Christine Quinn

Comptroller John Liu Picks Up Huge Labor Endorsement From DC37

In late 2009, after a tumultuous back-and-forth in contract negotiations, DC37 ended its support for Mayor Bloomberg--a leader whom they viewed as emotionally numb towards union layoffs and benefit cuts with the Great Recession settling in. For the 2010 mayoral election, DC37 switched from a mayor i ... More >>

Mayoral Underdog Sal Albanese Says Other Candidates Are Exploiting Taxpayers

You've never heard of Sal Albanese? It's his third time running for mayor, but the 63-year-old candidate, who is no stranger to calling out politicians on their bullshit, has generally maintained a lower profile than his fellow candidates in this race. Part of it's because Albanese is one oddly prin ... More >>

Which NYC Mayoral Candidates Think Spying on American Muslims is Unconstitutional?

On Sunday afternoon, seven mayoral hopefuls gathered for a forum co-hosted by the Arab American Association of New York (AAANY) and the Islamic Center at New York University. Community organizers hailed it as an historic moment. Nearly three weeks after the Boston bombings--and in the heat of the de ... More >>

Bloomberg: Britain & Teen Smoking Rate Were Causes For Cigarette Age Proposal

As we reported yesterday morning, City Health Commissioner Tom Farley and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn joined forces Monday to announce a proposal to raise the age to buy cigarettes to 21. And then we went into the electoral blowback this could have for Quinn in the upcoming mayoral campaign ... More >>

Mayor Bloomberg To Reporters: Stop Asking Me Who I'm Endorsing! Leave Me Alone!

No, it's not Christine Quinn. No, it's not Joe Lhota. No, it's not John Liu. And, no, it's definitely not John Catsimatidis (but, wealth-wise, that would make the most sense). Even after saying the other day that the candidates this year are a weak bunch, the Hizzoner is keeping his mouth shut on w ... More >>

The Community Safety Act Puts Mayoral Candidates' NYPD Views on Display

We're almost close to labeling 'NYPD actions' as the hot button issue for this mayoral race. Two weeks ago, the Voice reported that the NYPD had committed its 5 millionth stop-and-frisk. Then, a few days later, hearings began downtown on Floyd v. New York, which challenges the practice all together ... More >>

Mayoral Hopeful John Liu Files Claims For Over $3M In Public Funds

Who knew the Comptroller would come somewhat close (read: nowhere near) to Bloombergian levels with his finances for City Hall? After only announcing his official candidacy two weeks ago, the New York Post has reported that John Liu is in line for $3.4 million in public matching funds from the Camp ... More >>

To Lhota's Dismay, Quinn Picks Up Endorsement From Staten Island Borough Prez

James Molinaro is definitely not a Democrat. The Staten Island Borough President came to office riding the coattail of the Republican and Conservative Party ballots. He is the head of a borough that notoriously leans right in these quadrennial election seasons. But that doesn't mean a damn thing. Y ... More >>

The Mayoral Third Is Here: Adolfo Carrion Accepts Independence Party Nom

Enter the independent candidate for Mayor. And, for the first time in a while, it is not Mr. Bloomberg. Last night in SoHo, the Post reported that the Independence Party voted unanimously to elect Mr. Carrion as their nominee of the upcoming race for the keys to City Hall. He will go against whoeve ... More >>

Bloomberg Vs. City Council Over Unemployment Hire Bill

As if the unemployed needed another political showdown in their honor after the fiscal cliff debacle. Yesterday, City Council approved a bill that would bar an employer from hiring you simply because you're unemployed (ironic, given that the unemployed are at the interview for a reason: because the ... More >>

Sandy's Wrath

The Village Voice's Hurricane Coverage

Will The Next Mayoral Race Turn Into a Fight For Taxes On The Wealthy?

With the news that Wall Street profits are projected to hit $15 billion this year, it makes sense that the next Mayoral race in New York City will focus on the issue New York's mega-wealthy (and, if our 'Mitt Loves N.Y.' series was any indication, there are a ton of members in this exclusive income ... More >>

Hispanic Business Community Fuming Over Christine Quinn's Support of New Bill

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's support of a revised law aimed at helping women and minority-owned businesses secure contracts with city agencies could cost her Hispanic votes in the upcoming 2013 mayoral election. "[Christine] Quinn is going to lose the Hispanic vote because we're going to ... More >>

The Voice Talks Chik-Fil-A on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show [AUDIO]

Greetings from Las Vegas, where we are attending the UNITY 2012 journalism diversity conference, along with meetings of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association. We called back home this morning to talk to Brian Lehrer on WNYC about Chik-fil-A, the exciting fast food poultry arena for deb ... More >>

Following City Hall's Vote to Approve NYU 2031 Expansion, Greenwich Village Residents Plan their Next Move

It felt like it was over yesterday even before the Greenwich Village residents in the balcony started booing and chanting, "Chin and Quinn did us in," before Council Speaker Christine Quinn called on NYPD to remove the hecklers from the chamber, before one last old, diminutive woman wailed, "Shame o ... More >>

City Council Approves NYU 2031 Expansion

In face of jeers from Greenwich Village residents, the City Council approved New York University's 2031 expansion plan by a 44-1 vote this afternoon. The nearly 20-year construction project, which will not begin until 2014, will expand the university's campus to include additional academic facilit ... More >>

Mayor Releases New Budget With Childcare Cuts, Gets Very Annoyed at Reporters

Mayor Mike Bloomberg released his $68.7 billion executive budget proposal today and patted himself on the back for leading the city in a speedy recovery that's better than the rest of the country. The new budget for 2013 has no tax increases and relies on $6.2 billion in savings generated through de ... More >>

Four Expected Mayoral Candidates Endorse Grace Meng. Where is Scott Stringer?

Assemblywoman Grace Meng, who is running for Congress in a crowded race, nabbed the endorsement today of four pols who hope to be the next mayor of New York City. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Comptroller John Liu, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, and former comptroller Bill Thompson stood ... More >>

TMI On Prune Chef's Affair; What the Occupy Wall Street Protesters Are Eating

​Government officials will not be asking food companies to remove cartoon characters from their ads and packages. [ABC News] A creepily detailed item on Gabrielle Hamilton exposes the Prune chef's affair with her sister's husband. [NY Post] Chefs like Heston Blumenthal and Grant Achatz are t ... More >>

The Next Mayor? You Don't Care, Do You?

Aside from voter apathy and a weak field, the mayoral race is really shaping up.

Here Comes the Pride Parade, All Dressed in White

Esther ZuckermanChristine Quinn​At this year's Pride March the Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps added a surprise number, trombone player Jeff Nordahl told us before the parade started: a "wedding medley." Right after the purple and white clad band marched away from their station between Madison a ... More >>

Sen. Schumer, Christine Quinn Push Feds To Pressure Bank That Owns Shoddy Housing

​A consequence of our sucky economy: The city estimates that around 125,000 housing units will go into foreclosure over the next two years. In many cases, owners (including banks) are trying to unload these buildings, and while they wait, living conditions deteriorate drastically for tenants ... More >>

Christine Quinn and Rafael Cestero Vow to Save Crumbling Bronx Buildings

​Today, City Council speaker Christine Quinn and Housing Commissioner Rafael Cestero vowed to make sure that conditions won't worsen at ten crumbling Bronx buildings that have fallen into foreclosure. Back in March, we named the prior owners of the buildings, Los Angeles real estate develo ... More >>

Marcus Samuelsson's Harlem; Eleven Madison Park's New Menu Format

​Being so close to the New York metropolitan area is great for nearby farmers because of the locavoric trend, but difficult because of the high cost of land. [NY Times] Action Against Hunger set up 10,000 plates in front of the Eiffel tower for an installation called "Banquet Against Hunger" ... More >>

David Paterson's Finest Moment: At A Gay Suicide Vigil

​We have gone to many, many, many LGBT rallies in the past year. Sometimes, it can be disheartening. Last night's "You Are Loved" vigil in Washington Square Park was certainly the most sad, but also, the most touching.

Mosque Near Ground Zero Passes Another Hurdle

Community Board One voted last night 24-to-11 (with two abstentions) not to push for landmark status of 45-47 Park Place. That location is set to be the home of the formerly named Cordoba House, the $100 million mosque and interfaith cultural center just a couple blocks from where the World Trade Ce ... More >>

Barron Snares a Vote for Council Speaker

Brooklyn city councilman Charles Barron launched a long-shot campaign for City Council Speaker this afternoon and it was a one-man, one-vote affair: 48 votes for incumbent speaker Christine Quinn; one vote - Barron's own - for Barron. Still, the Nehru-suited Barron pulled no punches. He was running, ... More >>

Broadway Triangle Rezoning Blocked

On Monday the city council approved a rezoning plan for the Broadway Triangle in North Brooklyn that would move out several small manufacturing businesses to make way for affordable housing units. Yesterday a judge blocked the plan over the objections of the district's councilman, David Yassky, an ... More >>

Election Shake Up, Continued

​By Grace Smith At the start of her historic third term as council member, Christine Quinn will seek re-election to speaker. But the council she'll be trying to sway will look substantially different. Two days ago, Wayne Barrett pointed out another likely historic council moment for January 2 ... More >>

Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

​ Ha, ha, ha. The sweet release of death is a week closer. In the afterlife we can forget all about Kanye and all these ridiculous (but highly amusing) tributes. New York had a big Primary Day -- or, judging by turnout, a dinky one. Our hero Tony Avella went down to defeat. The heavily fund ... More >>

Tony Avella Denounces Standard Hotel High Line Peep Show

​The New York Post continues to celebrate the nude performances regularly taking place in Standard Hotel windows overlooking the High Line. Today's article quotes a "friendly bellhop" at the hotel, who says, "We don't discourage it" -- that is, the peep shows -- "In actual fact, we encourage i ... More >>

Bloomberg, Quinn Agree on Budget; Sales Tax Up, Luxury Taxes Out

Mayor Bloomberg and city council speaker Christine Quinn announce that they have come to terms, and declare the $59.4 billion 2010 city budget balanced, despite an anticipated decline of nearly $5 billion in tax revenue (which tracks closely with what the IBO predicted in its report last month). Th ... More >>

Allegedly Good Rental Market Drives Us to Section 8 Housing

We continue to lament that, despite all the news about falling rents, there seem to be few affordable apartments available. That's why we were so excited to learn about We Take Section 8. True, we are not eligible for the New York emergency housing program -- not yet, anyway -- but we figured land ... More >>

Council Clears Part of West Side Rail Yards Plan

Along with the clinic access bill, protecting patients and medical personnel at abortion clinics, passage of which Christine Quinn bragged on at the VID meeting yesterday, the council yesterday also cleared the way for a $15 billion business and housing complex in the West Side Rail Yards -- at leas ... More >>

Avella, Quinn Square Off on 80th Birthday Proclamation

Rafael Martinez Alequin, the citizen journalist last seen here getting roughed up by Pedro Espada's buddies, has obtained some hilarious correspondence regarding councilmember and mayoral candidate Tony Avella and council speaker Christine Quinn. (If Alequin's scans are broken, you can see them he ... More >>

Bushwick Rallies Against Hate Crimes

Thousands Rally, TV Star Comes Out for Marriage Equality

Term Limits Team Announces Lawsuit at City Hall

LGBT New Yorkers Put Muscle Behind Obama

Bloomberg Administration, Council Speaker Quinn on Congestion Pricing's Defeat

Pedicabs Don't Work with Big Wheels

The usual suspects snuff a people-powered invention

Reader: Tom Ford's a Talentless Pimp

Monserrate Rides to the Rescue of NYC Pedicabs

You're Fired

New York nightlife's message to the world: Leave us alone. Also, a special offer for the Mayor and Speaker Quinn.

Gay Marriage "Inevitable": Rally in Sheridan Square

Influence Peddlers

Trade secrets of the city's fastest-growing lobbying firm

Widening the Net

Push to Protect Household Workers Amps Up

Disobedience Training

Mayor Taunts City and a Coalition Forms

Letters

The Hate Report

Antigay Crime Is the Last Growth Sector