NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Christine C. Quinn

Christine C. Quinn (b. 1966) is a Democratic politician from New York City who has served for six years on the New York City Council. She is the third speaker of the City Council, which is considered the second most powerful position in city government after the Mayor. Quinn is the first woman and first openly gay person to be elected speaker. She has been rated one of the fifty most powerful women in New York City by the New York Post and one of the "Forty Under Forty" by Gotham Magazine. Image File history File links Christine_Quinn. ... Image File history File links Christine_Quinn. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area - City 1,214. ... New York City Hall The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of the City of New York. ... It has been suggested that Speakers of the House be merged into this article or section. ... For a list of the Dutch Director-Generals who governed New Amsterdam (as New York City was called when it was a Dutch-run settlement) between 1624 and 1664, see: Director-General of New Netherland. ... The New York Post is the 13th-oldest[] newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily. ...

Early Life and Career

Quinn grew up in Glen Cove, New York on Long Island, and attended Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. She served as head of the Housing Justice Campaign for the Association of Neighborhood and Housing Development. Quinn entered politics to manage the City Council campaign of Thomas Duane in 1991, who became the city's first openly gay councilmember. Quinn was Duane's Chief of Staff for five years, after which she became the Executive Director of the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project. While in that position, Mayor Rudy Giuliani appointed her to be a member of the NYC Police/Community Relations Task Force. An expected candidate for the Mayor's Race (2009) Quinn is considered a long shot due to her policies which have left many regular New York residents dismayed with her actions as Speaker. Glen Cove is a city in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. ... Map showing Long Island; to the north is Connecticut and to the west are New York City and New Jersey. ... Trinity College at Hartford, Connecticut Trinity College is a private liberal arts college in Hartford, Connecticut. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Thomas K. Duane (b. ... Rudolph William Louis Rudy Giuliani III (born May 28, 1944) is an American lawyer, prosecutor, businessman, and Republican politician from the state of New York. ... The New York City Police Department (NYPD) , the largest police department in the United States, has primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the five boroughs of New York City. ...

City Council membership

When Duane was elected to the New York Senate in 1999, Quinn won his seat on the Council. As of 2006, she still represents the Council's third district, representing the Manhattan neighborhoods of Chelsea, Greenwich Village, and Hell's Kitchen (Clinton), as well as parts of SoHo and Murray Hill. Her current term is set to expire December 31, 2009 and term limits prevent her from seeking another term on the Council. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Elegant building along 23rd street. ... The Washington Square Arch Greenwich Village (pronounced Grennich Village; also called simply the Village) is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City. ... Ninth Avenue looking north toward Time Warner Center and Hearst Tower (New York City) Hells Kitchen, also known as Clinton and Midtown West, is a neighborhood of Manhattan that includes roughly the area between 34th Street and 57th Street, from 8th Avenue to the Hudson River. ... Soho is an area of central Londons West End, in the borough of the City of Westminster. ... Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places: Murray Hill, Kentucky Murray Hill, Manhattan, a residential neighborhood in New York City Murray Hill, Queens, a different locality in New York City Murray Hill, New Jersey Murray Hill, Pennsylvania Murray Hill, Christmas Island, the highest point on Christmas Island... A term limit is a legal restriction that limits the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office. ...

Before becoming Speaker, Quinn served as chairwoman of the Health Committee, on which she supported the passage of the Equal Benefits Bill, to provide health care benefits to domestic partners and grocery workers over the veto of Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The courts threw out the domestic partner bill for putting restrictions on private companies. She was also on the committees for Finance, General Welfare, Governmental Operations, Land Use, Lower Manhattan Redevelopment, and Rules, Privileges & Elections, as well as the Zoning & Franchises subcommittee. Quinn led the Council's opposition to Bloomberg's ultimately unsuccessful West Side Stadium plan. Domestic partner or domestic partnership identifies the personal relationship between individuals who are living together and sharing a common domestic life together but are not joined in any type of legal partnership, marriage or civil union. ... Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is a prominent American businessman, the founder of Bloomberg L.P., and the current Mayor of New York City. ... An artists rendition of how the West Side Stadium would have looked. ...

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City Council membership

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Early Life and Career