Christine Quinn

New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn won't be marching in the city's St. Patrick Day's parade for the fifth year in a row. Christine Quinn , the New York City Council Speaker, will once again be marching in another city come this St. Patrick's Day. The openly gay Irish American has clashed with the organizers of the city's world famous St. Patrick Day's parade down 5th Ave, over whether she could march and also wear gay pride displays. This year she will be marching in Washington D.C. The New York Times ' City Room blog has the full details: Every March 17 for ... Read Full Story

At a press conference Thursday morning, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn broke down while delivering an emotional explanation of what she believed happened at the marriage vote on Wednesday . Said Quinn: "At the end of the day, people did the wrong thing. There may in fact be a lot of…political outside factors that made this vote very difficult for people. But I don't care. My father is 83-years-old. Kim's father is 83-years-old. Our mothers died when we were girls, coincidentally…so how a roomful of people who've never met me…don't think it's fair to raise the likelihood that her father and my ... Read Full Story

In a press conference held today in the aftermath of the failed equal marriage vote in Albany, openly gay New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn choked up, saying “I don’t really care about a coup. I don’t really care that people ganged up on Dede Scozzafava, who’s a courageous woman. What I care about is that my life isn’t any better today.” Here’s the emotional clip featured on the Advocate : Read Full Story

Openly-gay City Council Speaker Christine Quinn got weepy while discussing the failure of the same-sex bill in the State Senate. Read Full Story

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City on Wednesday started an experimental $20 million program to shore up blighted neighborhoods riddled with unfinished or vacant buildings by buying about 400 apartments from cash-strapped developers, the mayor and city council speaker said in a statement. Under the program proposed this winter by Democratic Council Speaker Christine Quinn, owners of luxury condominium apartments could find themselves living next door to less well-heeled neighbors. The new affordable housing units, which could cost around $50,000 each, would be set aside for moderate to middle-income residents, Quinn told reporters, saying many details have not been finalized. Her estimate would ... Read Full Story