Remembering Tom Cuite

The re-emergence this week of the obscure, late former City Council Majority Leader Tom Cuite may be instructive for politicians balancing difficult gay rights positions with their legacies.

Cuite probably didn’t think he’d be remembered three decades later for opposing a gay rights bill. But it turns out that it’s the only thing he’s remembered Read More

Hailing Quinn

Blogger Steve Gilliard, who has a long memory, offers this:

“I can remember the last City Council President, which is what the Speaker’s job was before the charter revision to eliminate the Board of Estimate. The guy’s name was Tom Cuite and he was an Irish guy from Brooklyn who made it his sworn Read More