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City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is officially running for mayor.
The long-term city rep kicked off her campaign Sunday, becoming the second to do so, after more than a year of speculation.
“I’m about keeping New York City a place for the middle class to live and grow,” she said in a video officially announcing her campaign. “And to help all of those hard working people get into the middle class.”
Along with protecting the middle class, Quinn’s platforming on her record fighting for New Yorkers’ civil rights and a record of passing seven balanced budgets.
The speaker will now begin a “walk-and-talk” tour, in which she’ll walk through city neighborhoods to gauge the needs of a community.
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio kicked off his campaign for mayor last month. The dems can also expect former Comptroller Bill Thompson and incumbent John Lui as opponents.
I’ll never vote for this character. Meanwhile you people should write an article on how control-freak Bloomberg banned the donations of food to homeless shelters by private businesses. His reason? Because he “won’t be able to assess the fat, salt, and fiber content”. Add that to his attempt to rid the city of the homeless by trying to ship them out of state. What a guy. And this is the character who supports the Quinn woman for mayor. Two peas in a pod.