James Gennaro is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the New York City Council, representing the 24th district since 2021. He previously represented the same seat from 2002 until 2013, and was the chair of the Council's Environmental Protection Committee. He was first elected to the Council in 2001. In November 2005, he was re-elected to the seat, based in central Queens. Gennaro lost his first wife Joanne to multiple system atrophy in 2016. He married his second wife, Wendy B. Phaff in 2020, and they live in Jamaica Estates, Queens.