Federal Court Rules CFB Right at Taking Matching Funds Away from Liu
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A federal judge ruled the New York City Campaign Finance Board was justified when it denied John Liu, a former city comptroller, public matching funds during his unsuccessful 2013 bid for mayor, the Journal reports:
Federal Court Rules CFB Right at Taking Matching Funds Away from Liu
Liu Discovers Reality to Concede
BATTLEGROUND: LONG ISLAND: The balance of power in the State Senate will most likely be determined by a couple of close races on Long Island, writes Jerry Kremer in an op-ed for City & State
Voters Vote For Familiar Names in Avella Liu Race
Mapping a victory pattern in the Avella district(Capital) The results by portion of Assembly District show that Tony Avella won the vote in the parts of the Senate district that overlap with Assembly Districts 26 and 27. These areas cover large portions of Avella's former New York City Council district.In portions of the Senate district that had close to equal numbers of registered Democratic voters from Liu's and Avella's old City Council districts, Liu had more votes. The 25th Assembly District portion had 20 percent of its registered Democratic voters from Avella's old City Council district and 17 percent from Liu's City Council district. Liu won this portion of the district with 54 percent of the vote. In the 40th Assembly district portion, Liu's old district covers 58 percent of registered Democratic voters and Avella's covers 41 percent. Liu won this portion with 53 percent of the vote.
Liu 2.0?
The
former city controller has downplayed his jam-packed schedule of
political appearances, but observers say he could be planning to run for
office again.
Liu sues city for blocking $3.8M in public funds during mayoral bid
__________________________________Liu's 25 Year Old Goes to Jail
Liu Sues Bloomberg Access to Tax Records
New York City Comptroller John Liu has sued the Bloomberg administration in state Supreme Court for refusing to provide access to corporate tax records, accusing the city of blocking his auditing effortsLiu Sues City for Corporation Tax Records(WSJ)
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Liu Fundraiser & Treasurer Go to Jail
Former Liu Associates Avoid Lengthy Sentences for Fund-Raising Scheme(NYT)
John Liu Rages at U.S. Attorney After Ex-Treasurer Sentenced to Prison(NYO)
Liu’s campaign aides sentenced to jail(NYDN)
Liu slammed the US attorney for pursuing the case, which he has consistently deemed a “witch hunt.”* Former Liu Associates Are Sentenced(NYT) * Liu's Ex-Aide, Supporter Sentenced(WSJ)
City and State Loser of the Week Xingwu Pan and Jia Hou – While City Comptroller John Liu attended galas and parties across the city, two of his top campaign aides received prison sentences this week for their roles in a straw donor fundraising scandal to boost Liu’s mayoral campaign. Both defendants asked for no jail time – instead they got four and 10 months respectively. After Hou and Pan’s sentencing, Liu fired some potshots against the Feds on their behalf, and with good reason–after all, their conviction helped torpedo his mayoral campaign.***Liu Saved $$$#Liu said he saved the city $5 billion as #NYC comptroller.
Liu’s campaign aides sentenced to jail(NYDN)
Liu slammed the US attorney for pursuing the case, which he has consistently deemed a “witch hunt.”* Former Liu Associates Are Sentenced(NYT) * Liu's Ex-Aide, Supporter Sentenced(WSJ)
City and State Loser of the Week Xingwu Pan and Jia Hou – While City Comptroller John Liu attended galas and parties across the city, two of his top campaign aides received prison sentences this week for their roles in a straw donor fundraising scandal to boost Liu’s mayoral campaign. Both defendants asked for no jail time – instead they got four and 10 months respectively. After Hou and Pan’s sentencing, Liu fired some potshots against the Feds on their behalf, and with good reason–after all, their conviction helped torpedo his mayoral campaign.***Liu Saved $$$
3/12/2013
John Liu
John Liu's mystery spox reportedly confirms kickoff * Funny how some things work. City Comptroller John Liu's office responded to a Politicker posting that he plans to formally announce for mayor on Sunday with a confirmation -- from a no-name e-mail account. The posting is here. Maybe, instead of going the traditional route, the Liu campaign can next whisper the details of the announcement by calling reporters from an ID-blocked cell phone....
2/26/2013
More Liu Problems
John Liu Staffer Suspended After Arrest in Alleged Kickback Scheme(NYO)
2/2/2013
Mental Health Of Liu's Bundler Delays Trial
Judge Postpones Trial Tied to Liu Fundraising(WSJ) A trial involving allegations of donor fraud in city Comptroller John Liu's
campaign was postponed Friday because one of the defendants, a
fundraiser, is suffering from an undisclosed medical condition. Judge
cited a report he just received regarding Mr. Pan's "mental-health
condition."* Conspiracy Trial For Two Former Liu Aides To Be Delayed (NY1)
1/31/2013
Yesterday True News Said
John Liu Political Life Goes On Trial
John Liu Political Life Goes On Trial
Today NYT Reports
2 Campaign Aides Going on Trial, but Comptroller May Face Judgment(NYT) Sources say that the federal investigation into New York City Comptroller John Liu’s campaign finances is nearing an end, with wiretaps failing to yield enough evidence to support charges against him *Trial Pits Liu's Aide, Ex-Backers(WSJ) * Sharon Lee, a former aide to New York City Comptroller John Liu, is expected to testify that she solicited "straw donations" for her ex-boss's campaign. But a prosecutor also says "We don't expect her to say anyone instructed her." [Robert Gearty]as The New York Times pointed out, “[C]ourt filings have already presented an unflattering portrait of Mr. Liu … and his campaign finances, raising questions about his management style, his character and what he might have known about any misconduct. In essence, the trial could render a public judgment on him.”
1/30/2013
John Liu Political Life Goes On Trial
A former press secretary for New York City Comptroller John Liu will testify that she sought illegal straw donations from her family and friends for his campaign, while Liu’s lawyer insists he knew nothing, the Post reports:* Chinese-Language Media Tell A Different Story Of Liu’s Ordeal (City and State)| * Aides Go to Trial, but Liu Faces Judgment (NYt)
1/29/2013
John Liu Political Life Goes On Trial
Solicitations by Liu Aide Will Be Focus in Fraud Case(NYT) RT @davidwchen Fed prosecutor says jury in @JohnCLiu campaign $ trial could "infer that their actions were coordinated” .@JohncLiu
aide "is expected to testify for the government under an order of
immunity...The aide, Sharon Lee, who once served as press secretary for
the
comptroller’s office, is expected to testify for the government under an
order of immunity at the trial next week of Mr. Liu’s former campaign
treasurer, Jia Hou, a federal prosecutor said in court.
1/25/2013
How Does Lui Prepare for His Testimony for Taking the Witness Stand In the Trial of His Treasure and Contributor, With His Science Project
1/22/2013
John Liu's La Cosa Nostra Funding Rasing "Thing of Ours"
Mei Hua Ru said Liu’s enemies “have taken aim at this thing of ours” during a 2011 phone call, according to the Manhattan federal court filing. “This thing of ours” is a literal translation of the Italian words “La Cosa Nostra,” which refers to the organized-crime hierarchy that includes New York’s infamous “Five Families.”
It is All About Liu
John Liu: Twice a liar(Queens Crap)
From the NY Post: John Liu hasn’t officially announced, but he’s already recycling an
old — and debunked — tale about working in a sweatshop while growing up
in Queens. So far the mayoral campaign is missing the words - growth , jobs, opportunity,prosperity.
1/18/2013
Liu Pay to Work
Raising the Eyebrows of Government Watchdogs
Raising the Eyebrows of Government Watchdogs
Other bundlers who work for Liu’s city office include his deputy general counsel, Phil Hom, who raised $5,240. Most of the money raised is eligible for 6 to 1 city matching funds.
1/15/2013
You Thing the Feds are Trying To Get Chung Seto To Talk About Something?
Liu’s aide pulling strings(NYP) Lurking campaign adviser not even a city employee
1/13/2013
Will Still Be A Go for Liu After the Trials of His Treasure and Contributor?
Liu Says Other Embattled Candidates for Mayor
"There are other investigations concerning my possible rivals that are, as far as anybody can tell, ongoing because the government has never said 'We're finished.'" Liu later said he was referring to Quinn's handling of a Council slush-fund scandal, which came to light under her watch but started years earlier.
1/12/2013
Jury Selection Question: Do You Think John Liu is Corrupt?
1/8/2013
John Liu Has No Problem Being ‘Embattled’(NYO)
Pols at @JohnCLiu party: peter vallone, comrie, recchia,
@JumaaneWilliams, robert jackson
#2013
John Liu’s Supporters Wish Him ‘Happy Birthday, Mr. Mayor’
John Liu’s Supporters Wish Him ‘Happy Birthday, Mr. Mayor’
1/6/2013
Liu on Oliver Pan Witness List
Liu May Testify In Fraud Case Of Campaign Fundraiser(NY1) * Messages Are in Dispute in Liu Fundraising Case(NYT) As the case into John C. Liu’s fundraising continues, a defense lawyer
wants to block potentially incriminating communications that he said
have nothing to do with the charges against the defendant.* 
David W. Chen
1/3/2013
Adding up the proposals from the city's chief accountant as he hurtles toward the 2013 mayor's race
Michael Powell
Liu, under cloud or no, delivers interesting substantive speech. @thenyworld State of visibility for Comptroller Liu
John Liu Says He Has Nothing to Hide
NY1 Online: City Comptroller Responds To Ongoing Fundraising Investigation (NY1)
Do As I Say Liu Says Pay All Your Parking Fines
Don't Do As I Do Liu Does Not Pay His Poster Fines
Feds Push Team Liu Back
FBI Pushes Back On Liu and His Lawyers
Mr. Liu also gave a pretty great quote on the investigation to the Queens Chronicle, we have to say:
“I’ve got nothing to hide. A couple of weeks ago I was shocked to learn the FBI had been tapping my phone for 18 months. And it’s been more than a year since they finished tapping my phone. Not only my phone, but nine others that are somehow associated with me. I could have saved them a lot of money because if they had told me they were interested, I’ve got unlimited 3-way calling. I could have just dialed them in.”
Mayor Bloomberg rightly takes power to set wages for some city workers away from city controller (NYDN
Ed) John Liu had been overly generous with taxpayer mone* Mike to the
Rescue (NYP Ed) Bloomberg signed an executive order Wednesday yanking
the comptroller’s century-old power to set wages for about 10,000
unionized city employees, including carpenters, electricians and other
trades. The NYP charges that that arrangement lets politicians like Liu
curry favor with labor — his biggest political backers and big-time
campaign donors — by offering them preposterous pay hikes year after
year. In the last decade alone, the city has lost some $600 million
this way.
Liu Hangs On to His Job and Get Good Press
Audits Find Flaws in City’s Property Assessments(NYT) The city’s Finance Department didn’t warn homeowners about changes in its assessment methods, and it relied too much on a flawed computer system, Comptroller John C. Liu found. A pair of audits by Comptroller John Liu found that the Bloomberg administration failed to notify homeowners about changes to the way the city assessed values of their condos or co-ops, leading an unexpected spike in property taxes last year, * Assessments Had Flaws, Audit Says(WSJ) * Liu: Adjusted Property Tax Formula Cost Homeowners In 2011(NY1) * Controller finds flaws in property assessments(NYDN)
Weak Liu Powers Being Pick Off
Mayor Bloomberg is moving to regulate pay of unionized city trade workers, taking the power away from the City Controller (NYDN) Mayor blames Controller's office with approving 'inflated deals' that have cost city $680 million over last decade. Bloomberg dumped a century-old rule allowing the comptroller to set wages for certain employees, the Daily News reports. Unions representing carpenters, plumbers and other trades will now have to negotiate their salaries * John Liu’s Campaign No Longer Collecting $800 Checks(NYO)
Union Leader Says Liu is Being Picked On
Labor Leader Applelbaum who Says Liu is Singled Out must have never heard of former councilman Sheldon S. Leffler who was convicted of a campaign fraud scheme
Labor boss: Leave poor little Liu alone(NYP)
“I think he’s been singled out in a way that’s unfair,” Stuart
Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store
Union, said of the mounting criticism of Liu amid a criminal
investigation of his campaign finances. “Perhaps it has something to do
with the important things that the comptroller has been doing for the
99 percent of the people in this city and not the 1 percent of the
city.” RWDSU
President Stuart Applebaum, who recently hosted a breakfast fundraiser
for John Liu attended by 38 union leaders, says the comptroller is
being treated more harshly than other politicians accused of shady fundraising practices
Liu Campaign Has More Problems Following the Law
The attorney for John Liu's indicted campaign treasurer is removed from campaign payroll
The One Lawyer Who No Longer Works for Liu (C&S)
Missing
from the high-priced legal names in City Comptroller John Liu’s most
recent off-cycle campaign filing? Martin Adelman, the attorney
representing Liu’s indicted former campaign treasurer Jia Hou, whose
retainer fees were previously being paid by the Liu campaign. Campaign
finance experts wondered whether Liu had violated campaign finance laws
by paying Adelman. The laws are notably silent on the issue of using
campaign funds to pay for criminal defense. Critics also wondered
whether Adelman’s fees represented a conflict of interest that would
prevent Hou from being able to testify against her former employer. Liu
spokesman George Arzt confirmed that Adelman was no longer being paid by
the campaign.(C&S) * Lawyer for Liu's Campaign Treasurer Gave Back Retainer Fee(C&S)* The lawyer is no longer doing legal work for his campaign either.
Doors are Closing On Liu
John Liu shifted his rhetoric about his 2013 plans rather suddenly.
The New Teflon Don John Liu Soft Ball NY1 Interview
Liu all but double-dog-dared the feds to indict
Godspeed, Preet Bharara(NYP Ed) “Prove something,” Liu demanded— directing his challenge in no uncertain terms at US Attorney Preet Bharara, who has already arrested Liu’s former campaign treasurer on obstruction of justice and wire-fraud charges. NYP saysU.S. Attorney Preet Bharara should heed City Comptroller John Liu’s challenge to “prove something” about Liu’s questionable fundraising before next year’s elections,
Liu Back To Raising Money And Spinning on NY1 how His Office is Still Working 4 The People
NY1 Exclusive: Fundraising Investigation Does Not Deter Comptroller Liu From 2013 Plans * John Liu Knows What He’s Going to Do Next Year; Expects More Allegations(NYO) * John Liu, undeterred: 'If there is anything that my campaign is guilty of... then prove it (Capital)
A Liu Code of Silence
New indictment could add 'another defendant' in Liu campaign-cash scandal: feds(NYP)The feds have apparently been unable to flip either of two defendants charged with funneling illegal campaign contributions to embattled city Comptroller John Liu. * John Liu’s campaign spokesman on Dan Garodnick’s candidacy: “Dan is a perceptive politician who knows of some of the private conversations John has had recently. The announcement today is a smart move on his part to get a jump on his competitors. John wishes him well.” * Garodnick wants to get out there in front of the inevitable Chung Seto indictment,” said one Democratic insider.
The NYP & DN Bangs On Liu All Week
John Liu, liar(NYP) * Friday Liu letter bombshell (NYP) Comptroller’s ethics waiver ‘missing’ * Thursday Liu’s aide pulling strings(NYP)Comptroller John Liu has turned to his top political adviser, Chung Seto, for more than just campaign advice — he has actually let her run much of his office, even though she is not a city employee. Liu’s crapshoot (NYP) Nixing re-elex with eye on mayor bid * The Daily News Also mails show John Liu instructed his ex-treasurer, objected to Campaign Finance Board instructions (NYDN) City Controller's a real nitpicker, too, staffer says
When The Post uncovered e-mails revealing that Liu has been paying his political guru with campaign cash to help run his city office, Liu just swore he had a letter from ethics officials certifying the dubious arrangement as A-OK. But like most everything that comes out of Liu’s mouth, the assertion was false. No such letter from the Conflicts of Interest Board exists,
“This is a clear, blatant attempt to circumvent the city’s ethics law. You can’t exempt yourself by contract from the ethics law or any other law,” said Susan Lerner, director of Common Cause New York.
Liu speaker invites dry up after $candal (NYP) Embattled Comptroller John Liu — once one of the city’s most sought-after political speakers — has been taken off the guest lists of many New York civic groups, sources told The Post.
Liu Backs His Indicted 25 Year Old Treasurer
Liu backs $$ gal(NYP) Embattled city Comptroller John Liu sprang to the defense of his indicted campaign treasurer and defiantly insisted his staff did everything it could to make sure donations were legal, despite federal charges against the treasurer and a key fund-raiser. Embattled Comptroller John Liu sprang to the defense of his indicted campaign treasurer and insisted his staff did everything it could to make sure donations were legal*Liu: 911 upgrade is $1B over budget(CainsNY) * Audit: City 911 Call System Is $1B Overbudget, Seven Years Behind Schedule (NY1)
Liu Campaign Saw Nothing, No Corruption
Liu: "Not our responsibility’ to check donors"
“I don’t believe it’s our campaign’s responsibility or any campaign’s responsibility to verify the home address, to verify the work address, to essentially run a credit check on any donor,” Liu said in response to allegations that his campaign made use of straw donors who funneled illegal contributions from wealthy individuals into the campaign. |
| Welcome Hon. Liu |
Yesterday New York's Version of Ali Baba and the
Liu-nacy! Embattled comp advises pols on money(NYP) Beleaguered city Comptroller John Liu’s campaign treasurer is facing fraud charges and his entire political fund-raising operation is ensnared in a federal probe — but, without a hint of irony, the Queens pol advised City Hall yesterday on how to manage its finances.
Does NY Have No Sense of Decency?
It was Flack George Arzt that sent him there as part of an effort to hang on in the middle of a major corruption trial. On
June 9, 1954, the 30th day of the Army-McCarthy Hearings Joseph Welch
blasted the Senator McCarthy for having no morality. Nothing like that
happened in the press or the council yesterday. The council thieves
recognizing one of their own welcomed Liu warmly is no shocker. What
is very troubling is the press and not one pol has questioned Liu and
Arzt on using hou's cult like family whose loyalty is so crazy that they look a a long prison term for their daughter as an opportunity for more college credit. In other words the Liu cover-up has become more important of than the crime.
National Press Break Cover Ups, NYC Press Suck Up
Last
year the national press broke the Weiner cover up that his computer was
hacked. Nixon Watergate is another cover up broken by the press. The
problem is the NYC's press are easy marks for flack like Artz. By being
Patsies for Arzt's Liu Normalcy spin the media
has become an active enabler of a corrupt comptroller and his teams
efforts to abuse a clueless 25 year to cover up the looting of the
cities budget by the very person who is supposed to be protecting it.
Un-comptrol yourself, rival tells Liu(NYP) The comptroller’s credibility has been so severely undermined that he can no longer do his job effectively,” said Tom Allon, a Manhattan publisher of a local newspaper chain.
Liu's Flack Lies For A Living
Asked by the Daily Politics to respond to Allon's broadside, Liu campaign spokesman George Arzt replied, "Who?"
Tom Allon Tweet Responds to Artz
Sorry Liu spokesman has amnesia. We've met 50+ times, including recently at a dinner. Nice attempt to deflect from problem.
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Mayor Candidate Says Get Out Liu Because You Can't Do Your Job
Wimp City: Is the entire city watching Liu set up a 25 year old to take the fall for his corruption?
Mayoral Candidate Allon Liu Out
Un-comptrol yourself, rival tells Liu(NYP)
“I do not know if the charges against Comptroller John Liu’s campaign
associates are true, or whether the comptroller will be implicated in
the US attorney’s ongoing investigation, but the bottom line is that the
comptroller’s credibility has been so severely undermined that he can
no longer do his job effectively,” said Tom Allon, a Manhattan
publisher of a local newspaper chain. @TomAllon4Mayor can you compare what @johncliu is accused of doing to what @chriscquinn did re: st. vincents? worse? not as bad?* NY Mayor: John Liu. Dead candidate walking.(Daily Kos) * Asked by the Daily Politics to respond to Allon's broadside, Liu campaign spokesman George Arzt replied, "Who?"
Containes Important Clue on Liu's Future
Hou's Mother Shocking Cult Like Statement
Community Loyalty Thumps Daughter's Future
In the daily newspaper World Journal the mother of Jia Hou, John Liu's indicted campaign treasure describes her own daughter arrest as a sacrifice for the Chinese community. That if it wasn't jenny it would be someone else. That what Jia and Liu do is not for him but for the whole Chinese community. Unlike her mother Jenny seems to be all alone. The NYP reports that a day after she was slapped with federal fraud charges for alleged illegal fund-raising on behalf of John Liu’s mayoral campaign, Jia “Jenny” Hou described New York as a “cruel city” and questioned who can be trusted. “Sometimes I think, in this cruel city, is it only your conscience that can be trusted but no one else?” Hou posted in Chinese Wednesday night on Weibo, a Facebook-style Chinese social network.
Why Liu Has Not Ruled Out the Mayor's Race
Community loyalty of A Troubled Family Keeps Liu in mayors race and in Office
Despite their daughter facing 60 years in prison the parents of Jenny Hou are fully supportive of John Liu. In
fact, her mother claimed Hou is not blaming Liu but actually consoling
him. Jenny even gave Liu comfort and said, ‘How come you are not as calm
as my parents?’ ” Hou’s mom, Sui Xiang Zhu, recounted when Liu spoke
with Hou following the arrest of his campaign aide Tuesday. Her mom
also said that Hou will work to get her master’s degree — even in prison
if necessary. “She’s so young, and for her life, this can be a good
thing for her,” Zhu said. Liu gal’s ‘cruel’ fate (NYP) $$ aide’s Web note after bust * Many Questions, Few Answers as Liu Takes a Walk (WSJ)
Dogged by a pack of reporters following him through Lower Manhattan,
New York City Comptroller John Liu did his best to appear untroubled. *Liu Keeps Up Campaign Appearances Amid Fundraising Scandal(NY1) * Comptroller @JohnCLiu maintaining his public sked today, with a noon event in Manhattan & a 9 pm Lunar New Year event in Queens* Labor leaders afraid to speak with embattled city Controller John Liu, sources say
(NYDN) Investigation into Liu's mayoral campaign has some union bigs
leery * Chinese-language newspapers are covering Liu very favorably,
because they're an extension of the communist government. [Epoch Times] * Labor leaders fear that Liu may actually be wearing a wire. * Liu is skilled at giving non-answers to reporters. * Ruben Diaz, Sr. is not happy with the new congressional lines.
Flack Artz and Seto Plan Cover-Up Based On Hou's Family Blind Loyalty
For his part, Liu yesterday parried questions at a Chinatown event following a strategy session with his campaign manager, Chung Seto, and public-relations guru George Arzt. Seto declined comment when confronted by The Post. Arzt is working with Seto who according to press reports is very involved in the activities that led to the federal charges against Ms. Hou. Part of the charges against Hou is interfering with a federal investigation. Which is exactly with Arzt, Seto and Hou's families may be doing. Is there any limits to scam flack Arzt would not pull on New Yorkers for $$$ and power. Reporters have to understand that heartless Liu and Arzt are using a 25 year old girl as a mark. The old mob La Cosa Nostra would be proud that John Liu team is Rat Free. * The long-march approach to media management isn't working for Liu. [Courtney Gross]
The
Feds Broke John Gotti and will break this clueless family on the
serious jail time and dangerous life Ms. Hou is facing. The Enablers
Arzt and Seto Belong in Jail For What They Are Doing to This Young Girl.
Only A Punk Would Allow A 25 Year Old Take the Fall . . . Why Liu Must Go Now
Insider Says: Liu Pays for Hou Lawyer in An Effort to Keep her From Talking But A Father's Revenge Lurks
A Chung Seto Conspiracy?
Comptroller
John Liu said Jia Hou, his campaign treasurer, was not hung out to dry,
but a source tells the Daily News she was the fall person for top
adviser Chung Seto and that Hou’s father would likely push her to
implicate. Comptroller seems a goner for Hizzoner following fund-raising scandal(NYP) * Defiant Liu Weighs Race For Mayor
(NYP) Liu, who has denied any wrongdoing, said he is still considering a
run for mayor, but declined to say whether he had been interviewed by
authorities in the investigation
Liu Still Reeling from Staffer’s Arrest, Focuses on Future(WNYC) *
Liu Distances Himself From His Campaign's Day-To-Day Actions(NY1)* Liu comes to defense of treasurer(NYDN) * Liu seems a goner for Hizzoner(NYP) * Liu hints he might abandon run for mayor in light of scandal (NYP) *John Liu Says He's Still Eyeing Office Run In 2013(Huff Post) * Liu Keeps Up Campaign Appearances Amid Fundraising Scandal (NY1)
Liu Distances Himself From His Campaign's Day-To-Day Actions(NY1)* Liu comes to defense of treasurer(NYDN) * Liu seems a goner for Hizzoner(NYP) * Liu hints he might abandon run for mayor in light of scandal (NYP) *John Liu Says He's Still Eyeing Office Run In 2013(Huff Post) * Liu Keeps Up Campaign Appearances Amid Fundraising Scandal (NY1)
True News Wags the Media Yesterday: Liu knew he needed an inexperienced patsy to carry out your illegal operation.
Every
other citywide campaign spends thousands of dollars to hire a
professional company who understand the very unique and demanding rules
of the Campaign Finance Board, not comptroller Liu. Johnny boy put in
change a 25 year old inexperienced volunteer in his 2009 in change of
the finance of his mayoral campaign. Why?
Because Liu knew that hiring a profession group like the other mayoral
campaigns have would never go for "straw donors." Liu knew he needed an
inexperienced patsy to carry out your illegal operation.
Liu's Fall Girl
Jia (Jenny) Hou, busted on charges of campaign finance fraud, was not hung out to dry, Controller John Liu says (NYDN) 'Jenny is a very capable young individual and she is capable as compared to anyone of any age' * The comptroller kept up a full schedule of campaign-like events despite his growing troubles.* Did John Liu’s Campaign Set Up a Poorly Paid 25-Year-Old to Take the Fall?(NY Magazine) * Liu Insists Arrested 25-Yr-Old Campaign Treasurer Is Not A Patsy (Gothamist)
Where Have You Gone Bella Abzug?
Will the Public, Papers and Pols Demand Liu Stop Lying and Leave Or Have We Become A City of Wimps?
NYC Comptroller John Liu insisted his treasurer, Jia (Jenny) Hou, was not “hung out to dry,” but her age and inexperience has sparked questions about whether she’s the designated fall guy for Liu’s top advisor, Chung Seto. * Manhattan BP Scott Stringer isn’t commenting on the troubles of NYC Comptroller (and potential Stringer 2013 mayoral rival) John Liu.
Johnny We Hardly Knew Ye: The Final Days of John Liu
Liu Plausible Deniability Plan ExplodesLatest Sign Liu is Out Of It Liu Paying Treasurer’s Legal Bills, Raising New Questions (C&S)
Every
other citywide campaign spends thousands of dollars to hire a
professional company who understand the very unique and demanding rules
of the Campaign Finance Board, not comptroller Liu. Johnny boy put in
change a 25 year old inexperienced volunteer in his 2009 in change of
the finance of his mayoral campaign.
Why?
Because Liu knew that hiring a profession group like the other mayoral
campaigns have would never go for "straw donors." Liu knew he needed an
inexperienced patsy to carry out your illegal. That why he hired Ms.
Hou as his treasure. In an instant message, Ms. Hou indicated
she has a close working relationship with Mr. Liu, according to the
complaint. When a volunteer expressed concern about having information
about fund-raisers on a form that gets submitted to the Campaign
Finance Board, Ms. Hou replied, "[Mr. Liu] never gave me clear
instructions on that." Professional CFB consultants that the other
mayoral candidates use do not need instructions on what is legal and
illegal.
It
one thing for an inexperienced candidate to put a volunteer in charge
of his fund raising but Liu has run for city council 3 times and for
comptroller knew exactly what he was doing. The poor mother of the very
used and abused Ms. Hou still does not understand the
seriousness of the charges against her daughter. Ms. Hou's mother said
in a brief interview. "It is all a game of politics."* Jia Hua, John Liu's campaign treasurer,
likely has the option to "trade up" to federal prosecutors, according
to noted defense lawyer Benjamin Brafman. “If you are the campaign
treasurer, and you can give them the candidate, you can get a lot of
mileage in an effort to cooperate with the government."
Liu: I Am Shocked That Gambling Was Going On in My Campaign
Hou's Indictment Papers Say Liu Knew
Federal
authorities recount in the complaint Ms. Hou's alleged role in the
August fund-raising event that resulted in Mr. Pan's arrest last year.
Those allegations recount a conversation between Mr. Pan and an
undercover FBI agent in which Mr. Pan suggests Mr. Liu understood that
money was being funneled illegally.
Consultant
Lobbyist George Artz who has made millions misleading the very gullible
press have stuck to there BS story that Liu is shocked. It just is so
fake to hear the comptroller last night say he was "rather stunned"
when he heard of Ms. Hou's arrest. He now join the ranks of OJ by
claiming after Mr. Pam was arrest last month that his staff is
cooperating with federal agents. George Arzt, a spokesman for Mr. Liu,
said Ms. Hou would take a "hiatus" from the campaign. He said she
voluntarily stepped away from the campaign. Does Artz really think he
is helping Liu by saying that the under criminal indictmented Hou is
taking a voluntary leave from Liu campaign?
Ms.
Hou used "straw donors"—contributors who are later reimbursed—to
funnel illegal, high-dollar donations to Mr. Liu's campaign. Ms. Hou of
instructing a campaign volunteer to imitate the handwriting of campaign
donors on contribution forms. Feds take down top Liu $$ aide(NYP) *Time’s really up, John(NYP Ed)
City Comptroller John Liu “must lay to rest his mayoral ambitions”
after his campaign treasurer was indicted on fraud charges tied to the
campaign * City Comptroller’s Campaign Treasurer Arrested on Fraud Charges(NYT) * Liu Aide Charged in Funds Scheme(WSJ) * Federal probe nabs John Liu’s campaign treasurer (NYDN) * Liu's campaign treasurer busted in 'straw donor' scheme: (NYP) * Liu Campaign Treasurer Arrested(NBC) * What Happens If John Liu Resigns? (City and State) * Liu the lame(NYDN) * On whether Liu should stay on as comptroller, Christine Quinn says ask him (Capital) * Christine Quinn Won’t Comment On John Liu, But Will Talk About Her Campaign Finance Reform Efforts(NYO) * John Liu Should Forget 2013 Mayor Run, Pundits Say(DNAInfo) *Liu the lame(NYDN Ed)
Nick Confessore @nickconfessore
Liu in a pickle on fundraising scandal: If he didn't really know, how
can he be trusted to be comptroller? And if he did know...
Nick Confessore Fund Rasier Chung Seto Influence Over Liu Pushes Out Eve
City
Comptroller John Liu is losing another deputy, which sources say is a
symbol of deep unhappiness in the upper ranks of his office. First
Deputy Comptroller Eric Eve, who was Liu’s point man for his now-stalled
pension reform plan, is leaving Feb. 24 to become a partner at
communications firm RLM Finsbury. He follows former deputy Alan van
Capelle, who announced his departure last summer. Two sources said Eve,
like others in the office, was unhappy at the influence Liu’s closest
advisor, Chung Seto, holds over the office’s operations. Spokesmen for
Liu did not immediately comment. Eve will be replaced by deputy
comptroller Ricardo Morales, who will be replaced in return by Valerie
Budzik. (C&S) * Too-da-Liu to his No. 2 (NYDN)
Prelude to Mayor’s Race? Liu Faults Quinn’s Education Proposals (WSJ) *
Show Liu the Money
Comptroller Liu Continues To Court Donors Despite Investigation Into Campaign Account(NY1)
Asian-American Community Struggles With Liu Controversy(NY1)
Asian Leaders Circle the Wagons Around Liu
Asian Groups Respond on Liu(WSJ) A number of prominent Asian-American organizations and civic leaders have joined forces to address community concerns that have surfaced since the criminal investigation into city Comptroller John Liu's campaign financing. * Liu's Fundraising Scandal Highlights Need To Educate Growing Populations On City Politics, Experts Say(NY1)
Liu Still Blasting Bloomberg Liu Blasts City's Plan to Close Harlem's Wadleigh Middle School Grade (DNA Info)
More Liu Illegal Money Uncovered . . . Where is the List of Bundlers?
NY1 Exclusive: Comptroller Liu's 2009 Campaign Account Raises Legality Questions NYC Comptroller John Liu, under investigation for his 2013 fundraising practices, has accepted thousands of dollars in contributions over the legal limit for his still-active 2009 campaign committee.
FBI Still Checking Liu Contributors as His Donations Drop by Half and Lawyers Up
Liu, Facing Investigation, Reports Drop in Donations(NYT) Liu’s campaign donations have dropped almost half a million dollars, an index of how much a fundraising scandal has hurt his mayoral campaign * Liu's Funding Dries Up(WSJ) * Liu Fund-Raiser Hires New Legal Team(WSJ)* Liu spent at least $190,000 worth of campaign funds to handle his legal troubles. * John Liu is spending two-thirds of his campaign contributions on defending himself from a federal investigation into his campaign finance practices. * Liu’s fundraising slowdown is his rivals gain in 2013 Mayoral race (WNYC)
Liu
Released Bundlers from the new contributions and they include Peter
Koo a republican concilmember for $7,200* Grace Meng who has had her
fair share wars with Liu gave $4000 . Chung Seto who was paid by other
Liu financials committees was involved in Liu's fund raising activities
bundled $63,000.Bundler Charged In Liu Fundraising Probe (Updatedx2)
NYP Wants the Gov to Remove the City Comptroller
How to bounce Liu(NYP Ed) The City Charter allows the governor to immediately suspend Liu for 30 days — and to remove him entirely by bringing malfeasance charges. * The Seabury Investigation and Municipal Corruption * Liu Campaign Defends Donation Collector List(WSJ) * The federal complaint against Hou — the second person connected to the campaign to be nabbed — strongly suggested the Democratic controller was aware of the irregularities.* Cuomo also has authority to act on Liu pursuant to the Moreland Act.
Acting Like Manson's “Squeaky” Fromme Hou Facing 60 Years in Prison Thinks Liu is Great
Arrested John Liu treasurer: Liu is the best!(NYDN) John Liu is the most hardworking person I've ever met' the 25-year-old said. “Hou also said "I have no doubt that he will continue to be one of the best elected officials in the city.” * Charles Manson Follower ‘Squeaky’ Fromme Freed * In recent posts on Weibo, a Chinese-language version of Twitter, Hou seemed relatively unconcerned about the federal rap. One day after her arrest, she commented on the Knicks-Cavaliers game. On Thursday, she responded to a post about demolition of old parts of Beijing, saying it creates more traffic jams. And on Friday, she posted about a cooking pot used in Chinese cuisine, wondering about the number of different sections it has.*John Liu fast-track career could be curbed as feds probe his fund-raising methods (NYDN)City Controller's mayoral hopes on the line* Queenswide: Liu shouldn't resign, Dromm says(Queens Chronicle)
Heartless Liu Covers His Ass From Law Suit on Moving Wage Scandal
Blaming Others Is This How He and His Lawyers Will Try to Get Him Out of His Campaign Contribution Mess?
Mover & shake-up on Liu team(NYP) Two officials from Comptroller John Liu’s labor law division were forced out over a battle to set a prevailing wage for union furniture movers. The fall guys Martin Moran Jr., the long-serving chief of the division, was asked to retire, and his deputy, attorney Richard Palmer, was transferred out.
Pandering to Unions John Liu You Got to Be kidding
The Daily News says Liu is wrong to take sides in the Verizon strike by seeking to postpone a $120 million city contract with the company Controller John Liu should not use power of city purse to take sides in private-sector labor dispute (NYDN Ed) * Verizon Contract: 8 to 4, Panel for Education policy approves the deal.
Liu's helmet may be like Dukakis in tank
John Liu Vows to Defend Worker Pensions, Gets Standing Ovation(NYO)
DN Joins the NYP to Demand Liu Pay His Poster Fine
Controller John Liu should stop weaseling and pay the reissued citations for illegal campaign signs(NYDN Ed)
City: Liu Should Pay His Campaign Post Fines, What About Thompson and de Blasio?
Liu's so 're-fined' City reissues 500G+ in poster tickets(NYP)
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NYP Calls John Liu, union sock puppet Last week, he assured New Yorkers that public-employee pensions aren't such a big deal -- in contradiction of all the evidence and sure to astonish virtually every expert on the subject.(NYP)
Is the CityTime Scandal Being Downplayed Because It Was Largely Uncovered By Liu?
Report Warns City Is Yoked to Maker of Payroll System (NYT) * Liu Sees Further CityTime Woes(WSJ) * CityTime's 700M scandal gets worse: Accounting firm says only contractor has knowledge to run it (DN)
More on the CityTime Cover Up
Liu boo-boo on donors? He met with contributors during work-hours (NYDN) Allowed to campaign only during personal time. City Councilman Peter Koo gathered $7,200 from nine different donors between July 7 and July 11. Then he got together with Liu on Thursday, July 21, from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., records show. State Assemblywoman Grace Meng, another a Liu bundler, was also at the July meeting. That month, she raised $4,000 from five different donors for the controller, records show.
Bloomberg Calls Liu Pension Outlook Rosy, The Citizen Budget Commission Calls It Flawed. . . Is Liu Trying to Get Union Support to Run for Something
One thinks they’ll bankrupt the city, the other says they should drop is five years
Mayor Bloomberg fumes at Liu's rosy pension outlook While some economic analysts, including those at the Citizens Budget Commission, wondered about the accuracy of a study that looks so far into the future, the mayor's staff did not mince words. They ripped the report as "flawed." Mayor's spokesman "We've got major problems - rosy scenarios aren't going to solve them."(NYDN)
Liu Stakes Claim on City Pensions New York City taxpayer contributions to employee pension funds will peak in fiscal year 2016 at roughly $8.3 billion, after which they will decline as a percentage of the city's expenditures and revenues, according to a report from Comptroller John Liu. (WSJ
Truman Said the Buck Stops With HimIs Liu Saying Nobody is Responsible?
The
Daily News is unsatisfied with John Liu’s explanation for his failure
to disclose campaign bundlers, who raised a quarter of his reported
donations last year John Liu Has Failed to List His Fundraising Bundlers.
Liu revealed none, even though he had raised $1.5 million — an amount
so large that it tended to demand bundling. His failure to identify
big-money supporters left the public with the misimpression that he was
funded primarily by small donations. Now, he has revised his filings
and revealed that 58 bundlers collected about a quarter of his haul.
Among them was Pan. At the least, Liu ignored the legal mandates of
campaign disclosure in New York. He is engaged in his sixth run for
public office in the city and cannot claim ignorance of the law.
Liu man ‘hid’ $$ in lo mein (NYP) 16G in ‘straw’ donors at Chinese eateries. The secret recipe for how city Comptroller John Liu’s fund-raiser allegedly tried to skirt campaign-finance laws can be found in hole-in-the-wall Chinese takeout joints in Jersey City, newly released records show. Liu’s campaign returned three $800 donations from employees of the tiny Neptune Cafe Chinese restaurant in Jersey City on Nov. 17 — the same day Pan was arrested in an FBI sting, according to the records. All the donations were made Aug. 17 when Pan hosted an alleged sham fund-raiser with an undercover FBI agent posing as an out-of-state restaurateur looking to make a $16,000 donation — far in excess of the $4,950 cap and Liu’s own $800 self-imposed limit.
Unions double-down on cash for comptroller (NYP) Unions, including the United Federation of Teachers, DC 37, and the Retail and Wholesale Department Store Union, gave more than $58,300 to John Liu’s 2013 mayoral campaign over the past weeks * Liu's Bundlers Get Scrutiny on Donations(WSJ) City Comptroller John Liu’s campaign returned more than $75,000 in donations, including $16,000 raised by bundler Yi Xia, a Queens developer building a $100 million complex in Flushing.* Comptroller Liu Releases Long-Delayed List Of His "Bundlers"(NY1)* Asian-Americans consider life after Liu.
FBI Still Checking Liu Contributors as His Donations Drop by Half and Lawyers Up
Liu, Facing Investigation, Reports Drop in Donations(NYT) Liu’s campaign donations have dropped almost half a million dollars, an index of how much a fundraising scandal has hurt his mayoral campaign * Liu's Funding Dries Up(WSJ) * Liu Fund-Raiser Hires New Legal Team(WSJ)* Liu spent at least $190,000 worth of campaign funds to handle his legal troubles. * John Liu is spending two-thirds of his campaign contributions on defending himself from a federal investigation into his campaign finance practices. * Liu’s fundraising slowdown is his rivals gain in 2013 Mayoral race (WNYC)
Liu
Released Bundlers from the new contributions and they include Peter
Koo a republican concilmember for $7,200* Grace Meng who has had her
fair share wars with Liu gave $4000 . Chung Seto who was paid by other
Liu financials committees was involved in Liu's fund raising activities
bundled $63,000.Bundler Charged In Liu Fundraising Probe (Updatedx2)
Comptroller John Liu's former campaign advisers now lobbying his ...
Liu Continues to Use the City Budget to Seek A Higher Office
Bloomberg Calls Liu Pension Outlook Rosy, The Citizen Budget Commission Calls It Flawed. . . Is Liu Trying to Get Union Support to Run for Something
One thinks they’ll bankrupt the city, the other says they should drop is five years
Mayor Bloomberg fumes at Liu's rosy pension outlook While some economic analysts, including those at the Citizens Budget Commission, wondered about the accuracy of a study that looks so far into the future, the mayor's staff did not mince words. They ripped the report as "flawed." Mayor's spokesman "We've got major problems - rosy scenarios aren't going to solve them."(NYDN)
Liu Stakes Claim on City Pensions New York City taxpayer contributions to employee pension funds will peak in fiscal year 2016 at roughly $8.3 billion, after which they will decline as a percentage of the city's expenditures and revenues, according to a report from Comptroller John Liu. (WSJ
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NYP Calls John Liu, union sock puppet Last week, he assured New Yorkers that public-employee pensions aren't such a big deal -- in contradiction of all the evidence and sure to astonish virtually every expert on the subject.(NYP)
Is Liu Problems Causing Loses In City's Pension Fund?
Mayor: Liu Probe Proves Hindrance(WSJ) The federal investigation into city Comptroller John Liu's campaign fund-raising operation has complicated efforts to win approval of a proposal to alter the city's pension structure, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a top union leader said Thursday.
i wonder if J.liu told the crowd that he voted to raise your property taxes 20.8 % since 2002, while he was CM from Flushing ?
never forget the tax and spenders in government.
The see-no-evil board John Liu
The see-no-evil board John Liu Does the city's Conflicts of Interest Board understand what a genuine conflict of interest even is? The board ruled that neither Liu's blistering rhetoric at a union rally denouncing the Central Park Boathouse, nor the fact that he accepted thousands in campaign cash from that union, should impede the official audit of the restaurant by him.(NYP
Liu's helmet may be like Dukakis in tank
John Liu Vows to Defend Worker Pensions, Gets Standing Ovation(NYO)
Quieting One of the Only Pol Talking Out Against CityTime Corrupt Contract
Why not tell Bloomberg who has been saying that CityTime has been doing a good job to shut up also?
City Comptroller Is Asked to Curb Comments on Fraud Case The U.S. attorney in Manhattan asked John C. Liu to make no more public statements about a criminal inquiry into New York City’s troubled automated payroll project without consulting investigators. (NYT)Ed)
John Liu Hires A North Korea Supporter
Liu rehires N. Korea fan(NYP) Comptroller John Liu has hired back former top aide John Choe, who had resigned amid controversy over his alleged support of North Korea.
The biggest Liu-ser!
(NYP) City Comptroller and mayor wannabe John Liu has lost his
challenge to the biggest campaign-poster fine ever meted out in the Big
Apple, according to records released yesterday. City
Comptroller John Liu must pay more than $500,000 in illegal signage
fines he owes from the 2009 election, an Office of Administrative
Trials and Hearings ruled yesterday * The Daily News calls the ruling holding City Comptroller John Liu liable for his signage violations “common sense” and urges Liu to pay up: * Mayoral hopeful and Teamsters president Greg Floyd doesn’t approve of the city’s new pension reforms.
Did Liu Accept Illegal Foreign Money During His 2009 Campaign For Comptroller
Is the CFB Capable of Detecting Overseas Money? Feds Stop In
Fund-Raising by City Comptroller Is Investigated (NYT) * Feds probe Liu’s campaign funds(NYP) * Feds Probe Comptroller's Fund Raising(WSJ) * Grand jury subpoenas have already been issued, but the probe is in its very early stages.
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Looks Like John Liu Will Be United With His Mentor Brian Mclaughlin
Liu fundraiser caught in federal sting operation. 20 fake names used in contributions to Liu
The NYP Asks Liu to Step Aside From Pension Fund Control Until the Investigation on His Campaign Finances are Done What a Liu-Liu(NYP Ed)
Liu Got Same Funny Money As Hillary
Comptroller John Liu, whose campaign finance practices are under federal investigation, accepted money for his 2009 comptroller run from “straw donors” linked to disgraced Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu Liu Contributions Linked to Convict(WSJ) * NYC comptroller will review donations(WSJ)
A Wise Man Once Said: If your going to take the 1% pension investments away from them and expose corrupt corporate contracts whose owners include Murdoch and ex CIA agents. Make sure your ass is clean, young master Liu
Caught Red Handed By the FBI
NYP "he’s either too dumb [to be comptroller] or he’s lying"
Bye-Bye, Liu Liu (NYP) Liu campaign operative Pan under arrest after an FBI sting caught him red handed. Xing Wu Pan took $16,000 from an undercover FBI agent and concocted a scheme to donate it to Liu’s presumed 2013 mayoral campaign, using a network of “straw donors” who took the money and then gave Liu the cash under their own names. Pan allegedly told an undercover FBI agent he had previously engaged in the straw man maneuver to help finance Liu’s campaign Fund-Raiser for Liu Is Accused of Role in Illegal Donations(NYT)
A Times investigation
found that Mr. Liu had failed to comply with a city requirement that he
disclose the names of so-called bundlers. The NYT also found numerous
individuals who Liu listed as contributors have said they gave no
money, suggesting their names were used to conceal illegal donations, or
they wrote checks to the campaign and were reimbursed by the true,
hidden giver. Liu at first promised to release the names of his
bundlers but rescinded that offer when word came down about a federal
investigation. The Daily News says Liu is wrong to renege on promised accounting.
A campaign donor told The Wall Street Journal she had donated to Liu’s
campaign at the behest of now-imprisoned Democratic moneyman Norman
Hsu, who had clandestinely provided the funds. * Abrams called Liu’s request “untenable” because it would “compromise my independence,” and he quit.
Would You Believe: No Speak English
Liu
questioned how The Times approached people whose names were on the
donor list, many of whom do not speak English well. He suggested that
perhaps they were intimidated by the experience, and may have denied
donating when they actually did. Many of the interviews were conducted
in Mandarin.
Daily News Says Liu Career Probably Dead
Analysis: Liu’s career may’ve run its course(NYDN) The real question that had the city’s political world buzzing Wednesday is whether city Controller John Liu can get reelected to the job he has — or even keep his hide out of prison. * John's Water-Liu(NYDN Ed)
Timothy
Chuang, who has been active in a Taiwanese merchants association, on
Wednesday told The World Journal, a Chinese-language newspaper, that he
had helped the owner of Dynasty Stainless Steel — whose records were
subpoenaed by federal authorities last week in connection with the Liu
inquiry — find 10 people to give to Mr. Liu’s campaign. * Federal Probe Of Liu Donations Yields Indictment (NY1) * Fund-Raiser for Liu Faces Charges(WSJ) * Top fund-raiser for Comptroller Liu charged with funneling sham donations (NYP) * Comptroller Liu Hit With Fundraising Scandal(NY1) * The
Post also slams the 2013 mayoral contenders for “enabling” Occupy Wall
Street protesters in their effort to shut down the financial district
and snarl the subway * UPDATED: Did John Liu announce his candidacy for Mayor last night?(WNYC)
The allegations in the Times report are similar to irregularities found by the Los Angeles Times at a Chinatown fund-raiser for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2007 report. The newspaper said it couldn't find a third of the donors using property, phone or business records. One link between the two cases is political consultant Chung Seto. She organized the fund-raiser that prompted questions about Mrs. Clinton's disclosure reports, and she currently serves as a consultant to Mr. Liu's campaign. When questions surfaced about the donations to Mrs. Clinton, Ms. Seto called the allegations "outrageous" and "racist." Mr. Liu said on Wednesday he doesn't consider the allegations raised about his donors to be "racist." He called Ms. Seto a "friend," "mentor" and "partner," and described her as having the "utmost character." * Bundler Charged In Liu Fundraising Probe (Updatedx2)(YNN)
The Overseas Money to Liu and other Asian candidates Was An Attempt to Buy Influence by a foreign government in America
GailNRobinson Gail Robinson (Twitter) Viewed on #Councilpedia. #Liu's filings show he raised $1.5 million for 2013 -- but reported no bundlers or big donors. bit.ly/vce1gz
Liu Cleaning Up Thompson Pension Fund Pay to Play? You would not know it by reading today's NYP that the case Tony Avella and Bloomberg
made during their campaign that Comptroller Thompson received campaign
contributions from those doing business with his office was true. During
his term in office Thompson tripled the amount paid to money managers.
It is no wonder that Thompson received a quarter of his campaign
contributions from those wanting to do business with his office. The
investment expenses of the city's five pension funds ate up $310 million
last year, compared with $102 million in 2002. Fees were paid to 229
money managers, up from 74 in 2002. In fiscal 2008, private-equity firms
billed NYCERS,
the largest of the five pension funds, $33.3 million to manage $1.6
billion. By comparison, managers overseeing $10.2 billion in bond
holdings got only $10.7 million. It is clear that incoming Comptroller
John Liu is cleaning up the type of corruption that is being uncovered by AG Cuomo with the New York pension funds. The strange thing about the NYP story is that it made no mention of the Cuomo investigation or the pay to play charges made by Bloomberg and Avella.
What have convictions in an organised pay to play nationwide RICO type
investigations and we have pay to play inside the NYC Comptrollers
office which liu is cleaning up before he brings in his own team? Liu set to derail pension-manager gravy train
Will anyone connected with the city's controllers office go to jail?
Will these changes result in more transparency? Don't hold your breath All In the Family Also not mentioned in the NYP story is that the head of Liu transition team Carl McCall was also on the money manager gravely train recieving $48,221 helping to arrange for investments from the state Common Retirement Fund McCall firm surfaces in probe Leading Democrat, ex-comptroller says he provided advice to company seeking to manage pension funds* Former Comptroller McCall’s Firm Is Subpoenaed in Pension Inquiry (NYT) ***The federal enforcement agency demanded records of any contacts Broidy had with former CalPERS CEO former CalPERS board member Alfred Villalobos, among others *** The federal enforcement agency demanded records of any contacts Broidy had with former CalPERS CEO Fred Buenrostro and former CalPERS board member Alfred Villalobos, among others * After Introducing Alfred Villalobos to Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli in May 2007 Freddie Ferrer, Firm Earned $100,000 From State Pension Fund * Feds investigate ex-CalPERS officials’ possible link with fallen financier *** H. Carl McCall, Freddy Ferrer, Betsy Gotbaum Endorse Liu*** Blue Wolf Exec Joshua Gotbaum to Head U.S. Pension Agency (Joshua Gotbaum is Betsy Gotbaum step son) * This is a good start to understanding Joshua Gotbaum company Blue Wolf The Wolf at Thompson's Door *** True News: Wolf at Thompson Door, Part II . Avella Opens A Cut
Chung Seto Using the Race Card to Cover Corrupt Contribution?
Was Chung one of the Two Liu Campaign Operatives with Mr. Pan?
The allegations in the Times report are similar to irregularities found by the Los Angeles Times at a Chinatown fund-raiser for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2007 report. The newspaper said it couldn't find a third of the donors using property, phone or business records. One link between the two cases is political consultant Chung Seto. She organized the fund-raiser that prompted questions about Mrs. Clinton's disclosure reports, and she currently serves as a consultant to Mr. Liu's campaign. When questions surfaced about the donations to Mrs. Clinton, Ms. Seto called the allegations "outrageous" and "racist." Mr. Liu said on Wednesday he doesn't consider the allegations raised about his donors to be "racist." He called Ms. Seto a "friend," "mentor" and "partner," and described her as having the "utmost character." * Bundler Charged In Liu Fundraising Probe (Updatedx2)(YNN)
Coup d'état Attempt on America
Hot Buzz High Level SourceThe Overseas Money to Liu and other Asian candidates Was An Attempt to Buy Influence by a foreign government in America
Liu Has His Own Saturday Night Massacre
Robert Abrams Push Out From Investigating question about the Liu's Fund Raising operation
Comptroller Liu says he's still running for mayor despite fund-raiser bust (NYP) * Liu Clashes With Lawyer Hired to Probe His Campaign(WSJ) * Abrams Resigns From Liu Inquiry(WSJ) * Liu: Public Entitled To Campaign Donation Transparency(NY1)
The Times calls on Liu to cease fundraising for his campaign immediately and open up his campaign’s books to the public, in light of the federal probe into his operation * NYC Comptroller John Liu called the arrest of his fundraiser an “unexpected challenge,” and told supporters he still wants to run for mayor in 2013. * NYC Comptroller John Liu, who was born in Taiwan, gets his own Taiwanese animation video that chronicles his fundraising scandal. (Related: Liu has lost the support of at least one Democratic club – the Central Brooklyn Indpendent Democrats – due as a result of this mess) * Analysis: The Watchdog Who Failed After an FBI probe resulted in the arrest of a prominent fundraiser, Liu's chances look bleak (Gabe Pressman, NBC)
GailNRobinson Gail Robinson (Twitter) Viewed on Comptroller Liu is a Deadbeat
Liu kicked in arrears (NYP) Con Ed, state sue over unpaid bills Con Ed and the state Tax Department have taken separate legal actions against Comptroller John Liu’s campaign committee for failing to pay $1,500 in bills * John Liu visits Staten Island for a political event.*Supreme Court Retains Ban on Foreign Campaign Donations (NYT)
He's honest as honest can be." Rosemarie Mangano Cavanagh, president of the South Shore Democratic Club(SI Advance)
2 Late Paterson's High Noon Has Past True News last Wednesday reported that the city's newspaper editorial boards abandoned Paterson at the altar when they remained silent at the moment he caved into the legislators demands not to cut education or health care NYT, NYP and DN Editorial Boards Give Up On Out of Control Albany Saturday's DN Ed The Senate and, yes, the Assembly mustered only a yellow-bellied bailout that borrows from tomorrow's revenue to pay today's bills - and still winds up at least a half-billion dollars short. Each and every member of both houses displayed a profile in cowardice Not worth a plug nickel: Legislature's yellowbellies duck fiscal responsibilities again , Can't the Media Play This Game Anymore?
Liu Cleaning Up Thompson Pension Fund Pay to Play? You would not know it by reading today's NYP that the case Tony Avella and Bloomberg made during their campaign that Comptroller Thompson received campaign contributions from those doing business with his office was true. During his term in office Thompson tripled the amount paid to money managers. It is no wonder that Thompson received a quarter of his campaign contributions from those wanting to do business with his office. The investment expenses of the city's five pension funds ate up $310 million last year, compared with $102 million in 2002. Fees were paid to 229 money managers, up from 74 in 2002. In fiscal 2008, private-equity firms billed NYCERS, the largest of the five pension funds, $33.3 million to manage $1.6 billion. By comparison, managers overseeing $10.2 billion in bond holdings got only $10.7 million. It is clear that incoming Comptroller John Liu is cleaning up the type of corruption that is being uncovered by AG Cuomo with the New York pension funds. The strange thing about the NYP story is that it made no mention of the Cuomo investigation or the pay to play charges made by Bloomberg and Avella. What have convictions in an organised pay to play nationwide RICO type investigations and we have pay to play inside the NYC Comptrollers office which liu is cleaning up before he brings in his own team? Liu set to derail pension-manager gravy train Will anyone connected with the city's controllers office go to jail? Will these changes result in more transparency? Don't hold your breath All In the Family Also not mentioned in the NYP story is that the head of Liu transition team Carl McCall was also on the money manager gravely train recieving $48,221 helping to arrange for investments from the state Common Retirement Fund McCall firm surfaces in probe Leading Democrat, ex-comptroller says he provided advice to company seeking to manage pension funds* Former Comptroller McCall’s Firm Is Subpoenaed in Pension Inquiry (NYT) ***The federal enforcement agency demanded records of any contacts Broidy had with former CalPERS CEO former CalPERS board member Alfred Villalobos, among others *** The federal enforcement agency demanded records of any contacts Broidy had with former CalPERS CEO Fred Buenrostro and former CalPERS board member Alfred Villalobos, among others * After Introducing Alfred Villalobos to Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli in May 2007 Freddie Ferrer, Firm Earned $100,000 From State Pension Fund * Feds investigate ex-CalPERS officials’ possible link with fallen financier *** H. Carl McCall, Freddy Ferrer, Betsy Gotbaum Endorse Liu*** Blue Wolf Exec Joshua Gotbaum to Head U.S. Pension Agency (Joshua Gotbaum is Betsy Gotbaum step son) * This is a good start to understanding Joshua Gotbaum company Blue Wolf The Wolf at Thompson's Door *** True News: Wolf at Thompson Door, Part II . Avella Opens A Cut
It All About What He Not Saying
NYC Comptroller Democratic Party Candidate Responds to the low turn out (2%) for his election on facebook: John C. Liu" New Yorkers who came out to vote in the runoff elections were fully engaged on the issues and recognize the important role of the comptroller’s office, especially in these tough economic times"
What Liu is not Talking About is the Cuomo Investigation and convictions of managers of the New York's Pension Funds The people care about who is ripping off their pension Mr. Liu *** Attorney General Andrew Cuomo proposes changes to the pension fund; Comptroller Tom DiNapoli isn’t convinced. (CN9) *** Law firms who contributed to Tom DiNapoli's re-election campaign received $518 million to do business on behalf of the state pension fund *** Lawyers representing the state pension fund in class-action lawsuits have earned $518.7 million in fees over the past decade and donated some of that back to various comptrollers *** Cuomo Calls for Changes in Running of Pension Fund *** Senate Dems Not Unanimous On Cuomo's Pension Bill *** NY’s A.G. Cuomo Proposes Reforms to Pension System *** Aldus Equity Gives Up The Ghost
King Liuy's rules No casual Fridays! Johnny Liu's name game The NYP calls him sweatshop John which it said after him mother outed him. It tells the new comptroller to stop worrying about workers standing when he comes into the room and start breaking a sweat and drop the ego trip. What the NYP did not report about was the lack of transparency and the ongoing corruption investigation of the New York Pensions. True News has reported about the corruption in the city's comptroller office. State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli thinks there is no pension fund investigation or convictions and accused Paterson of trying to "water down" his control over the pension system. * Is Liu trying to get the civil service employees which he cannot fire to leave? "Mr. Comptroller" Nixes Casual Fridays, Extends Work Days * Bill Thompson's schedule remains private
Comptroller Liu Continues To Court Donors Despite Investigation Into Campaign Account(NY1)
Asian Leaders Circle the Wagons Around Liu
Asian Groups Respond on Liu(WSJ) A number of prominent Asian-American organizations and civic leaders have joined forces to address community concerns that have surfaced since the criminal investigation into city Comptroller John Liu's campaign financing. * Liu's Fundraising Scandal Highlights Need To Educate Growing Populations On City Politics, Experts Say(NY1)
Liu Still Blasting Bloomberg Liu Blasts City's Plan to Close Harlem's Wadleigh Middle School Grade (DNA Info)
Thanks Comptroller Murdoch
NYC has a Comptroller Who Can't Pay Bills Without Being Threatened By the Finance Company
The NYP Says Glad to be of service, John Liu City Comptroller John Liu took time out Monday night from doing what he seems to do best — raising campaign cash — to thank this newspaper for calling attention to the fact that he’s being sued for not paying his bills. The Post’s Carl Campanile had reported earlier in the day that Liu’s 2009 campaign committee has been hauled into court by Con Edison for an unpaid $500 electric bill, and by the state Tax Department for a $943 payroll-tax liability.
Heartless Liu Covers His Ass From Law Suit on Moving Wage Scandal
Blaming Others Is This How He and His Lawyers Will Try to Get Him Out of His Campaign Contribution Mess?
Mover & shake-up on Liu team(NYP) Two officials from Comptroller John Liu’s labor law division were forced out over a battle to set a prevailing wage for union furniture movers. The fall guys Martin Moran Jr., the long-serving chief of the division, was asked to retire, and his deputy, attorney Richard Palmer, was transferred out.
King Liu I: Campaigned as a man of the people
King Liu I
Campaigned as a man of the people
All rise for Liu, the prima donna! 'Mr. Comptroller' demands royal treatment. New York City's new comptroller, John Liu, has ordered his staff to rise whenever he enters the room and to address him as "Mr. Comptroller." Veteran denizens of the Municipal Building snickering behind his back (NYP) *** ‘That’s Mister Comptroller to You, Underling’ (NY Magazine) *** The freakshow has begun
King Liu I: Campaigned as a man of the people
Badly Injured Liu Fights On
Liu Aiming at Cuomo's Budget Plan (WSJ) Liu will criticize Cuomo today for proposing to bypass NYC in a funding package for municipalities across the state * Liu flunks Ed Dept. tech tool (NYDN) More than 40% of public school educators are not using a key tech tool designed to boost lagging test scores * John Liu is expected to testify in Albany today that Andrew Cuomo is short-changing the city with his budget.
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Awkward run-ins between Bloomberg and City Comptroller John Liu at the
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association yesterday during the Lunar
New Year’s celebration, despite Bloomberg’s quotes in the Sunday New
York Post predicting Liu’s legal troubles would prevent him from running
for mayor in 2013. Asked about the Democratic field for mayor,
Bloomberg told the Post, “You never know, ’cause things change. Who
would have thought John Liu being out of it? I assume he is.” On Monday,
Bloomberg delivered his remarks while Liu, looking festive in an
embroidered maroon jacket and a healthy dose of glitter in his hair,
listened from the back of the room. Asked for his reaction to the
mayor’s prediction, Liu smiled as he headed toward the exit. “Did he
make a comment?” Liu said. “I suppose he knows best.” (C&S)
Guilty Conscience: Did Liu Know His Stay Would Be Short?
Liu's staff are using old business cards from predecessor Bill Thompson. [Josh Margolin] * Koo Defends Liu From ‘Political Entrapment’; Calls Media ‘Unfair’ (NYO)
NYP Does Not Report in Today's Story That A Central Figure in the Liu Investigation Worked for the Speaker
Mei-Hua Ru has emerged as a central figure in a continuing federal investigation into whether thousands of dollars in illegal contributions have been funneled to the Liu campaign through a network of fictitious donors in the city’s Asian-American communities. Now after Ms. Ru was working for Quinn a straw donor has been discovered in the speakers contributions. Are there more?
How Big is Quinn's Liu Straw Donor Problem
Quinn to return tainted cash(NYP)City
Council Speaker Christine Quinn will return a $4,950 donation made in
2007 by Suzanne Raffaelli, an actress and model who was a straw donor
for convicted fraudster Norman Hsu. The media report that Ms. Ru worked
for Liu but not Quinn. Clinton to Return Funds from Fundraiser Hsu : NPR
While Hevesi and Dick Morris Sit in Jail for Pension Corruption, Liu Has Given Out $67 Million in No Bid Pension Business - With No Oversight
City Comptroller John Liu re-signed a money management firm to handle certain aspects of the city’s pension funds, after he fired the group in 2010 for its “poor performance
Liu re-signs firm he fired(NYP) After firing a money-management firm for poorly handling the city’s
pension funds in 2010, Comptroller John Liu agreed on a separate
contract with the same company while bypassing the standard
competitive-bidding process. Liu awarded Boston-based Acadian Asset Management an $8.37 million
contract extension to continue handling certain aspects of the city’s
pension funds several weeks ago. In June 2010, Liu fired Acadian — which had a separate contract to
manage $646 million for three of the city’s five pension funds — over
“poor performance” of those funds after the firm reported a 19 percent
loss.* City pushed to blacklist bribe-probed builder(NYDN) * John Liu's spokesman defends the comptroller's decision to rehire a company he fired in 2010 for "poor performance." [Sally Goldenberg]
While Hevesi and Dick Morris Sit in Jail for Pension Corruption, Liu Has Given Out $67 Million in No Bid Pension Business - With No Oversight
City Comptroller John Liu re-signed a money management firm to handle certain aspects of the city’s pension funds, after he fired the group in 2010 for its “poor performance
Liu re-signs firm he fired(NYP) After firing a money-management firm for poorly handling the city’s
pension funds in 2010, Comptroller John Liu agreed on a separate
contract with the same company while bypassing the standard
competitive-bidding process. Liu awarded Boston-based Acadian Asset Management an $8.37 million
contract extension to continue handling certain aspects of the city’s
pension funds several weeks ago. In June 2010, Liu fired Acadian — which had a separate contract to
manage $646 million for three of the city’s five pension funds — over
“poor performance” of those funds after the firm reported a 19 percent
loss.* City pushed to blacklist bribe-probed builder(NYDN) * John Liu's spokesman defends the comptroller's decision to rehire a company he fired in 2010 for "poor performance." [Sally Goldenberg]
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