Christine C. Quinn
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Quinn Christine C. Quinn
The joint announcement by the city's top Republican, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, and its top Democrat, the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, underscored how serious local officials are about controlling the shadowy but increasingly prevalent dealings between lobbyists and the local officials they try to influence. Ms. Quinn has said she wants to raise the ethical standards of the Council during her term. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, and its top Democrat, the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, underscored how serious local officials are about controlling the shadowy but increasingly prevalent dealings between lobbyists and the local officials they try to influence. Quinn has said she wants to raise the ethical standards of the Council during her term. Quinn said she was confident that the Council would pass all of the proposed laws. Quinn said she would quickly seek the formal approvals necessary to restrict lobbyists from specific areas of her City Hall office. Quinn said she would soon build a gate system closing off her office to lobbyists, who will now be asked to make formal appointments to meet with the Council staff. Quinn also promised a new mechanism for enforcing infractions, they said the details had not yet been worked out. 