple’s political scene and drew the scalding accusations of racism from a pair of his Italian colleagues from both sides of the aisle: Republican Councilman Joe Borelli of Staten Island and Democrat Councilman Bob Holden of Queens.

 

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