Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
NYC Councilman Charles Baron is gunning to unseat Speaker Christine Quinn, saying it's long overdue for the city to have a person of color in the job, perhaps overlooking that the openly lesbian Quinn is also a minority. "I would be an excellent speaker," Charles Barron, the Democratic councilman from Brooklyn said today, and if another person of color doesn't...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... shutting the mini-coup down before it ever got off the ground. Mayor Bloomberg and Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is an Oddo ally, both offered to be helpful to him if need be, but it didn't come to that. Oddo confirmed that "inquiries" about the leadership had been made, but in the end he was able to convince his members "it would be in everyone's best...
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... of the American Cancer Society calls them "Big Tobacco's training wheels," while Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) says banning them is necessary "to protect the children of New York City." The rest of the city council evidently was swayed by this argument, since all but one member voted for the ban. Yet Bonan and Quinn have no idea what...
Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
At last night's Maine response rally in NYC's Union Square, rainbow flag creator Gilbert Baker said to me, "Where's the ANGER? Where are the pitchforks ?" as he surveyed the glum crowd. I told him his opinion reflected much of what you folks here were saying yesterday. From the bullhorn came the usual speechifying to the usual audience of activist regulars. NYC Council Speaker Christine...
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... the NYC Taxi and Limousine and Human Rights Commissions, which are investigating. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn also called on the city's Commission on Human Rights to levy charges. "Its outrageous," Quinn said . "If true, it's a clear violation of city human-rights law."
Queens Crap (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Illegal signs and posters on utility poles, public walls and trees have long been an eyesore in NYC. Many civic organizations’ volunteers have spent countless unpaid hours removing these posters so their neighborhoods can remain neat and clean-looking. A piece of proposed legislation by Speaker Christine Quinn and several other council members would destroy those efforts...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... immediately embedded itself into the Bloomberg campaign's existing field operation (run by Council Speaker Christine Quinn aide Maura Keaney ), putting 35 to 40 canvassers in Queens, which turned out to be a key base of support for the mayor. On Election Day, HTC had 585 people on the streets for Bloomberg. According to exit polls, union voters made up 24 percent of the electorate,...
Zada News (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Mike Bloomberg takes the subway to work everyday, so he knows how important mass transit is to our City and how much bus and subway service need to improve. [1] The mayor I.D.’s his favorite vegetable, and we are unsurprised. [2] New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said council members are likely to approve a move [...]
brownstoner (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
... minutes each way,” he said. “That’s more time with our daughter.” A spokesperson for City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said that she's “confident we will be able to preserve and expand existing service.” We shall see. East River Commuter Ferry Service Could Be Halted, Again [NY Times] Photo by Tom Hoboken
Horserace (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
... for a fundraiser, he didn’t utter a single word about Thompson. On the local level, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, a fellow Democrat, until only a week before the election. "There are a number of people around Bill who felt that he was let down and that, yes, it could have helped if President Obama had campaigned with him," one senior Thompson adviser At least some of...
