Christine C. Quinn

Private Danny Chen took his own life in Afghanistan because of the hate and fear he felt around him. He enlisted in the army at the age of 19 to fight for ideals of freedom and democracy, only to face bullying and isolation from his fellow soldiers. We lost a good soldier and fellow American because of intolerance. That's when I asked myself: How do we prevent this from happening again?The reality is Danny Chen is not alone. Over the last year we have seen several young members of our...Read Full Story

Today we commemorate World AIDS Day: the 30th Anniversary of the first diagnosis of an epidemic that changed our lives forever. And while we've major medical advances over the past three decades, we are still battling the spread of the disease into our communities. On Tuesday, the City Council displayed four panels of the NAMES Project Foundation's AIDS Memorial Quilt at the Emigrant Savings Bank during our Stated Meeting as a somber reminder that the epidemic continues to claim lives around...Read Full Story

New York City, where 1.8 million people receive food stamps, is one of only two jurisdictions in the country that require applicants to be fingerprinted, according to Ms. Quinn’s office. The other is Arizona. California and Texas recently lifted a similar requirement; New York stopped using fingerprinting for food-stamp recipients statewide in 2007, but kept it in New York City at the Bloomberg administration’s request. Robert Doar, the commissioner of the city’s Human Resources...Read Full Story

In 2012 let's resolve that we will not be deterred in any way from ensuring civil rights for all people. We must pledge to continue to advocate, to write to our legislators, and to do all that we can to demand equal rights.Read More... More on Gay RightsRead Full Story

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