Tag Archives: Christine Quinn

NYC Teachers Union Endorses Former Comptroller Bill Thompson For Mayor

Democratic mayoral candidate and former NYC Comptroller Bill Thompson, who lost to Bloomberg by only four points in 2009, tonight received the endorsement of the city’s 200,000-member teachers union. Tonight all seven declared Democratic mayoral candidates will debate at Hunter College on the Upper East Side. The debate will be carried live by NY1 and should prove quite lively. RELATED: …

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Teamsters Endorse Christine Quinn

From Quinn’s campaign site: The 120,000 member proud Teamsters Joint Council 16 provided an enthusiastic and robust show of support for City Council Speaker Christine Quinn today, endorsing her candidacy for Mayor of New York. Citing her unrivaled record of delivering real results for New York’s hardworking families and her forward-looking vision for making the City a place where middle …

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Weiner Wins Recognition Survey

The New York Observer conducted an informal survey of whether this year’s mayoral candidates are recognizable to people on the streets.  Perhaps unsurprisingly, Anthony Weiner has the most-recognizable face, but here’s the interesting part of the survey. Not one out of 20 African-Americans we spoke to in Flatbush knew that there is a prominent African-American running for mayor, zero out …

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David Mixner On Christine Quinn

“The attitude that it is no longer important to elect our own and that it is just ‘gender/orientation’ politics could not be more wrong. Our work is not done and we need powerful and unyielding openly LGBT candidates in office from school board to eventually President. That includes electing Speaker Christine Quinn. “The Speaker has been there for the LGBT …

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The Latest Anti-Quinn Attack Ad

Judging by how often these ads are appearing on NYC television, whoever is funding the Anyone But Quinn campaign must have fairly deep pockets. In this one a man from the West Village declares that he’ll vote for a Republican for the first time in his life if that’s what it takes to defeat Christine Quinn. More ads from this …

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Weiner Gains On Quinn In New Poll

Even some pundits are surprised by the latest poll on the New York City mayoral race. The poll finds that Weiner trails City Council Speaker Christine Quinn by 5 percentage points. Quinn gets 24 percent of the vote among Democratic primary voters, compared with 19 percent who say they will back Weiner. In a runoff, which is likely to occur, …

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NYC Stonewall Democrats Endorse Quinn

Via press release: The Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City, the city’s leading LGBT party organization, will back City Council Speaker Christine Quinn for Mayor of New York City. The Speaker won the club’s endorsement in a landslide victory Wednesday evening, capturing 80% of the vote. The city’s oldest LGBT Democratic organization joins a growing list of supportive LGBT …

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Anthony Weiner For NYC Mayor

His candidacy is finally official. “Look, I made some big mistakes. And I know I let a lot of people down. But I’ve also learned some tough lessons. I hope I get a second chance to work for you.”

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Anthony Weiner Hires Campaign Manager

Anthony Weiner has hired a campaign manager, making it all but certain that he will enter the New York City mayoral race. Danny Kedem, who worked on Mark Murphy’s congressional run in New York’s 11th District last year, has been brought on as Weiner’s campaign manager for a race he is likely to announce next week, according to multiple sources. …

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Out Hates Voice Cover On Quinn

“Take a look at that illustration. No, really take a look. What is that fleshy redhead doing holding that puny penis in between her index and thumb? Is she about to put it in her mouth? Take a deep, mouth-filling drag of that cigar-cum-phallus? Chew on the tobacco stick? Or is she about to flick it away, stomp on it, …

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Gay NY State Reps Endorse Quinn

New York state Assemblymember Deborah Glick and state Sen. Brad Hoylman have endorsed Christine Quinn for New York City mayor.  Via their joint press release: “Christine Quinn has remained a stalwart advocate of civil rights, driven by a passion for equality and justice,” said State Senator Brad Hoylman. “She is a ‘do-er’ not a ‘say-er’—her commitment to improving housing and …

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Village Voice On Christine Quinn

JMG reader Steve Weinstein has written a lengthy look at the LGBT detractors of NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s mayoral candidacy.  An excerpt:  At her public appearances, on the web, in social media, and in the pages of newspapers from the Daily News to Gay City News, Christine Quinn is being subjected to a protracted ideological litmus test. But no …

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NY State May Raise Smoking Age To 21

Christine Quinn’s plan to raise the smoking age in New York City is going statewide. New York would become the first state to hike the age to buy cigarettes from 18 to 21 under new legislation announced Sunday. Officials moved to stop a cross-border bonanza in cigarette sales if a hike in the age proposed by the city last week …

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Another Anti-Quinn Attack Ad Launched

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LGBT For BDB

A raft of big name LGBT folks and allies from the entertainment world will hold a fundraiser for NYC mayoral candidate Bill De Blasio next month.  A former Clinton administration regional HUD director and city councilman, De Blasio was elected NYC Public Advocate in 2009. Since then he’s been a major thorn in the side of the Bloomberg administration.  Another …

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NYC May Raise Smoking Age To 21

The New York City Council is expected to introduce an ordinance today that will raise the minimum age to purchase cigarettes to 21.  The new law, if approved, will give the city the highest such requirement in the nation. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn plans to announce the city’s latest anti-smoking measure Monday morning with Mayor Bloomberg’s Health Commissioner Thomas …

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NEW YORK CITY: Christine Quinn’s Lead Shrinks In Latest Mayoral Poll

Capitol New York reports that Christine Quinn’s mayoral polling lead has eroded by 11 points due to the prospect of Anthony Weiner’s candidacy. Back in February, when Marist last polled, Quinn got 37 percent from Democrats, near the 40 percent level needed in the primary to avoid a run-off. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio had 15 percent, former comptroller Bill …

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“Anybody But Quinn” Rally At NYC Hall

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Quinn: Stop That Lying Ad About Me

Yesterday I reported that the first attack ad of the NYC mayoral race had been launched against City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, whose attorney is now demanding that Time Warner cease airing the ad because it is allegedly false. “Although opponents of a candidate often resort to fanciful broadsides (as with the cigar smoke permeating this ad), facts must not …

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Anti-Christine Quinn Ads Begin

The New York Times reports: As a succession of blurbs from newspaper articles suggest that she has waffled on key issues, the narrator concludes, “When Christine Quinn doesn’t support our values, how can you support her for mayor?” So goes a commercial attacking Ms. Quinn that, starting on Monday, is scheduled to appear on cable television stations like MSNBC and …

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