Christine Quinn

In the hotly contested race for the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor, Bill de Blasio has come out on top with 40.01 percent of the vote, as of 11:39 p.m., and with 95 percent of the precincts reporting, according to WNYC.

Primary election night at City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s election party location got off to a somber note on Tuesday night with a live broadcast speech by President Barack Obama on Syria.

Democratic mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn cast her ballot on Tuesday morning in Chelsea with a gaggle of Quinn supporters in tow, shouting “In with Quinn!”

The policing strategies of the NYPD have been a hot topic in this year’s mayoral election, but Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Monday the candidates have missed the most important point: fighting terrorism.

With just four days remaining until the primary, Democratic mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn has put her campaign in ground game mode. With picturesque weather on Friday, Quinn spent much of the day in northern Manhattan at subway stops and senior centers garnering support for the Sept. 10 vote.

Former Star Trek star George Takei, best known in his role as Hikaru Sulu on the television show Star Trek, endorsed Christine Quinn for mayor on Tuesday.

NEW YORK—With two weeks to go in the election Christine Quinn is putting her campaign into fifth gear. The current City Council Speaker began rolling out her “First 100 Days” tour and sunk her teeth into her closest rival, Bill de Blasio, in the process.

Christine Quinn announced a proposal to open at least five new all-girls’ science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) middle schools. Quinn is the New York City Council Speaker and is running for mayor. She said she would work on the proposal if elected.

The storyline of the day in the mayoral race was the back and forth exchanges between Christine Quinn and Bill de Blasio’s campaigns. However, it was not the storyline of the night’s first official Democratic mayoral debate.

On Aug. 13 the local ABC affiliate aired the first live Democratic mayoral debate on broadcast television. For many New Yorkers, it was the first time seeing the Democratic candidates outside the ads that have popped up recently, or the short news clips.

Independent New York designers can now apply to design furnishings for planned city construction projects. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner David Burney made the announcement Aug. 14 at a press conference at downtown Manhattan design store The Future Perfect.

Vying to represent the Democratic party in the general election in November, five of the leading candidates for mayor squared off in the first live broadcast television debate on Aug. 13.

After a federal judge ruled that New York’s stop-and-frisk policy violated basic rights, Mayoral candidates and City Council members made these statements:

New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and three council members are calling on the federal government to approve a $10 billion Medicaid waiver.

New York City Council has allocated $3.5 million in capital funding for the development of a Brooklyn Bridge Beach in Lower Manhattan. The figure matches the $3.5 million allocation made by the office of the Brooklyn Borough President, Scott Stringer.

The Patrolman’s Benevolent Association (PBA) is turning the heat up on Council members who voted in favor of two bills which aim to reform stop-and-frisk practices by petitioning against candidates who are running unopposed in this year’s election.

Democratic mayoral hopeful Bill Thompson’s campaign raised close to $600,000 for this filing period, doubling the last three-month filing period, according to Thompson’s Chief Strategist Jonathan Prince.