“We have plenty of reason to be alarmed by the conduct of city administration officials and the kind of backroom dealing they are apparently willing to engage in to manipulate favored real estate deals through the approval process.”

“Christine Quinn appears to have created a loophole in a draft “living wage” bill that would benefit the developers working on a portion of the Hudson Yards project on Manhattan’s far west side. . . This doesn’t look great for the Quinn, obviously.”

“Real estate donations are nothing novel in campaigns, but this fundraiser (for Quinn) happened at the very time that Extell is seeking zoning approval from the City Council for its mega-Riverside Center residential development, which is envisioned to hold 2,500 apartments . . . [This fundraiser for Quinn is] notable given that the speaker . . . has made a priority of campaign finance reform.”