BREAKING: Defiant US Rep. Grimm wins 3rd term amid tax trial
Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm has won a third term in Congress despite a rocky year that included a federal indictment on tax evasion charges and being caught on camera threatening to throw a TV reporter off a balcony.
Grimm defeated Democratic challenger Domenic Recchia on Tuesday in the hotly contested fight for New York’s 11th Congressional District.
Grimm and the former New York City councilman faced off in combative debates, and Grimm’s indictment was a running theme. Grimm insisted he could serve effectively while Recchia maintained he couldn’t.
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View MoreNew York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.