In remarks on the floor during the Council Charter session Council Member Inez Barron offered herself as
an alternative speaker candidate, harshly criticizing the absence of any black speaker among the four people who've held the position and the continuation of that reality with the selection of Johnson.
They say in private that they are looking for an
alternative to the well - known roster of
candidates who have begun to jockey for position, among them the City Council
speaker, Christine C. Quinn, and the public advocate, Bill de Blasio.