Quinn's Remarks
During her State of the City Speech tomorrow, Christine Quinn will put some daylight between herself and Mayor Bloomberg, calling for a $300 tax credit for renters.
From the prepared remarks:
"After September 11th, we had to raise property taxes. But we made a promise -- a promise to reduce those taxes when times were better. But homeowners aren't the only ones who sacrificed for the good of our city. For most, New York City is a city of renters."
It'll also be worth keeping an eye out to see if Quinn, who formerly chaired the Council's Health Committee, will say anything about the health care cuts proposed by Eliot Spitzer. Or whether she makes thematic reference to that 2009 thing.
-- Azi Paybarah
The first politican I knew to push this renter's rebate thing was ROCK HACKSHAW when he ran for the Assembly in 1998. Rents are too damn high.
a revolt is brewing among City Councilmembers who dont like Christine's authoritarian style - especially since she abandoned the most important issue to them - ending term limits. Now she has become the puppet of Bloomberg and is nasty to many of her member cubs. Some of those members are complaining to Rep Joe Crowley and Vito Lopez, the Queens and Brooklyn County leaders.
Term limits will never be rescinded. Get over it and then go home or on to other offices.
I hope she puts homeless youth on the agenda. Too many children sleeping on the streets! Heard one council member talk about the issue at a legislative breakfast at Federation of Protestant Agencies earlier this week and it moved me.
The Council Members are beyond revolt. The members are so sick of dealing with that POS Rob Newman and Jeremy Hoffman who the Council Members call the walking TOILET.
Basically, the members feel that Speaker Quinn and her POS assistants make decisions on behalf of the entire Council without the input of individual Council Members.
i would love the council to take a more proactive role in the budget process. having the mayor absolutely drive the agenda in budget negotiations and throw the Council a bone like bullet proof vests (something that should have been in the nypd budget anyway) is pathetic. the council is an equal partner with the mayor, but does not exert its powers in shaping the budget in ways more substantive than a fight over how to spend 200 million. how is the mayor spending or using the retiree health fund? did the council have a role in that? how about scrutinizing all of dan doctoroff's side deals with the board of standards and appeals. there is so much to be done, so little will to get things done.
Speaker Christine Quinn's assistants have turned the City Council into Charlie Manson's Spawn Ranch. When Speaker Quinn loses the primary election for Mayor, her assistants will scatter like the east side cockroaches they are. Speaker Quinn's career is doomed with the subhuman savages that she has surrounded herself with.
Can anyone here deal with the substance of her proposals instead of just going off on personality rants about some of her staffers?
Hey 11:58PM, there is plenty of room to criticize Speaker Quinn's staff because Quinn basically gave the store away to Bloomy. Therefore, there is no substance to any of Speaker Quinn's proposals.
Rock Hacksaw was the first proponent of the renter's rebate I saw. It is a bad idea -- why not just raise taxes to 100% of income and have the government cut checks of various sizes?
But rather than go into the details, I want to hear Bloomberg say it is a bad idea. Because he had the bad idea first with the stupid $400 check. Now Thompson wants another check just for seniors. Bruno has his check. And Quinn wants her check.
Hey Bloomberg, it's all your fault! Repeal!
agreed that the renters' tax rebate is not her idea: but she just declared that she supports it. but, why is it a bad idea???