Vallone on Transparency and Power in the City Council
After the meeting last night between Council members and Christine Quinn, Peter Vallone, Jr. told me that he supports reforms, but not some of the specific ones that Quinn proposed last week. If she takes the advice of the council, Vallone says, “We won’t be giving up any power to the executive branch."
Quinn did not make a statement after the closed-door meeting, nor does she have a public schedule today, according to her staff.
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And what if she doesn't take the advice of the Council? What if she says, I already put you guys between a rock and a hard place, and what are you going to do about it?
My bet is she stays exactly where she is on this proposal.
Then what are you going to do Vallone? Vote no on the budget? Get your colleagues to protest by not showing up at a stated so she has no quorum?
Or nothing at all? My guess is she's betting thats it.
And what if she doesn't take the advice of the Council? What if she says, I already put you guys between a rock and a hard place, and what are you going to do about it?
My bet is she stays exactly where she is on this proposal.
Then what are you going to do Vallone? Vote no on the budget? Get your colleagues to protest by not showing up at a stated so she has no quorum?
Or nothing at all? My guess is she's betting thats it.