28 Facts About Christine Quinn

Christine Callaghan Quinn was born on July 25,1966 and is an American politician.

Christine Quinn ran to succeed Michael Bloomberg as the city's mayor in the 2013 mayoral election, but lost the Democratic primary.

Christine Quinn attended School of the Holy Child in the village of Old Westbury on Long Island in New York, and graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 1988.

Christine Quinn's maternal grandmother, Ellen Callaghan, was a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

Christine Quinn served as head of the Housing Justice Campaign for the Association of Neighborhood and Housing Development.

Christine Quinn entered politics to manage the City Council campaign of Thomas Duane in 1991, after which she served as Duane's chief of staff for five years.

Christine Quinn was reelected in 2003 after the districts were redrawn according to population shifts.

Christine Quinn sponsored the Equal Benefits Bill and the Health Care Security Act, which requires that city contractors provide parity in benefits between married spouses and registered domestic partners.

Christine Quinn was elected Speaker of the New York City Council in January 2006 and reelected in 2010.

Christine Quinn is the first female and first openly gay person to hold this position.

Christine Quinn said she had found out about it only a few months earlier, alerted authorities, and ordered staffers to stop the practice, but that they did not listen.

Christine Quinn hired a criminal defense lawyer to represent her in the federal and city investigations.

Christine Quinn opposed requiring applicants for food stamps to be electronically fingerprinted.

On December 26,2012, Christine Quinn wrote a letter to President Obama formally requesting that he commute Jonathan Pollard's lifetime sentence for providing classified information to Israel.

Christine Quinn was a vigorous LGBT advocate during her tenure on the City Council.

On July 28,2012, Christine Quinn sent a letter demanding that the president of NYU end its relationship with Chick-Fil-A, because of the stance of the company's CEO, Dan Cathy, against same-sex marriage.

In December 2007, Christine Quinn declared that repealing term limits would be 'anti-democratic,' a position she called 'firm and final.

Gotbaum declared herself a victim of "political payback" because of her opposition to the changes in the term limits law, a notion Christine Quinn claimed was "ridiculous".

On March 10,2013, after much speculation, Christine Quinn announced that she was running for mayor of New York City.

Widely viewed as Bloomberg's heir apparent, Christine Quinn was considered the early frontrunner in the nine-candidate race for the Democratic nomination.

Christine Quinn's rivals attacked her for reversing her position on mayoral term limits and supporting Bloomberg's bid for a third term in 2009.

Christine Quinn's campaign faded as time went on, and she finished third in the primary.

In October 2014 Christine Quinn stumped for the Women's Equality Party established by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in July 2014.

In 2015, Christine Quinn became president and CEO of Women in Need, a nonprofit organization that is one of New York City's largest providers of services to homeless women and children.

Christine Quinn said she was hoping to continue the good work of WIN's previous longtime leader, Bonnie Stone, and use a holistic approach to help women facing domestic violence, eviction, and other issues.

Christine Quinn made headlines in 2018 for her comments about Cynthia Nixon's campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

WIN and Christine Quinn repeatedly declined to comment when asked for an explanation of the cost.

Christine Quinn joined the board of Athlete Ally, an organization fighting homophobia in sports, in February 2014.