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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Quinn is the only legislator in the city
“Quinn is not only the most powerful legislator in the city; she’s pretty much the only legislator in the city, and from her perch she has nearly unilateral control over lawmaking. She decides what comes to the floor – including, notoriously, the 2008 bill that scrapped mayoral term limits – and her caucus votes for it, or she makes them pay.”
Posted in Assault On Democracy, Autocracy
Newspapers support Quinn and beat up other candidates
“The three major newspapers (Times, Daily News and N.Y. Post) are in the tank for NYC council speaker Christine Quinn with the objective being to make her the next mayor of this city. They have been trying without subtlety to decimate those they perceive as her main opponents in the 2013 mayoral primary.”
High Line contributions
“A celebrity-studded campaign to turn a rusting elevated rail line into a glitzy West Side park has received hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars through Council Speaker Christine Quinn. And she’s gotten a little something in return. Officials with Friends of the High Line – the top recipient of Quinn-controlled City Council pork – have given more than $50,000 to her campaigns since 1999, records show.”
Posted in Piggy Bank
lousy living wage compromise
“She chose to try to have it both ways. In an attempt to appease skeptics of the “living wage” concept, she will exempt employees of businesses that rent space in subsidized buildings. But workers in businesses that receive city subsidies or employees of contractors and subcontractors working on subsidized developments will have to pay the higher wage. ~ The result probably will please nobody and exposes Speaker Quinn as a weak politician who will look to cut deals rather than stand up for principle.”
Posted in Obstructs Human Rights, Workers
Quinn gutted living wage
“The battle to require businesses that receive city subsidies to pay their workers a living wage . . . has ended with a whimper. Council Speaker Christine Quinn has gutted the bill. . . In the time-honored manner of politicians, Ms. Quinn and the proponents of the measure that would have extended a decent wage to retail workers are hailing this travesty as a compromise.”
Posted in Obstructs Human Rights, Workers
Affordable housing – st. Vincent’s
“Affordable housing — something Community Board 2 has repeatedly requested be part of the agreement– is one place Quinn has backed off. “It’s not going to happen,” a source familiar with the negotiations.”
Posted in Obstructs Human Rights, Tenants
Angelica Huston
“Actress Anjelica Huston has urged City Councilwoman Christine Quinn to put horse-drawn carriages out to pasture. . . “It’s surprising to me,” Huston wrote in the March 1 missive, “that a city known for its progressive spirit still allows this cruel and dangerous tourist trap.” (Quinn has blocked the legislative efforts to take the horses off the streets).
Posted in Blocks Animal Protections, Carriage horses
Quinn blocks sick leave bill
“Despite having enough votes to pass Speaker Quinn, who has mayoral aspirations, has not allowed the (sick leave) bill, introduced by Councilwoman Gale Brewer (D-Manhattan), to be voted on.”
Civilian Complaint Review Board
“City Council Speaker and mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn this week touted her role in the deal which expands the prosecutorial role for the Civilian Complaint Review Board against police officers accused of misconduct. But, oddly, Quinn has left vacant the seat of the Manhattan representative on the CCRB board since 2009, a period of nearly three years. And her spokespeople won’t explain why.”
Posted in Human rights record
exemption for Related
“Christine Quinn, already facing skepticism over her handling of legislation that would raise wages for some private-sector workers, has decided to add an exemption for one of New York’s biggest pending developments, Hudson Yards (a Related development). Related . . . employees have donated $34,200 to Ms. Quinn’s campaign.”
Posted in Obstructs Human Rights, Workers