New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and City Council Member Jessica Lappin Meeting With Roosevelt Island Communty Leaders This Afternoon - Meeting Closed To The Press
I learned yesterday that NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn and City Council Member Jessica Lappin will be visiting Roosevelt Island this afternoon to speak with Roosevelt Island Community leaders.
Upon learning of the meeting, I sent the following message to Ms. Lappin's office:
I understand that NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Council Member Jessica Lappin will be holding a Roosevelt Island Community Leaders meeting on March 1.Just received this response back from Ms. Lappin's office:
Is that true?
If so, what is the purpose of the meeting, topics to be discussed and who will be attending this meeting?
Thank you.
The meeting is to touch base with Roosevelt Island leaders and talk about the issues that are important to the community. RIOC members, tenant and civic leaders will attend. The event is closed to the press.One of the Roosevelt Island residents attending the meeting speculated that its purpose was for City Council Speaker Quinn to learn about Roosevelt Island in advance of her campaign for the 2013 Democratic Primary Nomination for Mayor.
Ms Quinn would not be the first potential 2013 Democratic Mayoral contender to visit Roosevelt Island or speak with residents. As reported in previous posts, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer paid a visit to the Trellis Diner last March
and NYC Public Advocate Bill DeBlasio had lunch last October with Roosevelt Island residents as well.
3 comments :
I hope the food truck shakedown comes up. I e-mailed Jessica Lappin about the imbroglio and sent her a link to the story on the blog.
The food truck problem is really a symptom of a much larger issue. Is Roosevelt Island a neighborhood in New York City, or not? If it is, then there should not be an additional fee to operate. If not, then why is Christine Quinn coming here at all? The answer is ovbious (although not to RIOC.)
Be specific, it's the RIOC Board. Their Real Estate Committee is in charge of filling up the storefronts and Food Vendors. So far, they've done neither. Oh, and by the way, we voted for them to take care of these issues. It's no wonder why the Governor doesn't pay attention to us. We can't even get the people we vote for to do what they say they're gonna do.
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