Russell Gallo, Tea Partier Running For NY State Assembly, Invites Chick-Fil-A To Open In Brooklyn

Tea Party Candidate Invites Chick-Fil-A To Brooklyn
People flock to Chick-fil-A on Wards Road for customer appreciation day in Lynchburg, Va. on Wednesday Aug. 1, 2012. Chick-fil-A supporters are eating at the chicken chain's restaurants as the company continues to be criticized for an executive taking a public position against same-sex marriage. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Baptist minister, declared Wednesday "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day." (AP Photo/News & Daily Advance, Sam O'Keefe)
People flock to Chick-fil-A on Wards Road for customer appreciation day in Lynchburg, Va. on Wednesday Aug. 1, 2012. Chick-fil-A supporters are eating at the chicken chain's restaurants as the company continues to be criticized for an executive taking a public position against same-sex marriage. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Baptist minister, declared Wednesday "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day." (AP Photo/News & Daily Advance, Sam O'Keefe)

New York’s only branch of the controversial fried chicken sandwich chain Chick-Fil-A is located in an NYU cafeteria, but if a self-proclaimed Tea Partier running for State Assembly has his way the restaurant will soon set up shop in South Brooklyn. As a response to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s letter asking NYU to close the campus Chick-Fil-A after the owner of the chain declared his opposition to same-sex marriage, Mr. Gallo sent a letter of his own. Mr. Gallo wrote to Dan Cathy, the president of Chick-Fil-A, saying, “I would like to invite your company to consider opening a Chick-Fil-A restaurant in southern Brooklyn.”

Popular in the Community

Close

What's Hot