The TV Watch: Parrying at the Top, and Lunging Below

Most of the heat and animation in the final debate among the candidates in the Democratic mayoral primary came from the two rivals competing for rock bottom.

    



Trailside: Buyers Are Scarce for Quinn’s Memoir

Christine C. Quinn’s book, which was released on June 11, has sold only 100 copies.

    

From Christine Quinn, a Memoir More Personal Than Political

Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, offers a look at her transformation from middle-class Long Island daughter to front-runner for mayor of New York.

    

Outside Group Starts Spending to Block Quinn

A coalition of left-leaning labor unions and Democratic activists who say they are not backing any one candidate had pledged over $1 million to defeat Christine C. Quinn, a front-runner.