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John C. Liu
劉醇逸
Liu at the 2009 West Indian Day Parade.
New York City Comptroller
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2010
MayorMichael Bloomberg
Preceded byBill Thompson
Member of the New York City Council from the 20th District
In office
January 2002 – January 2010
Preceded byJulia Harrison
Succeeded byPeter Koo
ConstituencyQueens: Flushing, Queensboro Hill, Mitchell Gardens, Kissena Park, Harding Heights, Auburndale; part of Whitestone
Personal details
Born (1967-01-08) January 8, 1967 (age 58)
Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJenny Liu
ChildrenJoey
Residence(s)Flushing, New York, United States
Alma materBinghamton University
ProfessionPolitician
WebsiteOffice of the Comptroller

John Chun Liu (simplified Chinese: 刘醇逸; traditional Chinese: 劉醇逸; pinyin: Liú Chúnyì, born January 8, 1967 in Taiwan) is a New York City elected official, currently serving as New York City Comptroller. Liu previously served on the New York City Council representing District 20. He was elected to the City Council in 2001 to represent northeast Queens (Flushing, Queensboro Hill, Mitchell Linden, Murray Hill, Holly, Kissena Park, Harding Heights, Auburndale, part of Whitestone) and was re-elected in 2003 and 2005.

Liu entered the New York City Comptroller election in 2009 and won the race on November 3, 2009, becoming the first Asian American to be elected to a city-wide office in New York City. He was succeeded in the City Council by pharmacist Republican Peter Koo. Koo, along with Democrat Margaret Chin, a Council member from Manhattan, comprise the Asian-American delegation of the Council.

Biography

At the age of five, he moved with his family to the United States from Taiwan. Chang F. Liu, his father, changed Liu's first name from Chun to John in honor of John F. Kennedy. His brothers became Robert and Edward, while his father became Joseph.

He attended New York City public schools. In 1985, Liu graduated from The Bronx High School of Science, a secondary school.

He attended Binghamton University where he majored in Mathematical Physics and graduated in 1988. He worked as a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers before his election to the City Council.

Liu is married to Jenny Liu, an engineer, and has one son, Joey. He resides in Flushing, near where he grew up.

Political career

Elected to the New York City Council in 2001 to represent District 20, the northeast Queens area, Liu is the first Taiwanese American and Asian American to be elected to the City Council. He served as the Chairperson of the New York City Council's Transportation Committee and also served on the committees on Education, Consumer Affairs, Health, Land Use, Contracts, Oversight & Investigations and Lower Manhattan Redevelopment.

In March 2009, Liu announced that he was running for the post of New York City Comptroller. Liu has raised $3 million for his political run, more than his competitors.

Beginning in May, Liu picked up several endorsements. The Village Independent Democrats, The Queens County Democratic organization, the local Americans for Democratic Action chapter and the Working Families Party, 1199 SEIU union local and the Uniformed Firefighters Association endorsed him. On September 1, the United Federation of Teachers endorsed Liu.

In the September 15 Democratic primary, Liu was the front-runner, ending up with 133,986 votes, or 38 percent of the vote. Because he did not manage to reach 40 of the vote, a run-off election was required between Liu and runner-up David Yassky, who received 30 percent of the vote in the primary. Two weeks later, Liu won the run-off by taking 55.6% of the vote against Yassky.

In the general election on November 3, Liu won the comptroller election with 76% of the vote, a total of 696,330 votes. Republican candidate Joseph Mendola came in second with 19.3% of the vote. After he was officially sworn in to the post, Liu became the first Asian American to hold a city-wide political office in New York City.

Asian Political Leadership Fund

Liu is one of the leaders of the Asian Political Leadership Fund, a federally-designated 527 fund whose purpose is to promote political leadership from within the Asian American community.

Controversy

Foreign fundraising issue

In November 17, 2011 Liu faced charges of wire fraud from illegal donations. Pan was approached by an undercover FBI agent posing as someone who wanted to donate US$16,000 to Liu, which was over the city donation limit was only $4950 for individual contributions. Initially in the first half of 2011 Liu has already received more than $1 million from fund raising contributions to his mayor run for supposedly 2013. Behind the illegal donations is the 46 year old Oliver Pan Xing-wu (潘心武). In 2005 when interviewed, Oliver Pan said he was from Changle, Fujian, People's Republic of China.

Pan is the president of a company called "Golden Arrow Property" (金箭房地產有限責公司). Oliver Pan's office is in 35 East Broadway, New York room 506 handles finance, banking, insurance and real estate. He also has an office in Mendham New Jersey. US federal authorities have been looking into foreign money illegally donated into his campaign since 2009. Some people in the Chinese community believe Liu is being framed. Pan's funding activities extended beyond Liu, as he was listed as a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton during the 2008 presidential campaign. Ru Mei-hua (盧美華), director of planning for John Liu, helped him rise from a councilman 10 years ago to a major political force mainly connecting Liu to a network of Asian American businessmen in NY. She has been considered a key to understanding the fund raising details from donors, but denied requests to be interviewed so far. According to anti-Communist Party's Epoch Times, the source have warned of a Fifth Column concept where Beijing infiltrates another nation by installing subgroups, societies and educational institutes. Liu can be seen as a focal point that can expose some of these Fifth Columns. This is in sharp contrast to Xinhua News Agency, who said John Liu was a Chinese superstar, who many people would like to support as the first Chinese New York mayor.

See also

References

  1. ^ "2009 Election Results". The New York Times. 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
  2. ^ Victoria Cavaliere (2009-11-04). "Liu Becomes First Asian-American in City-Wide Office". NBC. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
  3. John Liu, Peter Koo, Margaret Chin Sworn Into New York City Offices
  4. O'Donnell, Michelle (2006-04-22). "Political Trailblazer Is Quick to a Microphone". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
  5. ^ Official Biography of John C. Liu on the NYC Council website. Accessed September 30, 2009.
  6. Official Opening of Bronx Science's New Foreign Language Laboratory on December 3rd, 2008: Queens Councilman John C. Liu, a Bronx Science alumnus, Class of 1985, was instrumental in procuring the funding for this Laboratory. Found at The Bronx High School of Science official website. Accessed September 30, 2009.
  7. "About John Liu". People for John Liu. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
  8. Janet Dang (2000-05-25). "Building Trust: Candidate vies to become first API New York City Council member". AsianWeek. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
  9. "John C. Liu". New York City Council. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
  10. Pete Davis (2009-03-11). "John Liu now running for City Comptroller". The Queens Courier. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
  11. JONATHAN P. HICKS (2008-09-25). "Queens Councilman Leaning Toward Comptroller Run". New York Times City Page Blog. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
  12. "Village Independent Democrats". Villagedemocrats.org. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
  13. Queens Chronicle, May 28, 2009 http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2009/04/wfp-endorses-councilmember-john-liu-for-comptroller/
  14. The Daily Gotham http://dailygotham.com/mole333/blog/americansfordemocraticactionendorsementsforsept15thprimary
  15. April 23, 2009 http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2009/04/wfp-endorses-councilmember-john-liu-for-comptroller/
  16. Fahim, Kareem; Bosman, Julie (2009-08-31). "Liu and de Blasio Gain Key Endorsements". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
  17. "Community Newspaper Group". Yournabe.com. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
  18. "De Blasio, Liu Claim Victory In Primary Runoff". NY1. 2009-09-29. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
  19. Bosman, Julie; Fahim, Kareem (2009-09-29). "De Blasio and Liu Win in N.Y. Democratic Runoffs". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-09-30. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  20. Sam Yoon. "About Us". Asian Political Leadership Fund. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
  21. ^ "John Liu fundraiser Xing Wu Pan charged with campaign fraud | 7online.com". Abclocal.go.com. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
  22. ^ Singtao November 17, 2011. 醇華劉逸裔主被捕. Section A1, B2.
  23. ^ Howard, Michael. "Abrams Resigns From Liu Inquiry - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
  24. ^ Campanile, Carl (2011-01-01). "Top fund-raiser for New York City Comptroller John Liu charged with funneling sham donations". NYPOST.com. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
  25. ^ "Quiet Aide to Liu Helped Build a Donor Base Now Under Scrutiny". The New York Times. 2011-11-30. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  26. ^ "劉醇逸門波及"第五縱隊" 北京在行動". Renminbao.com. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  27. "紐約華裔競選遭遇政治地震：陰謀or見怪不怪 - 新華國際 - 新華網". Big5.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
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