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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Stringer says Quinn cuts his and public advocate bugdets
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer on Quinn’s efforts to silence her critics, “Both the mayor and the council leadership have been complicit in this attempt to silence independent elected officeholders by going after our budget . . . and, you know something, there was no slush fund in my office.”
Posted in Abuse of power, Assault On Democracy
real estate money
“With so much cash, Quinn had donors in all sectors but she did particularly well with the real estate industry, attorneys and finance. Based on Campaign Finance Board data, Quinn had the most donation intermediaries, or bundlers, of any official.”
Quinn abandons working mothers – sick leave
“City Council Speaker Christine Quinn cooled the debate over a sick leave bill on Thursday, effectively killing it before it came up for a vote . . . The NYS Paid Sick Leave Coalition, a supporter of the bill, called Quinn’s move a ‘stunning abandonment of working mothers and parents and the progressive women who have supported her from day one.'”
Posted in Obstructs Human Rights, Workers
Influence with editorial boards
Ms. Quinn’s advisers “acknowledge that the last two City Council speakers to run for mayor got crushed, but they point to her advantages, particularly her popularity among the financial and real estate sectors . . . So fundraising should not be a problem for Ms. Quinn. And in political terms, real estate and Wall Street hold sway over the editorial boards, which in turn can make Ms. Quinn more palatable to middle-class voters.”
Quinn is a long shot
“Among the political chattering classes, Ms. Quinn is thought to be a long shot, someone too close to the mayor to be palatable to a Democratic primary electorate. Labor and progressives have won both of the past two contested Democratic citywide elections, and installed one of their own, Eric Schneiderman, as the state’s attorney general. And to them Ms. Quinn has become a kind of pariah.”
Posted in 2013 Race, Campaign Trail
Quinn didn’t pay rent
Quinn has “been sued repeatedly for nonpayment of rent.”
Quinn’s condo – tax dollars to solve dispute
“Council Speaker Christine Quinn is about to move into a luxury condo building where she used taxpayer dollars to resolve a conflict with a neighboring building over garbage.”
Posted in Abuse of power, Assault On Democracy
Quinn’s popularity is questionable
“There is some disagreement in political circles about how popular Quinn . . .remains in LGBT circles. Her perch as Speaker of the City Council makes her one of the highest-ranking LGBT politicians in the nation, but she grabbed just over 50 percent of the vote in her re-election bid in 2009, despite running in the most heavily LGBT district in the country.”
Posted in 2013 Race, Campaign Trail
Gloria steinem letter on sick leave
In an open letter to Christine Quinn, who has refused to allow a vote on the sick leave bill, which has a veto-proof majority of sponsors, Gloria Steinem wrote, “A majority of the City Council members support this bill. We ask you to take the lead and set an exampleof letting the democratic process work. Please give New York women ± and all New Yorkers the guarantee that if they or their children get sick this year they will not lose a day’s pay or their job. We respectfully urge you to bring Intro 97 to a vote.”
Posted in Assault On Democracy, Kills veto-proof bills
Quinn prevents bills w/veto-proof majority from being voted on
“In order to pass, a bill needs at least 26 Council Member votes. Since she took office as Speaker, Christine Quinn has prevented debate, not to mention a vote, on at least 13 bills with 26 or more sponsors, and at least 34 bills with more than 20 sponsors. These include bills that would promote the welfare of New Yorkers.”
Posted in Assault On Democracy, Kills veto-proof bills, Uncategorized