Christine Quinn

As she prepares for her wedding and continues to lay the groundwork for her forthcoming mayoral race, Bloomberg News takes a closer look at New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. In addition to examining her relationship with Mayor Mike Bloomberg, founder of the news outlet, and her humble beginnings, the article also includes critiques on Quinn's at-times contentious political style, a style at least one person describes as a "throwback." “She’s a throwback to the Irish-American...Read Full Story

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn wed her longtime partner, Kim Catullo, Saturday evening in a ceremony surrounded by family, friends and politicians and inspired the city and state that made it possible.Read Full Story

As New York City Council Speaker prepares for both her May 19th wedding to longtime girlfriend Kim M. Catullo and a likely mayoral bid, the New York Times looks at how the former event could impact the latter. Ms. Quinn and her team are taking a cautious approach in responding to news media interest in the wedding. While Ms. Quinn has talked during public appearances about how much fun she is having planning the event, she and her aides have closely guarded the details about the event...Read Full Story

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City Council Speaker Christine Quinn was set to marry longtime partner, lawyer Kim Catullo, Saturday in the highest-profile wedding since the state passed same-sex unions. The brides released the much-anticipated details of their nuptials in the hours leading up to the 7 p.m. ceremony in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. Quinn, a mayoral hopeful, was planning to wear a full-length, cream colored wedding gown designed by Carolina Herrera. Catullo was expected to don a made-to-measure...Read Full Story

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 the last few years, New York’s political establishment...Read Full Story

Corey Johnson, who has worked as part of our team at Towleroad in past years, is exploring a run for NYC City Council, NY Observer's Politicker reports: Corey Johnson, the chair of Community Board 4, has officially registered a campaign committee to run for term-limited Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s seat in 2013. Mr. Johnson, who is one of the youngest Community Board Chairmen in the city, previously worked as deputy director for programs at GLAAD.He was among the expected candidates in...Read Full Story

By Jill ColvinMEATPACKING DISTRICT -- Get ready for the most-anticipated wedding of the year.City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and her long-time partner, lawyer Kim Catullo are set to walk down the aisle Saturday evening in the highest-profile union since same-sex marriage became legal in New York State last year.Read More... More on NY NewsRead Full Story

irishcentral.com — City Council speaker Christine Quinn will tie to knot today in New York City during a private ceremony among 300 family and friends. The occasion marks the first same sex wedding for a high-ranking city official since New York legalized gay marriage last year. 23 hr 23 min ago View in Crawl 4Read Full Story

City Council speaker Christine Quinn will tie to knot today in New York City during a private ceremony among 300 family and friends. The occasion marks the first same sex wedding for a high-ranking city official since New York legalized gay marriage last year.Read Full Story