Tag Archives: Christine Quinn

I Got Polled

After ignoring an unknown number for several days, I finally Googled their persistent ass and took the next call from Quinnipiac, whose soft-spoken young man first led me through the usual opening qualifiers: gender, age, education, zip code, party affiliation, recent voting history, etc. The next 40 or so questions dealt mostly with the 2013 NYC mayoral elections with a …

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Openly Gay NYC Council Candidate Corey Johnson Rolls Out Huge List Of Backers

Manhattan Community Board 4 (Chelsea) chair Corey Johnson has published a 500-name list of backers in his campaign for City Council. Politicker reports: West side City Council candidate Corey Johnson can safely be claimed the early front-runner in the race to replace Christine Quinn, having already maxed out in fundraising and now rolling a rather impressive list of over 500 …

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NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn Demands Apology From Chick-Fil-A, Calls For Closing City’s Only Franchise

Openly gay NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn is bucking the lead of her boss Mayor Bloomberg, who yesterday said that he would not stand in the way of Chick-Fil-A opening new franchises in the five boroughs. Via press release from the City Council: City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn responded today to Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy’s recent anti-gay remarks, stating …

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NYC Council Cheers Immigration Change

The New York City Council has issued a joint statement praising the president for his change on “illegal” youth immigrants. Via press release: “Today’s immigration policy change by the Obama Administration signals an important turning point in our Nation’s history for the nearly 400,000 undocumented immigrant youth here in New York, many of whom call New York City their home. …

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Christine Quinn To Pen Memoir

New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn will publish her memoir early next year when she (presumably) will be in full mayoral campaign mode. Bloomberg did the same thing just before he was elected. But while Mr. Bloomberg’s book was largely for a business audience, Ms. Quinn’s is intended to be more personal, describing, among other things, her upbringing in …

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Christine Quinn, Speaker Of The Redacted

Twenty-four hour local news channel NY1 filed a Freedom Of Information request to obtain the 2011 schedule of NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the presumptive leader in the 2013 mayoral election. What they got back was a list that included over 600 hours of blackened appointments. They could be instances when she goes to spinning class in TriBeCa. They could …

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Christine Quinn Got Married Yesterday

Yesterday New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn became the highest-profile legally married gay politician in the nation. Quinn walked down the aisle in a cream-colored gown designed by New York-based Carolina Herrera, with a one-of-a-kind decorative hair comb by Lulu Frost, fashioned out of family heirlooms. Catullo wore a silk suit designed by Bronx native Ralph Lauren. Both women, …

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Douchebag Of The Day – Bill Donohue

“The people who go know they are not witnessing a wedding. I will be at a bar [on Saturday] watching the Preakness. The horses are a lot more fun – and it’s real.” – Catholic League blowhard Bill Donohue, who wasn’t fucking invited to NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s totally legal and real wedding anyway.

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Christine Quinn To Marry Next Month

Yesterday the New York Times revealed that NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn will marry her girlfriend next month in Manhattan. After years of advocating for the right of gay men and lesbians to marry, Christine C. Quinn, the speaker of the New York City Council, is about to become one of the most prominent elected officials in the nation to …

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NEW YORK CITY: Christine Quinn Takes Wide Lead In 2013 Mayoral Poll

In a just-published poll conducted by NY1, openly lesbian NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn leads the next-closest presumed Democratic 2013 mayoral candidate by 20 points. The NY1-Marist poll released Monday found that 32 percent of city Democrats say they’d support Quinn in the 2013 primary. Former city comptroller and 2009 Democratic candidate Bill Thompson follows with 12 percent, and Public …

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NEW YORK CITY: Gay Activist Corey Johnson Explores Bid For City Council

Towleroad tips us that New York City-based activist Corey Johnson, about whom I’ve written for several years, is exploring a bid to replace Christine Quinn, who will be term-limited out of her City Council seat next year. Mr. Johnson, who is one of the youngest Community Board Chairmen in the city, previously worked as deputy director for programs at GLAAD. …

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Secretary Of State Bloomberg?

Late last year Hillary Clinton revealed that she would likely not be staying on for Obama’s second term, leading to fevered speculation as to her possible successor. New York’s tabloids are floating Mayor Michael Bloomberg for the job. Hizzoner said Thursday he would consider a role in the President’s cabinet if one is offered — regardless of which candidate wins …

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SLIDESHOW: Ali Forney Fundraiser

Last night my loyal companion Aaron accompanied me to the Soho Housing Works Cafe for an Ali Forney Center fundraiser, where I finally met Frank Selvaggi and Bill Shea (above), the JMG readers who donated $100,000 to Ali Forney after reading about them here. Lots of bold-face names were in the house. Via press release from Renna Communications: The attendees …

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Prop 8 Celebration At NYC’s Stonewall Inn

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NEW YORK CITY: Christine Quinn Sitting On Huge Cash Advantage On Mayoral Race

The 2013 mayoral election is a long time from now, but NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the presumptive favorite, has already raised far more money than those expected to challenge her. In second place is Manhattan’s popular borough president, Scott Stringer. (I think David Dinkins was the last borough president to become mayor. Damn you, dark Wikipedia.) If Quinn wins, …

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NEW YORK CITY: Koch Endorses Quinn

Closeted former NYC Mayor Ed Koch says that when openly gay City Council Speaker Christine Quinn formally announces her 2013 run for mayor, he’ll endorse her. But he makes no bones about Quinn not being his first choice. Former Mayor Ed Koch thinks Chris Quinn is the best person to take his old job in 2013 now that he’s given …

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo & GOP Sen. James Alesi Talk Marriage At The New York Times

This afternoon I attended a forum titled “Same-Sex Marriage: The Road To Passage In New York State” where Gov. Andrew Cuomo, NYC Speaker Christine Quinn, and GOP state Sen. James Alesi shared their marriage equality battle stories to a room packed with LGBT journalists and activists. The event was held at the NYT headquarters and was sponsored by their GLBT …

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Bloomberg Endorses Openly Lesbian NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn

According to the New York Times, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg says privately (“to almost anybody that asks”) that he is endorsing Christine Quinn to succeed him in 2013 at the end of his third term. Quinn, the openly lesbian longtime speaker of the New York City Council, has been Bloomberg’s indispensable lieutenant, often corralling the large and combative Council into …

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Christine Quinn Leads NYC Mayoral Poll

With disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner now presumably out of the race, openly lesbian City Council Speaker Christine Quinn leads the latest Marist poll on who will succeed NYC Major Michael Bloomberg. Quinn faces fierce opposition from many of NYC’s far-left and progressive contingents, some of whom see her as Bloomberg’s obedient lackey. Nightlife and tenants groups also have some …

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At NYC Pride 2011

By far the most popular person at yesterday’s parade was Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose team had distributed thousands of placards reading “Promise kept! Thank you, Governor!” Hit this Gothamist link for lots more photos from the day.

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