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Monthly Archives: April 2011
quinn blocks 3 animal bills
“Quinn supported horse-drawn carriages, opposed a proposed ban on foie gras and . . . has refused to schedule a hearing on the long-languishing pets in housing bill, which would protect pet owners from eviction.”
Posted in Blocks Animal Protections, Quinn's record
Foie gras
Quinn blocks Council Member from introducing bill to ban sale of foie gras in NYC: “Councilman Alan Gerson had committed to introducing legislation, but several months have passed without action, disappointing campaigners. Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is planning a mayoral run, has taken an oppositional stance.”
Posted in Blocks Animal Protections, OTHER
scraps of compassion
“The City’s animals have been waiting so patiently for just a few scraps of compassion, and they cannot afford to have Quinn as our next Mayor.”
Posted in Blocks Animal Protections, Quinn's record
Blocks every animal bill
“The biggest obstacle to more humane laws in NYC is the inexplicable opposition to animal welfare legislation by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. Speaker Quinn has attacked virtually every effort in the Council to make life better for animals, despite claiming in letters to concerned citizens that she cares about animal welfare and even ‘supports animal rights.'”
Posted in Blocks Animal Protections, Quinn's record
Quinn is ally of carriage industry
“Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn are staunch allies of the tiny industry.”
Posted in Blocks Animal Protections, Carriage horses
45 sponsors on sprinkler bill
“The bill has 45 sponsors – more than 90% of the Council. There’s no excuse for Speaker Quinn to continue to stall on this important bill. It’s past time for a hearing a vote.”
Posted in Blocks Animal Protections, Pets
Fire renews calls for sprinklers
After pet store fires that killed hundreds of caged animals, Christine Quinn blocked a vote on the bill that would require pet stores to have sprinklers: “The current version has 40 sponsors, a pretty hefty portion of the 51 members of the City Council.”
Posted in Blocks Animal Protections, Pets
Quinn praises her compassion
After forcing a bill through the City Council to give carriage operators a rate hike, Christine Quinn held a press conference in which she praised her compassion for animals.
Posted in Blocks Animal Protections, Carriage horses
Lawyer on sick leave bill
“Not passing the (sick pay) bill disproportionately affects immigrant and low-income workers, often forcing them to choose between taking care of their sick children or being terminated.” – Lawyer Bryan Pu-Folkes
Posted in Obstructs Human Rights, Workers
sick leave bill
“Ms. Quinn killed a bill that would require small businesses to offer their employees paid sick leave, even though a majority of the Council-those members to whom Ms. Quinn owes her job-supported it. Afterward, her potential 2013 rivals excoriated Ms. Quinn for turning her back on working people.”
Posted in Obstructs Human Rights, Workers