http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/05/31/2009-05-31_city_council.html
Read this article and "buy" the way after reading it you might not want to vote for Melinda Katz and any and all city council members that voted to extend term limits.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/07/12/2009-07-12_some_city_politicians_received_big_campaign_donations_and_tried_to_aid_developer.html
Christine Quinn is included in this practice of taking money from developers. Read this piece by Benjamin Lesser and the last two paragraphs expose Quinn's damming behavior.
Mike Bloomberg when asked for a comment on the above answered he loves his mini-me or something like that...he is so predictable!