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City Council Set To Debate On A Living Wage Bill This Thursday
Unions, affordable housing groups, progressive democratic clubs and faith-based institutions are just a sampling of the partners that make up the diverse LivingWage NYC Campaign, a broad-based coalition that has been fighting to secure a better standard of living for many of New York City’s working families over the last year. Despite a growing opposition movement funded by business interests embolden after their defeat of the sick-leave bill earlier this year, LivingWage NYC received a bolt of momentum when Speaker Christine Quinn announced that a hearing would be called for this Thursday May 12th at 1pm at 250 Broadway, 16th floor to debate bringing the legislation, titled “Fair Wages for New Yorkers” Act, to the floor for a vote.
Tagged christine quinn, economic development, jobs, living, living wage, new york city
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Weiner Ahead In 2013 (!) Fundraising
The Wall Street Journal ran a story today about the cash on hand for various mayoral contendors. Weiner has $3.9 million in campaign cash, and Quinn also healthy with $2.7 million war chest. “Five officials contemplating mayoral bids in 2013 have provided The Wall Street Journal with details of their disclosures:” Quinn, Weiner, Stringer, Thompson, and Liu. Bill de Blasio declined to particpate. Stringer is the only mayoral contendor who raised much money in the past six months: Mr. Stringer raised more than $600,000 this year, and he said he intends to carry over about $1 million from his re-election campaign last year. “I’m gratified by the close to 1,000 people who contributed, and I’m moving forward,” Mr. Stringer said … More >>
Tagged 2013 elections, anthony weiner, bill de blasio, Bill Thompson, christine quinn, John Liu, scott stringer
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Speaker Quinn, Councilwoman Dickens To Be Honored At 3/24 MYD Event
As you can see from the banner above, we’re throwing an exciting event on Wednesday, March 24th from 7pm-10pm at ultra-luxurious nightclub NIKKI Beach Midtown. MYD will be honoring individuals and groups who have made significant contributions to closing the gender gap. We expect a strong showing of like-minded Democrats as well as a myriad of elected officials in attendance. Drink specials all night, and music by the legendary DJO. We are happy to announce the addition of the Honorable Christine Quinn, New York City Council Speaker, and Councilwoman Inez E. Dickens to our list of honorees. It is going to be a great night, with more guests to be announced, so you should come out. We’re also happy to … More >>
Tagged christine quinn, Inez E. Dickens, myd, New York Women's Foundation, Planned Parenthood's Political Action Group, The Service Women's Action Network, The White House Project
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Speaker Quinn Hustles From Albany to NYC
NYC City Council Speaker Christine Quinn had a busy day yesterday, first delivering our letters to State Senators’ offices in Albany and then hightailing it back to NYC for a rally to protest California’s Prop 8 decision: Towlroad
MYD Delivers The Goods
Yesterday, MYD Prez Al Benninghoff and NYC City Council Speaker Christine Quinn took a trip to Albany. There, they hand-delivered a stack of over 1,500 letters from New Yorkers across the state asking their State Senators to support marriage equality. For the past week, newyorkequality.com has been the focus of MYD’s grassroots campaign to get a marriage equality bill passed. The site launched last Tuesday, and to date, over forty thousand people have visited. The site is simple: look up the info for your State Senator, and either send a handwritten letter yourself, or MYD will print out the one you type up and hand-deliver it to your Senator in Albany. As you can tell from the photo, a lot … More >>
