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Speaker Quinn has introduced legislation that would put anyone's privacy at risk when they go to a venue with a cabaret license. She did this by introducing a bill to require ID scanners at these venues. So far this bill has not passed and all residents and visitors to NYC should be informed of its status. An even broader concern is that the Nightlife Summit that she sponsored called for restricting access to dance halls to anyone under 21 years of age. To be exact some members of the summit, especially NYPD representatives called for restricting access to dance venues but allowing access to sports bars. In effect this means a 20 year old person could fight for our country in Afghanistan, be wounded, return to live in Brooklyn and choose to go out to a dance club to socialize. If the proposals coming out of Quinn's nightlife summit became law a young adult veteran or anyone 18 to 21 could not socialize in music and dance venues of their own choosing. Does this make sense at all? And as others here have noted, Quinn has allowed severe restrictions on our freedom of movement in NYC (the new NYPD parade permit restrictions). So there are many people asking why is Speaker Quinn supporting these restrictions. They don't make us safer, they make us less safe and less free.

Why can't we treat the money a candidate spends on his own campaign as a campaign contribution? Will we ever have a middle class mayor again?

Yes its true that unions may have contributed less cash but their real value is the free labor they supply campaigns- sometimes hundreds of people - I wonder if if that was given a $$ value the influence of the unions would be made more clear???

I would like to ask Ms. Quinn how much money the overly large city council costs the city and what portion of the budget goes to their salaries, matching funds (6 to 1???), and staffs. Wouldn't the city be better served by spending this money elsewhere?

And if someone finds the paperwork required to file too complicated as Ms. Quinn stated, maybe they do not have the minimum skills required to be on the city council.

How much has Quinn received from developers?

I would like to ask Speaker Quinn why was she silent on the pending sale of firehouses closed by Mayor Bloomberg.
The area where Closed Engine Company 212 was located in Northside Williamsburg is being completly rebuilt with 22 towers in its former first due area and thousands of units inland.
Why is the Speaker ok with selling off valuble assets in a time of population growth and risk of another terror attack with a Budget surplus and 47%
of our Homeland security funds unspent?

I would like to hear Ms.Quinn speak about what she is going to do about the new NYPD parade permit rules. I don't understand how she can describe them as "reasonable" when they have criminalized basic peaceful assembly, a right that was important to her own personal rise to power.