“Christine Quinn, as speaker, hurt the residents of Queens multiple times not only on social issues. She cut funding of groups to North Queens and South Queens because she was trying to punish and harass Councilman Tony Avella and Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, with no thought of the constituencies that would suffer. . . Christine Quinn has cut funding to districts where she is having petty and caddy outbursts towards some council members. She turned the City Council into a reality show version of the movie Mean Girls.”

“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.”

“When Mr. Bloomberg wanted term limits lifted, she tossed aside previous promises and rammed the measure through without a referendum”

“When Matthew Shepard was murdered, NYC queers . . .  decided to march down 5th Avenue. The NYPD beat countless participants and arrested 96. Back then, Quinn was outraged by the cops’ behavior. How could she have changed so much since then that she has colluded with them to make this kind of political action even more difficult for all minorities and marginalized political groups?”

When Quinn signed a back room deal with the NYPD to curb freedom of assembly in NYC, a local gay rights group “The military junta in Myanmar has ruled that five or more people cannot gather in the streets there. Does Speaker Quinn really believe the difference between a junta and a democracy is 45 people?”

“The report criticized Quinn for fast-tracking bills supported by herself or Mayor Michael Bloomberg, while leaving other popular bills to languish without a vote.”

“Very important bills that have been introduced in City Council have languished for years without ever being scheduled for a hearing or coming up for a vote. When this happens, it is usually a reflection of the Speaker’s priorities.”