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The Best Lesbian Moments Of The Week

Trish Bendix | Posted 05.25.2012

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We pride ourselves on knowing all kinds of Sapphic pop-culture facts. Each week we'll share some of the best tidbits on The Huffington Post in our new series, "Best Lesbian Week Ever." Here's who and what was on our raging gay radar this week.

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Wedding Of The Year

| Posted 05.19.2012

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By Jill Colvin MEATPACKING DISTRICT -- Get ready for the most-anticipated wedding of the year. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and her long...

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NYPD Making Changes To Stop And Frisk Policy

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.18.2012

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly on Thursday announced changes to officer training and supervision amid a growing public outcry and ...

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Obama's Gay Marriage Support Elicits Strong Response From NY Leaders

Posted 05.09.2012

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As news of President Obama's support for gay marriage broke on Wednesday, New York's top politicians reacted to the historical civil rights milestone....

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City Republicans Scrambling For A Mayoral Candidate

Posted 05.03.2012

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The city's top Republicans are scrambling to name a potential mayoral candidate for 2013's upcoming race and have pointed to billionaire supermarket h...

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Bloomberg Budget Brawl: Children's Advocates Scramble To Save New York's State-Of-The-Art After-School System On Eve Of Massive Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.03.2012

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A coalition of more than 150 New York City groups, including the Children's Aid Society and the Police Athletic League, is making a last-ditch effort ...

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WATCH: Quinn Rebukes Heckler At Living Wage Bill And Storms Off Stage

Posted 04.30.2012

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Despite Mayor Bloomberg's staunch opposition to the city council's proposed living wage bill, Council Speaker Christine Quinn came out defending the m...

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Bloomberg Vetoes Living Wage Bill, Promises Court Fight

Posted 04.25.2012

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Mayor Bloomberg made good on his promise to veto the living wage bills Wednesday, CBS reports, and promised legal action if City Council overrides the...

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Lies, Damn Lies .. and Polls

Tom Allon | Posted 04.25.2012

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There is no more misleading thing in politics today than polls, particularly those that are conducted more than three months before a primary or general election.

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NYC Developing App To Target Sexual Harassment

Reuters | Posted 04.25.2012

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exasperated by the wolf whistles and cat calls that seem to be the universal welcome for women passing construction sites? New Yo...

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FRONTRUNNER

Posted 04.24.2012

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The 2013 race to succeed three-term New York City Mayor Bloomberg has a frontrunner. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) has a 20 p...

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Christine Quinn, City Council Calls Mayor Bloomberg's Cuts To Children's Service "Unacceptable"

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 04.18.2012

Hundreds of parents, children and teachers gathered on the steps of New York's City Hall Tuesday to protest Mayor Michael Bloomberg's budget plan, whi...

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GOP Hopefuls Still Pushing Idea Of Kelly For Mayor

Posted 04.17.2012

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New York Post's Fred Dicker speculates in a column Monday that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly could, after all, run for mayor in 2013. Dicker's mai...

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Bloomberg Compares A Living Wage To Communism

Posted 04.13.2012

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Mayor Bloomberg took time out of his busy Friday morning kissing Miss Piggy to take a jab at city council's living wage bill, comparing the legislatio...

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Quinn Doesn't Want Your Whoppers, Thank You Very Much

Posted 04.06.2012

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Perhaps taking a cue from Nanny Bloomberg, Christine Quinn is speaking out against Burger King's plans to begin rolling out whopper-doling food trucks...

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Irish Eyes on China, a Chinese Man Eyes Ireland (VIDEO)

John Lee | Posted 05.28.2012

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While Irish eyes follow the official visit of Taoiseach Enda Kenny to China, a little gem of an Irish film has surfaced on YouTube, tracing a more humble trip in the opposite direction.

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Sandra Fluke: 'I Want Women To See This As An Empowering Moment'

HuffingtonPost.com | Brenna Cammeron | Posted 03.29.2012

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For Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University law student who unwittingly stepped into the national spotlight when she argued the case for contraception...

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Co-op Votes Not To Have A Vote On Israeli Boycott

AP | Posted 05.28.2012

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NEW YORK -- A New York City co-op's proposed boycott against Israeli products to protest the Israeli government's policies toward Palestinians has bee...

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Christine Quinn Sets Spring Wedding Date With Longtime Partner

www.dnainfo.com | Posted 05.13.2012

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MANHATTAN -- City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has set her wedding date. The city's first openly lesbian speaker is set to marry her longtime part...

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Bloomberg: Letter Grades Have Meant Less Food Poisoning

AP | By CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 03.07.2012

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NEW YORK -- Giving letter grades to the thousands of restaurants in New York City – from humble delis to celebrity chef-powered eateries –...

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A Downtown Health Crisis Caused by Politics

Tom Allon | Posted 05.05.2012

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Christine Quinn, whose district includes St. Vincent's, and Scott Stringer have done nothing to try to fill the gap formed by the closing of St. Vincent's Hospital in the West Village. The residents of lower Manhattan want a hospital.

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NYC Newspapers Defend Spying On Muslims

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 02.28.2012

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NEW YORK -- Bob McManus, editorial page editor of the New York Post, blasted the Associated Press on Tuesday, suggesting that the news organization ca...

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Christine Quinn Jumps On Jeremy Lin Bandwagon To Step Into MSG-Time Warner Brawl

| Jill Colvin | Posted 02.17.2012

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MANHATTAN — Stop the Linsanity! City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and other pols are applying a full court press on Madison Square Garden and ...

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Mr. President: Americans Want to Welcome Home the Troops, Too

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 04.16.2012

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As history closes the chapter on Iraq, Americans from all corners of the country want to respect all those who served there, remember those who died, and respond to the challenges they're now facing at home from record unemployment to troubling suicide rates. It's time for all of us, from the president to the Pentagon to mayors and ordinary citizens nationwide, to work together to channel our collective goodwill and support and momentum to deliver critical resources to the veterans' community. Instead of having scattered parades all year long, we should work together -- civilians and veterans united -- to create one historic day of action: parades, memorials and service fairs in cities and towns large and small.

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NYPD Stop-And-Frisks At Record Rates

Posted 02.16.2012

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The NYPD has broken their record for stop-and-frisks in a single year...again. New York's finest stopped and interrogated people 684,330 times in 2011...

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