Posted on 07/20/2006 10:17:02 AM PDT by neverdem
She's married to Sen. Chuck Schumer, but if you're suing city Transportation Commissioner Iris Weinshall, leave him out of it.
A judge has ordered a name correction in a lawsuit filed by ex-Staten Island ferry Capt. Michael Gansas that refers to her as "Iris Weinshall-Schumer."
Weinshall, a defendant in the suit, doesn't use Schumer's name.
"A motion was filed to correct the caption, as part of a larger motion to dismiss this case, since the commissioner's name was wrongly stated," said Department of Transportation spokeswoman Kay Sarlin.
Brooklyn Federal Judge Leo Glasser granted the city's request for the name correction, adding, "I don't think there needs to be any discussion about that."
Gansas, who was fired for refusing to cooperate in the investigation of the ferry crash that killed 11 passengers in 2003, is suing to get his job back.
He was AWOL from the wheelhouse when the assistant captain lost consciousness, allowing the Andrew J. Barberi to ram a dock on Staten Island.
Gansas' lawyer William Bennett insisted he was not being mischievous by making such a pointed link between Weinshall and her politically connected spouse.
"It was not a subliminal message," Bennett said yesterday. "I thought it would be proper to use her full name."
Spokesmen for Weinshall and Schumer (D-N.Y.) did not return calls for comment.
Maybe she comes from money....
Or Weinshall-Wemeetagain.
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Money can certainly make up for many sins.Look at Bill Gates.
Actually,she looks more like Paul Simon.
If I were married to Schumer I'd leave his name out of it too. And if I were Schumer I'd deny that mutt was my wife.
It's not a very good picture of her. I googled images of her and, while she's no beauty queen, she doesn't look as bad as that picture makes her look.
http://images.google.com/images?q=Iris+Weinshall&hl=en
Where have I seen that face before? It's Pat!
I had no idea that Schumer was married to Dana Carvey....
She's actually a spitting image of "Pat" from SNL.
The ex-singer or the ex-Senator?
Pffttt! You owe me for a new keyboard! LOL!
Exactly.
Yes. ;-)
Iris to Chuckie: "Do I make you horny, baby? Do I?"
Now I know why Chuckie is always so angry...SHe is an unfortunate looking woman.
I didn't know Schumer was gay.
She's Man-Tastic.
I bet Teddy Kennedy would still hit on her.
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