Christine C. Quinn
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Quinn Christine C. Quinn
The City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, appointed seven top aides yesterday, moving quickly to fill some of the vacancies created when she suddenly dismissed 61 employees, nearly one-fifth of the Council's staff, on Friday. The number and timing of the firings by Ms. Quinn, who was elected speaker last month by her colleagues, took some council members and employees by surprise. Ms. Quinn also promoted two council employees: Robert J. Newman, a lawyer for the Council, to legislative director, and Maria Alvarado, a deputy press secretary, to press secretary.