Liu establishes coalition to halt foreclosures by pressuring banks
Posted by Connor Adams Sheets in City Comptroller, City Offices on August 26, 2010 | No Comments
“Unresponsive staff, misinformation and repeated requests for paperwork — the red tape and bureaucracy New Yorkers often cite as they struggle to save their homes — are symptoms of a system that lacks incentives for banks to take action and find solutions,” Liu said. “It’s time to engage in identifying the best practices and solutions.”
Liu sees signs of recovery in city’s economic outlook
Posted by Connor Adams Sheets in City Comptroller, City Offices on August 12, 2010 | No Comments
“I am optimistic about where New York City is and where it’s headed,” he said Aug. 5 at a roundtable discussion with reporters from Queens media outlets at his headquarters at 1 Centre St. in Manhattan. “I think we’ve recovered a little quicker and a little better than some other municipalities.”
Keep W train: West Qns. pols
Posted by Nathan Duke in Assembly, City Comptroller, City Council, District 19, District 22, District 36 on December 23, 2009 | No Comments
Astoria’s elected officials blasted the city’s decision to shut down its W train service last week, saying thousands of western Queens residents rely on the subway to commute to Manhattan. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted Dec. 16 in favor of subway service cuts that would include eliminating Astoria’s W train completely in the spring. The [...]
Campaign staffer steals $4K from Liu: Police
Posted by Connor Adams Sheets in City Comptroller, City Council, District 20 on December 16, 2009 | No Comments
City Comptroller-elect and City Councilman John Liu (D-Flushing) was recently ripped off for thousands of dollars by a member of his own staff impersonating his high-profile boss, according to police. Campaign staffer Lawrence Semmons, 24, of Brooklyn, allegedly stole Liu’s routing and account numbers from a paycheck, police said, then made three payments totaling $3,919 [...]
Bloomy spent $102 million to be mayor for third round
Posted by Ivan Pereira in City Comptroller, Mayor on December 2, 2009 | No Comments
How much does it cost to win a third mayoral term in New York City? The answer, according to the latest information released by the city Campaign Finance Board Friday, is $102 million. That is how much Mayor Michael Bloomberg doled out in his tight victory over city Comptroller William Thompson. The mayor, who used [...]
Liu fined $543,900 for campaign signs
Posted by Connor Adams Sheets in Assembly, City Comptroller, City Council, District 20, District 24, Mayor on December 2, 2009 | No Comments
The city has fined City Councilman John Liu’s (D-Flushing) successful campaign for city comptroller more than $500,000 for illegally posting signs, according to the city Sanitation Department. His campaign was issued 7,252 summonses, generating $543,900 in potential fines, for signs posted on light poles and along streets in ways that violate city law, Sanitation spokesman [...]
Qns. GOP seats 3 on Council
Posted by Jeremy Walsh in City Comptroller, City Council, District 19, District 20, District 32, Mayor on November 11, 2009 | No Comments
During an election marked by turmoil over term limits and a tempestuous Democratic primary season, Queens Republicans last week gained two seats in the City Council and solidified their hold over a third in a borough where the GOP is heavily outnumbered. Flushing businessman Peter Koo triumphed over Yen Chou, a former aide to Councilman [...]
Vallone retains City Council seat
Posted by Nathan Duke in City Comptroller, City Council, District 22 on November 4, 2009 | No Comments
City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) fended off Green Party candidate Lynne Serpe and Populist Jerry Kann Tuesday to retain his seat for a third term. Vallone, the son of former Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr., took a total of 74 percent of the vote, while Serpe garnered 23 percent and Kann took 2 percent. [...]
Voters return Marshall, mayor as Liu swept in as comptroller
Posted by Anna Gustafson in Borough President, City Comptroller, Mayor, Public Advocate on November 4, 2009 | No Comments
Saying issues like crime, education and affordable housing drove them to the polls Tuesday, Queens residents helped to re-elect Helen Marshall as borough president and Mayor Michael Bloomberg to the city’s highest office by a narrow, while sending John Liu (D-Flushing) to the comptroller’s office as the first Asian American to win a citywide office. [...]
Queens leaders march against anti-gay attack
Posted by Nathan Duke in Borough President, City Comptroller, City Council, Congress, District 19, District 20, District 22, District 24 on October 22, 2009 | No Comments
Hundreds of borough residents and a crush of elected officials representing Queens and beyond marched down College Point Boulevard last weekend to speak out against hate crimes following the brutal beating of an openly gay College Point man earlier this month. The march, which drew a number of high-profile office holders at the city, state [...]
Liu calls for education and development reform
Posted by Nathan Duke in City Comptroller on October 14, 2009 | No Comments
City Councilman John Liu (D-Flushing) said he plans to implement reforms to the city comptroller’s office within his first six months in office should he defeat Republican Joseph Mendola in the Nov. 3 election. Liu, first elected to the Council in 2001, defeated Councilman David Yassky (D-Brooklyn) in the Sept. 29 runoff election for the [...]
Liu wins comptroller runoff amid low turnout
Posted by Nathan Duke in City Comptroller, Public Advocate on October 1, 2009 | 4 Comments
Councilman John Liu (D-Flushing) defeated Councilman David Yassky (D-Brooklyn) in the run-off election Tuesday to determine who would take the Democratic slot in the Nov. 3 race to replace city Comptroller William Thompson. Liu captured 55.6 percent of the vote in the run-off, while Yassky took 44.4 percent of the light turnout, according to unofficial [...]
