Editorial Section - February 15, 1999.

"District 3 (Clinton, Chelsea, West Village in Manhattan): There are four candidates running for the seat vacated by State Senator Thomas Duane. Christine Quinn, Mr. Duane's former chief of staff, has many Democratic backers, including the Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats.

Ms. Quinn is energetic and has a track record of building consensus in an area with a lively but sometimes divisive history of political squabbles.

Her best-known opponent is Christopher Lynn, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's former transportation commissioner, who made a name for himself as one whose can-do philosophy sometimes treads too heavily on those in his path. Carlos Manzano, a Colombian-born computer expert, is backed by the McManus Democratic Club. Aubrey Lees, a Democratic district leader and lawyer, promises to protect neighborhoods from overdevelopment. Of the four interesting candidates, we endorse Ms. Quinn as a thoughtful neighborhood advocate who can both work within the system and criticize it when necessary. "

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