Christine Quinn - 8 Years of Slush Funds @NYCCouncil Schedule C

Some of the fake charity groups Christine Quinn used to divert discretionary funds for personal political gain.

• American Association of Concerned Veterans received $422,763 in slush funds.
• Association of Community Partners received $400,000 in slush funds.
• Coalition for a Strong Special Education received $400,000 in slush funds.
• Community Development for Stronger Neighborhoods received $300,000 in slush funds.
• Firewood Senior Services Center received $300,000 in slush funds.
• Immigration Improvement Project of NY received $300,000 in slush funds.
• Rockwood Regional Development Foundation received $300,000 in slush funds.
• Moving Up, Building Bridges received $250,000 in slush funds.

FY 2007 City Council Adopted Expense Budget Schedule C

As a follow-up to yesterday's post (that FY 2007 Schedule C was missing), we have turned up a copy, and now all eight years' worth of Schedules C's during Christine Quinn's speakership of the New York City Council are now uploaded onto Scribd. These are public documents, yet FY 2007 was not publicly available. Maybe it was because the FY 2007 Schedule C was used by The New York Post to expose the fact that Speaker Quinn had used fake charity groups to hide a political slush fund to dole out to her supporters. (This $$ Is Hers For The Faking * NYPost)

FY 2008 City Council Adopted Expense Budget Schedule C

FY 2009 City Council Adopted Expense Budget Schedule C

FY 2010 City Council Adopted Expense Budget Schedule C

FY 2011 City Council Adopted Expense Budget Schedule C

FY 2012 City Council Adopted Expense Budget Schedule C

FY 2013 City Council Adopted Expense Budget Schedule C

FY 2014 City Council Adopted Expense Budget Schedule C

Christine Quinn Slush Fund Scandal Triggers Retrospective Look by City & State

The Slush Fund Legacy and the Future of Member Items

"Given her current standing as a leading candidate to be New York City’s next mayor, it’s hard to believe that five years ago City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s political future was on life support. In April 2008 The New York Post reported that Quinn and her staff in the Speaker’s office had hidden millions of taxpayer dollars by allocating grants to a “slush fund” with phantom organizations, alleging that Quinn would later use the money to dole out political favors." (City & State)

Christine Quinn's Slush Fund Legacy and Future of Member Items http://t.co/Q9tLtnmU52 … @CityAndStateNY @Quinn4NY pic.twitter.com/rZF7UwKIUw

— Stop Christine Quinn (@stopchrisquinn) August 6, 2013

Christine Quinn Federal Investigation

Christine Quinn Stands Behind Decision on Larry Seabrook Slush Funds

New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn continued to dole out taxpayer money from her discretionary slush fund to Councilman Larry Seabrook, giving him over $350,000 in slush funds in the city's 2012 fiscal year budget, which begins on July 1, The New York Times reported.

What bloggers immediately found shocking was that Speaker Quinn would still dole out taxpayer money to Mr. Seabrook, even though his federal investigation corruption trial ended in a mistrial ; prosecutors are expected to mount a second trial against Mr. Seabrook on corruption charges related to his misuse of Speaker Quinn's slush funds.

Today, the top political bloggers in New York City posted scathing indictments of Speaker Quinn. Gary Tilzer from True News From Change NYC lambasted Speaker Quinn thusly : Showing No Moral Leadership, Quinn Continues to Fund Seabrook.

And Suzannah B. Troy from Christine Quinn Mini Me, reminded her readers that Speaker Quinn left vacant the position of Chief Compliance Officer for an impossible 11 months, even though this job was specifically created to oversee Speaker Quinn's annual multi-million slush fund.

Separately, the editorial boards (not individual columnists, but the entire body of the editorial editors) of The New York Daily News, The New York Times, and The New York Post, which can never agree on ANYTHING, have all denounced Speaker Quinn over the political corruption that is forever tainted with her annual backroom slush fund bonanza.

Quinn Slush Fund Update

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer Blasts Mayor's Race Opponent Chris Quinn

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer took an apparent swipe at his mayor's race opponent, calling for an end to pork spending by local lawmakers.

JULY 20, 2011 4:09 PM

Our Reuven Blau reports:

Stringer criticized City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and the other 50 members for their $49 million in earmarks that neglects to reach the city's poorest neighborhoods.

"We have a system where some districts get a lot more than others and politics is the only reason," Stringer told reporters yesterday.

Quinn is an early frontrunner in the mayoral election with the largest war chest of more than $4 million. Yet one of her major challenges in her expected run is the so-called slush fund scandal that erupted in 2007.

-- Excerpted from the Daily Politics blog by Celeste Katz on The New York Daily News.

2011 07 Xx Christine Quinn Slush Fund Member Items Report