Christine Quinn is up in arms over proposed cuts to senior centers made by Mayor Bloomberg and she isn't going to take it! She insists it isn't a symbolic protest, but I couldn't throw that denial farther than a granite slab in Central Park. She went from being a good Democratic activist to the Mayor's chief official tool. Now she wants to make believe that she is some sort of tough Council Speaker who stands up for the people, pffft!
From PolitickerNY:
This is really what it is all about, because ultimately she is going to want to be re-elected and the groundswell across the city and in her district has developed into at least two challengers thusfar to oust her. I'll credit her for talking tough in this video by Azi but when it comes to her vote, she's weaker than the Mets ability to come through at the end of the season.Christine Quinn took the unusual step of protesting Michael Bloomberg, the mayor with whom she’s had an extremely close working relationship.
The protest was over the mayor’s plan to restructure the city's senior centers. Critics say the plan will not save money, and will reduce services unnecessarily. The mayor’s administration has argued the changes are a way to better monitor a sprawling and confusing network of social programs.
The protest comes at a time when, for political reasons, Quinn needs to demonstrate that she is willing and able to stand up to the mayor.
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