Christine C. Quinn
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The City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, may have secured her position through secret deals with party bosses, but she is seeking to curb many of those same backroom tactics as a somewhat unexpected champion of government reform. she has proposed giving lawmakers more input on bills and hearings, which have historically been tightly controlled by the speaker. she has also called for broad changes in the budget process to promote more meaningful negotiations between the legislative and executive branches, and, in what may be her most ambitious effort yet, she has pledged to address abuses by lobbyists seeking to influence city officials an issue also raised by  Michael R. Bloomberg.