Gil Quiniones: We met on a stoop. I lived in 1 Rear, she lived in 1 East. Her apartment is better than mine, so I moved into her apartment. She didn't push me. She’s very curious about the Philippines.
Cristina DC Pastor: If his life could be summed up in bullet points, Gil Quiniones’s would look something like this. The president and CEO of the New York Power Authority (NYPA) is:
• A mechanical engineer• An energy nerd• A West Village family man• A Jewish Filipino• Sela’s dad
An opportunity to join then New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg opened up. It would be his initial sortie into public service. He became the city’s chief consultant on energy policy. He established and led Bloomberg’s Energy Policy Task Force, described as a “public-private group that developed a comprehensive strategy for meeting New York City’s future energy needs.”
He served two governors before Cuomo: Eliot Spitzer from 2007 to 2008, and David Paterson from 2008 to 2010. Cuomo became governor in 2011. They attended a lot of emergency meetings together, and Cuomo witnessed how Quiniones led herculean operations to restore energy and telecommunications during the time.
