Christine Quinn Emily Giske Anne Washburn Friends of the High Line Slush Fund Allegations of Corruption

City & State investigates the use of taxpayer money to benefit Friends of the High Line. This taxpayer money is funneled to FOTHL through New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's slush fund accounts. Lobbyist and former high level state Democratic Party official Emily Giske's wife is connected to FOTHL, and Giske is close personal friends with New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. In the past, Giske has been retained to do lobbying work for Friends of the High Line to do what else -- lobby Speaker Quinn ! There's a lot of shady conflicts of interest here, with the appearances of possibilities of taxpayer money flowing through FOTHL back to conflicted parties, lobbyists, and close personal friends of Speaker Quinn. This is a situation that appears to be ripe for graft. How do Speaker Quinn, Emily Giske, Giske's wife (Anne Washburn), and FOTHL get away with this ?

Christine Quinn Jamestown Properties Update

On Wednesday, while New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn was appearing at the Democratic National Convention, the City Planning Commission approved the expansion of Chelsea Market.

Jamestown Properties and others, who have an interest in the expansion of Chelsea Market, are amongst Speaker Christine Quinn's largest campaign donors.

The approval of the zone-busting plan would allow developers to build new office towers atop the Ninth and Tenth Avenues of the building, NY1 has reported.

"The City Council has until October 29 to hold public hearings and vote on the final plan. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is eyeing a run in the 2013 mayoral election, has the market in her district. By Wednesday, Quinn had not said publicly if she supports the plan or not," concluded the NY1 report.