Dick Brennan

MYFOXNY.COM - Dick Brennan is Fox 5's political reporter.

From City Hall to Albany, from Trenton to the White House, from elections to inaugurations, Brennan has provided award-winning political coverage for Fox 5.

He recently covered his third Presidential race, including the debates, Iowa, New Hampshire, Super Tuesday, and all the incredible twists and turns over the past two years, culminating in the historic inaugural of Barack Obama.

In 2005 he earned an Emmy award for his coverage of the Republican National Convention in New York City.

He chronicled the downfall of Elliot Spitzer, the rise of David Paterson and Kirsten Gillibrand, and the political turmoil around Caroline Kennedy.

Brennan covered the war in Iraq as U.S. troops invaded. He reported from the West Bank on the funeral of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. He spent weeks on the Gulf Coast and New Orleans reporting the tragedy of Katrina and he spent months at Ground Zero after September 11, 2001.

A native of Little Neck, Queens, Brennan attended St. Anastasia's School in Douglaston, Archbishop Molloy High School in Jamaica, and Fordham University in the Bronx.

He began his career on the other side of the camera as a producer in at WWOR/Ch. 9 and WNBC-TV/Newschannel 4. He later joined WWOR-TV as a reporter, before moving to Fox 5.

Brennan is married and the proud father of two daughters.