The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
... an attractive force. Electromagnetic forces can be attractive or repulsive.” That’s John Liu’s approach, for now. As a two-term councilman from Flushing, Mr. Liu aligned himself with the mayor on some issues...
The Daily Transom (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
John Liu and Michael Bloomberg met for a private meeting this morning, two weeks after Mr. Liu publicly rebuffed the mayor's invitation for a cup of coffee. At the time, Mr. Liu said he was too busy for a meeting, and then told the Times : "A long time ago, the people of New York decided there would be no king nor a monarch in New York City." As George Arzt told me later, Mr. Liu...
The Daily Transom (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
John Liu sat down with Azi Paybarah for a mid-morning, medium-rare hamburger ("and tell him not to press down on it, O.K.?"), and the comptroller-elect said he won't be as confrontational with the mayor as he seemed a couple days after the election. So what will his office be like? "An electromagnetic force," he said, "it's unlike gravity. Gravitational force is only...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
He had to wait almost two weeks, but Mayor Bloomberg finally wrangled a photo-op - of sorts - out of Comptroller-elect John Liu. After being snubbed by Liu for a post-Election Day sit-down, the mayor met with the comptroller-to-be for a private coffee klatch at Gracie Mansion earlier today. The get-together was confirmed to Azi by a Liu spokesperson. Unlike Bloomberg's high-public coffee with...
The Daily Transom (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Consultant George Arzt, who worked on the successful campaigns of both John Liu and Bill de Blasio, insisted on Friday that their reactions to Mayor Bloomberg's post-election phone call last week weren't as different as a story in The Times made it sound. In a story Thursday, The Times reported that de Blasio sat with the mayor for a "highly visible" cup of coffee, while John...
WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The first Asian-American elected to city-wide office, John Liu , New York City comptroller-elect , explains what he plans to accomplish in the next four years.
No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
WNYC Radio [The Brian Lehrer Show] New York City Comptroller-elect John Liu gets asked by "Lenore in Brooklyn" about the Atlantic Yards project, beginning at about the 10:20 mark. Says Liu: "Large developments like Atlantic Yards... have used up quite a bit of taxpayer subsidy in exchange for promises; the promises have been slow to materialize. I will use the full audit powers...
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Just a day after his less-than-spectacular victory over Bill Thompson, Mayor Bloomberg has already begun reaching out to two of his fiercest critics — public advocate Bill de Blasio and comptroller John Liu. Bloomberg grabbed a very public cup of coffee with De Blasio earlier this morning, but Liu, apparently, isn't ready to make nice just yet. As the Times reported today, "when the...
WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Democrat John Liu has won a decisive victory in the race for New York City Comptroller. The Queens Councilman has made history, becoming the first Asian-American elected to citywide office. They pretty much knew they were having a victory party at John Liu's headquarters in Midtown. In fact, you could see the optimism on the candidate's face when we caught up with him earlier tonight...
NYDailyNews (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
John Liu made history on Tuesday becoming the first Asian-American controller in the city, and doing it with a whopping margin.
New York Post (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
In a landslide election, Queens City Council member John Liu (D-Flushing) was elected as city comptroller and the first Asian-American to win a citywide election.With 99 percent of the vote counted at press time Liu received 76 percent of the vote (6...
Ednotes Online - The Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... 2012 mayoral election. Quinn? A Bloomie suckup. DeBlasio has a history of accommodating Bloomberg. Liu gives no quarter. And has the guts to do it. He showed up at the CPE founding convention and seems willing to lay waste to Bloomberg on education and other issues. How gratified to read in yesterday's Times: ...when the mayor tried to meet with John C. Liu...Mr. Liu could not find time...
NYDailyNews (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
It was Democratic mayoral candidate William Thompson's appeal for votes in Chinatown on Monday - but the crowd was all about controller nominee John Liu.
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Comptroller-elect John Liu has tapped former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall to head his transition team, an aide to Liu confirmed. McCall endorsed Liu against Councilman David Yassky during the comptroller runoff in September, praising the independence the Queens lawmaker showed by "standing up to the mayor and the leadership of the Council" on term limits. By selecting McCall,...
Queens Crap (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
A) I never signed up for this spam. B) John Liu is no Barack Obama. C) They praise "diverse communities" then follow that up by repeatedly mentioning only Asians. D) Insiders are considering him a contender for mayor after Bloomberg is out of the way? The only insider saying that is Johnny.
