A towering, Uncle Fester lookalike who’stransformed his criminal past intoconstruction-site gold. Living rent-free ina “borrowed” East Village penthouse, Kennysprays wisdom through broken teeth—thephysical souvenir of his colorful history.His seven-year stint in federal prison forrunning Miami Vice-style hashish operationstaught him two things: how to enforce properspelling in high-stakes prison Scrabbletournaments, and that crime doesn’t payenough. After a brief career as a mob”cleaner,” Kenny found his true calling inNew York’s construction underground, wherehis underworld connections translate intobuilding permits and instant labor crews.Despite his menacing appearance and shadowypast, Kenny becomes the Raths’ unlikelyguardian angel during their seven-yearconstruction odyssey. A teddy bear in anarmy surplus jacket, he’s the kind of guywho’ll threaten a building inspector at noonand show up for a kid’s birthday party atthree—just don’t challenge his spelling.
