Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Christine Quinn

ID Theft Gets More Resources From Cy Vance Than Traffic Crime [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Aug 16, 2012 | 12 Comments

If you’ve suffered a life-altering injury, or even lost a loved one, at the hands of a negligent New York City driver, there usually isn’t much the authorities can do for you. To hear NYPD tell it, the department barely has the resources to investigate traffic deaths, let alone the thousands of pedestrian and cyclist […]

Mayoral Contenders Talk Transit, Part 4: Christine Quinn

By Streetsblog | May 24, 2012 | 19 Comments

Election Day is more than a year away, but the race to become the next mayor of New York City is well-underway. In the last two issues of its magazine, Reclaim, Transportation Alternatives has been asking the would-be mayors for their thoughts on transit (in the more recent interviews, one question about cycling was added). […]

Memo to Chris Quinn: New York Voters Like Livable Streets

By Brad Aaron | Mar 20, 2012 | 6 Comments

Christine Quinn is not known as a politician who shies away from shying away, but it might be time to ditch her public indifference toward NYC DOT’s street safety and public space program. Monday evening, the Times reported on a Times Square Alliance study that, Great Recession notwithstanding, shows booming growth since 2007. Currently, the […]

Quinn Deal Reduces Parking — and Housing — at St. Vincent’s Site

By Noah Kazis | Mar 16, 2012 | 4 Comments

Responding to requests from the community board and advocacy groups, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn did what neither the City Planning Commission nor Borough President Scott Stringer would: reduce the excessive number of parking spaces planned for the Rudin family’s redevelopment of the St. Vincent’s Hospital site. Originally, Rudin proposed building 152 spaces for 450 luxury […]

NYC Open Data Law Will Sort Out NYPD’s Jumbled Traffic Crash Data

By Noah Kazis | Mar 9, 2012 | 1 Comment

When the City Council passed Jessica Lappin’s Saving Lives Through Better Information bill last year, traffic safety and open government advocates cheered. Under the law, the NYPD is required to provide monthly data on both traffic crashes and traffic summonsing, shedding light on the hazards of city streets and what steps police take to protect […]

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