Topic: Christine Quinn

Imperiled by a potential sale from private investors, 1520 Sedgwick Ave., often labeled the "birthplace of hip-hop," has been saved by a...
The 9/11 Memorial and Museum's Annual Benefit Dinner was about the progress of the memorial's construction and how it is helping heal wounds from...
A building that is recognized as a Hip-Hop landmark in the South Bronx has been rescued by a federal loan that will halt the building's sale...

Quinn, Vornado benefit from donation loophole

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn on Wednesday praised a three-year-old campaign finance rule that she says "successfully shifted power away...
Editor's note: We will not be blogging Monday. Happy Labor Day!. . Twin steel columns from original World Trade Center back at ground zero...

Chris Quinn's cliques

A bunch of City Council lefties recently had a brainstorm: Let's form a club, they decided -- and stick the taxpayers with the bill. . . And so...
Tenant advocates warn crumbling NYC buildings falling victim to housing errors all over againBuckling floors. Collapsing ceilings. Leaking pipes.In buildings around the country where landlords found themselves owing more than their properties were worth &

New York to spend big to kill bloodsucking guests

NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the city that never sleeps there is one increasingly busy nocturnal resident who New York wants to evict -- the bedbug.The city announced plans on Wednesday to spend $500,000 raising awareness of the tiny bloodsucking mites in ...

NYC begins commitment ceremonies for gay couples

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City officials began offering wedding-like ceremonies for same-sex couples on Thursday, drawing as much criticism as praise from gay rights advocates who want nothing short of full marriage rights.The ceremonies provide no ne

Quinn, Bloomberg Urge Vote On Gay Marriage

In separate pleas Monday, Mayor Bloomberg and Speaker Quinn urged New York senators to approve a gay marriage bill In separate pleas Monday, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn urged senators to approve a gay marriag