“Council Member Fernando Cabrera of the Bronx, who was toward the bottom of the pack with roughly $550,000, said Ms. Quinn uses the [discretionary] funds to reward her allies. He said wide disparities show ‘we are not attending to the poor and the needy in an equitable way.  What’s the point of some members getting more than others?  That’s the way they control the council. A system shouldn’t operate on the basis of fear.'”