Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Christine Quinn

Q Poll: Chris Quinn’s Parking Agenda Out of Touch With New Yorkers

By Brad Aaron | Feb 9, 2012 | 23 Comments

To hear Christine Quinn tell it, New Yorkers are crying out for relief from unjust parking policies. Over the last two years, it seems that when City Council members weren’t flogging legislation to add layers of bureaucracy to DOT’s street safety program, they were tripping over themselves to absolve motorists of one responsibility after another. […]

Nothing About Public Transportation in Chris Quinn’s Transportation Report

By Brad Aaron | Feb 1, 2012 | 11 Comments

If you’re like most New York commuters, you took a train or bus to get to work today. And like most New Yorkers, you are invisible to the City Council and speaker Christine Quinn. On Tuesday, Quinn issued a letter, co-signed by transportation committee chair James Vacca, bragging about the accomplishments of a council obsessed […]

Quinn’s Parking Agenda Gives Nothing to the 54 Percent Who Don’t Own Cars

By Ben Fried | Jan 19, 2012 | 15 Comments

On Monday we published the revised schedule for this week’s City Council hearing in James Vacca’s transportation committee. Out with oversight of the MTA budget and its consequences for straphangers, in with bills to make parking more convenient. Maybe we were being a little unfair with that post, because the person who ultimately sets the […]

City Council Votes to Increase Oversight of Bike Lane Removal

By Ben Fried | Nov 4, 2011 | 9 Comments

Yesterday the City Council passed Lew Fidler’s Intro 412 — the bill mandating community board notification about the installation of bike lanes — setting the stage for some showboating from Fidler, Speaker Christine Quinn and Transportation Committee Chair James Vacca. “Our legislation will ensure the Department of Transportation works with community boards and fully considers […]

Quinn’s Top Transpo Priority in 2011: Convenience For Car Owners

By Noah Kazis | Feb 15, 2011 | 35 Comments

In her State of the City address this afternoon, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn laid out her priorities for the year ahead. Her speech focused on four issue areas: balancing the city budget, creating jobs, preserving affordable housing and parking. Quinn’s parking platform isn’t aimed at making parking cheaper or more plentiful — though she’s […]

Quinn, Garodnick, AAA Oppose FDNY Crash Fees at Public Hearing

By Noah Kazis | Jan 14, 2011 | 8 Comments

At a public hearing held by the Fire Department this morning, every person who testified spoke against charging a fee for FDNY response to traffic crashes, calling it inappropriate to make drivers pay for what they said ought to be a basic government function. The charges are part of the Bloomberg administration’s attempt to close […]

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