Will Christine Quinn’s bad temper trip up her mayoral bid?
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who recently announced her bid to become mayor of New York, has a dark side. The gregarious and brash politician can be “controlling, temperamental and...
View ArticleDo you support the paid-sick-days compromise?
New York City, starting April 1, 2014, will require businesses with as few as 20 employees to give workers up to five days of paid time off. The veto-proof bill, announced Thursday night by City...
View ArticleShould New York City make it illegal for people under 21 to buy cigarettes?
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and the Bloomberg administration have proposed raising to 21 the age at which individuals can buy tobacco products. Currently, the federal minimum age of 18 applies...
View ArticleHave you tuned into the race for mayor?
With four months to go before the party primaries and six before the final balloting, the candidates have already appeared at a record number of debates and forums—not to mention neighborhood...
View ArticleShould NYC give non-citizen immigrants the right to vote?
A City Council bill proposes to give non-citizen, legal immigrants the right to vote in city elections. The bill’s supporters say immigrants pay taxes and therefore have earned the right to local...
View ArticleWill NYC become a laughingstock if two scandal-scarred pols are elected?
Five years after resigning as governor amid a prostitution scandal, Eliot Spitzer is back on the political scene running, of all things, for city comptroller. He joins former Rep. Anthony Weiner, who...
View ArticleShould the city ease up on fines and violations for restaurants?
On Monday, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn proposed legislation that would make it easier and cheaper for restaurants to comply with the popular letter-grade system. Consumers generally love the...
View ArticleAre you happy with the choice of candidates in the mayoral primaries?
After many debates, dozens of candidate forums, hundreds of campaign ads and countless newspaper articles, New Yorkers have seen quite a bit of the Democratic and Republican candidates for mayor. With...
View ArticleShould a close ally of the mayor-elect head the City Council?
After a behind-the-scenes push from Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, it looks as though his close ally Melissa Mark-Viverito has the votes needed to become the next council speaker. She would succeed...
View ArticleWas Curtis Sliwa wrong to say he wants to have sex with the City Council...
NY1 has indefinitely suspended radio host and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa from its weekly Inside City Hall segment. Last week, on his radio show Mr. Sliwa said that he’s thought about having...
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