“Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s decision to schedule a hearing on the paid sick days bill only inflamed one” of her rivals [Bill deBlasio] who accused her of lacking the “guts” to allow a vote on the measure.”

“Christine Quinn, an early favorite in polls who is seen as Bloomberg’s closest ally, received the chilliest reception of the night. Her stump speech drew booing, led by Donny Moss, an activist who is one of Quinn’s fiercest detractors.”

“Quinn is expected to approve new maps that would . . . put him [Vito Lopez] in position to cruise to a seat on the [city] council if he runs next year. Female employees say he created an ‘atmosphere of intimidation’ in his offices, berating and threatening them — and often groping and kissing them against their will. So, will Quinn stand by the principles she’s endorsed, and block the creation of a special Vito district — or will she allow the disgraced lech Lopez to vault himself into the City Council [in exchange for his endorsement]?”

“Christine Quinn, who wants to be the first female mayor of New York, is expected to give her blessing to a district change that would help the political career of Vito Lopez — who is accused of sexually harassing four female staffers. The redistricting could help elect the alleged lecher to the City Council. In return, Quinn would curry favor with what’s left of Lopez’s Brooklyn political machine for her mayoral campaign.”

“‘[Christine] Quinn is going to lose the Hispanic vote because we’re going to make sure of that,’ Frank Garcia, chairman of the New York State Coalition of Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, tells the Voice. ‘We don’t feel that [she] takes the Hispanic vote very seriously right now.'”

“As for the politics behind the announcement about the Army Corps study [on storm surge barrier], Bob Trentlyon [President of Chelsea Reform Democratic Club] said Schumer let Quinn have the limelight. ‘He obviously agreed to let her announce it — Schumer usually wants to be out front on things, but he let her do this,’ Trentlyon noted.”

“Quinn has no power over the emergency agencies, nor over any of the mayoral agencies, nor over Con-Edison, the National Guard, nor emergency powers relevant to a major crisis like a hurricane. . . ‘She’s got no executive power,’ a City Hall observer says. ‘She can introduce legislation. On the hurricane, she’s just backing the mayor on everything when she’s supposed to be the person on the other side of City Hall questioning what he does.’…So why was she there in the aftermath of the hurricane? It looked a little bit from here like Bloomberg and Schumer . . . were giving Quinn a cut of the spotlight to help raise her profile in advance of her mayoral run next year.”