John Liu

Is City Traffic Killing Your Love Life?

May Day: Put Your Hands Together

Of Mice and Councilmen

After Lost School Bus Scare, Liu Wonders: Where's the GPS?

Rachel Trachtenberg, Others Testify at Term Limits Hearings

Two Term-Limits Rebels Run for Gotbaum's Seat

Hats In The Ring: Vance for D.A., Liu for Comptroller

A couple of candidates for local office are stepping up this week: Cyrus Vance Jr. -- aka Cy Vance -- is announcing for Manhattan D.A. at City Hall as we write. He is expected to face Dan Castleman and Lesley Crocker Snyder, who starts the battle early by telling the Post, "While I was in New York ... More >>

What's New Is Old

First Asian Reaches Council on Road Well Traveled

Oh, God

Why Religion Doesn't Have a Prayer in New York Politics

South Asians Weigh Election Roles

Putting a Subcontinent on the Local Political Map

Still Counting

The Big Term-Limits Primary Offers Some Surprises

Close Up On: Flushing

The Big Term-Limits Primary Offers Some Surprises

The War on a Rack

Publishers Say They're Being Harassed by NYC

Exit Strategy

When it comes to subways and terrorism, the best defense might be a good escape

The Others

Translating NYC's ethnic politics for Asians and Middle Easterners

NYPD Seeks an Air Monitor Crackdown for New Yorkers

A city councilman and the cops don't want you to have that Geiger counter without their permission

Strangeness on a Train

Annoyance over L train shutdowns, anxiety over what they're for

Working Families Party Endorses Liu for Comptroller

Sometimes he seems like a bit of a crackpot, but you can't write off John Liu. Remember the stink he made, as transportation chair of the council, about getting GPS in school buses? After years of struggle, he's about to get 'em. He got something else last night: the endorsement for comptroller of t ... More >>

VID for Siegel, NARAL for Gillibrand, Johnson for Bloomberg (and Unemployment)

The Village Independent Democrats just announced their endorsements for the primaries. It's not the biggest Democratic club, but it's influential around these parts. The VID made mostly expected choices, among them Bill Thompson for Mayor, John Liu for Comptroller, and Richard Aborn for Manhattan D. ... More >>

Hell's Kitchen Neighbors March in Memoriam at Deadly 9th Ave Stretch

Not all this weekend's parades were as cheerful as the Puerto Rican Day festivities. Because the stretch of Ninth Avenue between 45th and 36th Streets has seen a lot of pedestrians run down by cars -- the most recent being art restorer Susanne M. Schnitzer, killed in a hit and run on April 9 -- th ... More >>

Bikes in Buildings Bill Blocked; Cycle Supporters Turn Up Heat

The Bicycle Access to Buildings Bill has been cooking in the city council for a while; last September councilmember David Yassky and his comrades at Transportation Alternatives were confident of quick (well, quick for government) passage of the bill, which would require commercial property owners to ... More >>

Lone Poll Surprise Shows Melinda Katz Neck-in-Neck with Liu for Comptroller

​WABC commissioned a poll on some local races, and found things as expected, with a few surprises. Bill Thompson mops the floor with Tony Avella for the Democratic Mayoral nomination, 52-11 percent, and Mark Green, the only public advocate candidate most people have heard of, takes 47 percent ... More >>

Did Comptoller Candidate John Liu Work in a Sweatshop? Daily News Doubts It

In a campaign season that has been practically devoid of controversy, Queens Councilman and frontrunner for City Comptroller John Liu got into a spat with the Daily News this weekend over whether he really did work in a sweatshop as a child. On Saturday, The News ran a story with the headline: "City ... More >>

Katz Takes Lead in Comptroller's Race

We told you it was a bad idea to underestimate Melinda Katz. The latest WABC poll shows that she has taken the lead in the city comptroller's race over nearest competitor John Liu, 27 percent to 21 percent. And this time she's ahead of "Undecided," too. David Yassky, despite the Times' endorsement, ... More >>

Local Races: Would-be D.A.s Debate Plaxico, Comptroller Vols Dish, Buscemi Speaks

​NY1 hosted a Manhattan D.A. candidates' debate last night, and sports fans will be interested to know they addressed the issue of Plaxico Burress, who was hounded into prison by Mayor Bloomberg. Cy Vance found the Mayor's comments "unnecessary," Richard Aborn defended them, and Leslie Crocker ... More >>

City Council Debates -- Now With More Racism!

​Outside the big top, smaller city races are starting to get hot. Recently there was debate among candidates to succeed Comptroller candidate John Liu in the city council, and the two white guys mixed it up, with Queens College student Constantine Kavadas claiming that retired medical research ... More >>

Primary Culler: Comptroller's Race Fluid, But Liu Grabs a Lead

​The city comptroller race is tight: the lead's been changing a lot, and a poll earlier this month showed Melinda Katz, David Yassky and John Liu covering a five-point spread. The most recent survey shows Liu grabbing a huge lead. David Weprin trails, but even after substantial coverage and $1 ... More >>

Candidates Make Last Push As Primary Looms

​ It's Primary Day. The candidates have been scrambling to make last minute subway pitches, spend their final dollars on radio and television ads, and send volunteers to push campaign literature in people's faces. So what does New York -- a city where so many people appear detached from local ... More >>

Barrett: Election Shakeup -- For the First time, a Likely Minority-Majority on the City Council

Margaret Chin​When the city council elects a new speaker in January, minorities are likely to hold an unprecedented five-vote majority in the 51-member body. The last time the council picked a speaker -- when Christine Quinn was elected in 2006 -- whites still held a one-vote majority. In Tu ... More >>

City Council Representative Yassky's Zigzag Path to the Runoff

A credibility gap for Comptroller wannabes

Election Day 2009: 6 Losers to Watch!

It's Election Day and, this being New York, no surprises are expected. As Runnin' Scared has no influence to peddle, we can afford to be brutally honest about this. The Mayor's reelection is treated as a foregone conclusion and, down-ticket, the Democrats are expected to romp (except in Staten Islan ... More >>

Mayor Funds de Blasio, Defends Gay Cab Duo; Is Snubbed By Liu, Who's Attacked by Koch

​Despite winning his third term, Mayor Bloomberg is still giving away money, offering an extra $850,000 to incoming Public Advocate Bill de Blasio to supplement his tiny budget, which had been cut by more than half by the Mayor and his city council allies last year. The Mayor photogenically m ... More >>

John Liu Sees a 'Dark Cloud' Over City Hall

Liu prepares to take over after beating Yassky to the comptroller bouquet​John Liu is taking no prisoners as he prepares for his January 1 launch as city comptroller. As the Post's David Seifman reports, Liu has informed 60 top managers at the office that their services won't be needed. At the ... More >>

Liu and Thompson Tag-Team on Bloomy Bank Accounts

​Mike Bloomberg got a taste of the kind of needling he may be getting next month when incoming comptroller John Liu takes office. Yesterday, Liu double-teamed with Bill Thompson to let the Mayor know that they're both a little disturbed that the Bloomberg team somehow lost track of 2,700 bank ... More >>

Simcha Felder Leaves Council, Will Serve as John Liu's Deputy

​City councilmember Simcha Felder is resigning to join new comptroller John Liu's office as Liu's deputy. The Times describes Felder as "a close ally" of Mayor Bloomberg who "flirted with the idea of working for the Bloomberg administration," so it may seem strange that Felder would team with ... More >>

Barrett: John Liu Names a Deputy Comptroller, Simcha Felder, Who Has Some Explaining To Do About His Views on Christine Quinn's Lesbianism

Given Simcha Felder's non-votes on Quinn, is he the best choice for deputy comptroller?​John Liu's announcement last week that he was appointing Brooklyn city councilman Simcha Felder to the post of deputy comptroller has stirred no controversy. Yet Felder is so out of step with Liu on gay and ... More >>

Gay Leaders React to John Liu's Appointment of Non-Supportive Simcha Felder

Felder: His Quinn no-vote makes some gay leaders squirm​by T.J. Raphael Last week Wayne Barrett criticized newly elected Comptroller John Liu for his appointment of Deputy Comptroller Simcha Felder, a city councilman who had refused to support human rights and gay equality bills that Liu him ... More >>

David Yassky Reportedly Up for Taxi Commissioner Job (Updated)

Mayor Bloomberg announced today that Taxi and Limousine Commissioner Matthew Daus is stepping down from his job. Guess who's being considered for the job? David Yassky, the former city councilmember who lost last year's primary for the Democratic nomination for comptroller (which was won by John Li ... More >>

Sadly, John Liu and Mike Bloomberg Don't Clash over Deadbeat Agency

​There were high hopes this morning that an audit finding by new comptroller John Liu that the city's development agency was hoarding $125 million it owes our cash-starved city would lead to the first big clash between the comptroller and the mayor. Alas, those hopes were shot down midway thr ... More >>

Is John Liu Really Ready for All the Attention?

Doesn't John Liu, the city's youngest comptroller in nearly four decades, often appear not-ready-for-prime-time? After previous befuddling behavior, Liu took to the podium at the recent state Democratic convention to put state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's name in nomination, an odd speaker selection ... More >>

CityTime Scandal Contractors Tried to Hire City Critic

​What to do when you're a private computer consultant whose project for the city is excruciatingly over-budget and falling way behind? Hey -- how about this? Offer the city supervisor a job! That's the approach taken by officials of the Virginia-based defense contracting company, Science Appli ... More >>

NYC's Computer-System Cash-Dump Disaster

New York City threw away a mountain of cash over a new computer system. Now, finally, someone is going to pay.

Today in El Diario: Women Dying For Mammograms

​Audit: Women might die waiting for their mammograms City Controller John C. Liu said that hundreds of New York's women will face dangerous waits for mammograms, according to the Spanish-language daily. Liu's announcement is the result of an internal audit of nine Health and Hospitals Corpo ... More >>

Gerard Denault, CityTime Project Manager, Fired For Raiding the Till

​The beleaguered lead contractor in the $800 million Citytime debacle has fired the project manager for paying himself for hours he didn't even work, Comptroller John Liu reports. Science Applications International Corp. tells the city that it has fired Gerard Denault, who was leading the com ... More >>

John Liu, City Comptroller, Defends Statements in CityTime Scandal

​Comptroller John Liu has issued a response to the feds for asking him to refrain from public comments on the ongoing CityTime scandal investigation. Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, had written Liu last month saying he hoped Liu would allow prosecutors and ... More >>

The Next Mayor? You Don't Care, Do You?

Aside from voter apathy and a weak field, the mayoral race is really shaping up.

John Liu, City Comptroller, Hires Former AG To Review Those Mysterious Campaign Donors

​For such a normally loquacious man, City Comptroller John Liu was comparatively mum in today's press release announcing he has ordered a "comprehensive independent review" of his campaign fundraising. Liu, known for flooding the email boxes of City Hall reporters, offered just 9 words about ... More >>

John Liu, City Comptroller, Under Federal Investigation For Alleged Campaign Shenanigans

​City Comptroller John Liu, who has won kudos for taking on the Bloomberg administration over cost overruns on consultant contracts, is being investigated by the Feds for campaign finance irregularities, the New York Times is reporting.

Comptroller John Liu: City Unemployment in Double Digits For Youth and Minorities

​Comptroller John Liu, a possible 2013 mayoral candidate, released a report yesterday that highlighted the disparities in unemployment rates across the city. At the end of 2011, the rate of unemployment was in the double digits for young people, blacks, and Hispanics -- and the rate was nearly ... More >>

It's Christine Quinn's Turn! Mayoral Hopeful Delivers State of City Speech

Sam Levin​This story might sound familiar. A mayoral hopeful gets on stage and delivers a speech about the state of things. The elected official takes the opportunity to set the groundwork for a mayoral campaign -- appealing to future voters through announcements of new initiatives and prior ... More >>