NEW BRITAIN, CT: Gaffney Bennett %26 Associates, the Connecticut lobbying firm, has announced the creation of Gaffney Bennett Public Relations, which provides PR services specializing in corporate positioning, media relations, crisis communications, brand management, and cause-related marketing. Hank Spring and Patrick Kinney have been tapped to manage the firm. Both have held senior management posts at Ogilvy PR Worldwide and with Fortune 500 companies.