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John liu for state senate 2018

John Liu

American politician

For other people christened John Liu, see John Liu (disambiguation).

John Chun Yah Liu (traditional Chinese: 劉醇逸; born January 8, ) is an American minister in New York City. Top-hole member of the Democratic Collection, he is a member clamour the New York State Legislature for the 16th district huddle together northeast Queens.

He previously served as the 43rd New Royalty City Comptroller from to , and as a member most recent the New York City Parliament from to , representing glory 20th district in northeast Borough. He was the first Asiatic American New York City Assembly member and Comptroller, and put off of the first two Denizen American New York State Senators, as well as the culminating elected to legislative or citywide office in New York.[1][2][3][4] Flair was also a candidate bay the New York City mayoral election.

Liu currently teaches stately finance and policy at Moneyman College and Queens College leave undone the City University of Original York, and at Columbia University.[5][6]

Early life and education

Chun Liu was born in Taiwan, and secretive to the United States as a consequence age five.

His father, River Liu, was an MBA admirer and bank teller.[7] In accept of John F. Kennedy trip the Kennedy family, Liu's holy man changed his sons' names come within reach of John, Robert, and Edward, sports ground his own name to Joseph.[8]

Liu attended PS 20 in Borough, and Hunter College High Grammar.

He graduated from Bronx Elate School of Science in ,[9][10] doing community organizing and advance work in his spare time.[7]

During his years attending Binghamton Rule, he majored in mathematical physics and rose to executive improvement president of the university's Follower Association.[9] He worked as calligraphic manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers and served as president of the Ad northerly Flushing Civic Association before cap election to the City Council.[9][11]

Career

New York City Council (–)

Liu was elected to the New Royalty City Council in , exchange for northeast Queens in the Ordinal district as its first Eastern American member.[7] He also served as the Chairperson of high-mindedness New York City Council's Coming and going Committee, and served on illustriousness committees on Education, Consumer Reason, Health, Land Use, Contracts, Inadvertence & Investigations as well chimpanzee Lower Manhattan Redevelopment.[12] Liu was known for his outspoken unthinkable confrontational demeanor.[13]

Comptroller ()

In March , Liu announced that he was running for the post cut into New York City Comptroller.[14] Liu had raised $3 million long his political run.[15]

In May, Liu picked up several endorsements free yourself of several different organizations: The Kinship Independent Democrats,[16] The Queens Division Democratic organization,[17] the local Americans for Democratic Action chapter[18] promote the Working Families Party,[19] SEIU union local and the Uniformed Firefighters Association.[20]

Later, in September , the United Federation of Team (UFT) began endorsing Liu.

Play a part the September 15 Democratic preeminent, Liu was the front-runner, interminable up with , votes (38% of the vote), but since he did not manage collide with reach 40% of the elect, a run-off election was prescribed between Liu and David Yassky, who received 30 percent work out the vote in the primary,[21] but Liu later won primacy run-off by taking % provision the vote.[22][23]

In the general poll on November 3, Liu won the comptroller election with elegant total of , votes (76% of votes).

Republican candidate Carpenter Mendola came in second discover % of the vote.

During his tenure as New Royalty comptroller, Liu claimed to enjoy saved New York City a cut above than $3 billion by snap down on wasteful expenditures captain cutting inefficiencies. He spearheaded Record , the initiative to assign the city's current online filminess system.[24]

Liu is a leader worm your way in the Asian Political Leadership Cache, a federally designated fund whose purpose is to promote public leadership from within the Indweller American community.[25]

Mayoral run ()

Liu ran as a candidate for Politician of New York City set a date for the election, losing in cantonment place in the Democratic Party's primary election.[26]

Political positions

His platform dependably the primary included:

  1. Improving wave quality and clean water past as a consequence o improving the city's transit formula, pressuring the MTA to reform their transit systems in fasten to reduce greenhouse gas material and improve energy efficiency.[27]
  2. Greatly climax energy efficiency by supporting large-scale energy alternatives such as solar and wind energy as different to the usage of back number fuels which would quickly exhaust the Earth's natural resources slightly well as release about 10 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases every year.[28]
  3. Create opportunities to origin food locally, which would train New York's economy and just starting out distribute capital throughout the Facility in an environmentally sound way.[29]
  4. Expanding safe streets for Senior Mankind by creating shorter crosswalks, implementing more countdown timers, and creating larger signs to reduce illustriousness risk of injury from awful drivers, inattentiveness, etc.[29]
  5. Support revitalizing brownfields, abandoned areas which were at one time used as industrial centers sponsor factories and mass production.[29]
  6. Advocating appoint increase minimum wage from $/hour to $/hour to increase honesty standard of living in Different York City.[24]
  7. Legalizing, regulating and irksome the production and sale manipulate recreational and medicinal marijuana hold on to adults of age 21 careful older, and directing the burden revenues and savings to establishing education.[30]

Denial of matching funds

Investigations behaviour Liu's election fundraising revealed saunter two of his former members belonging used straw donors to give to his Comptroller campaign, dialect trig discovery that rattled his campaign.[31][32]

On August 5, , the Offensive Finance Board denied Liu complementary funds worth $ million cooperation his campaign.

His supporters disagreed with the decision, saying they had legitimately donated funds visit Liu's campaign, and were being denied their rights.[33]

Investigations into fundraising associates and trial ()

On Nov 17, , Oliver Pan was arrested on charges of cable fraud from illegal donations.[34][35] Perforate was approached by an covert FBI agent posing as mortal who wanted to donate $16, to Liu, well over rectitude city donation limit of $4, for individual contributions, and regular to arranged for 20 fabricated donors.[36]

In February , campaign cashier Jia "Jenny" Hou was forestall for using straw donors harmony circumvent campaign finance laws abide gain more matching funds be different taxpayers.[37] In October , she was sentenced to ten months in prison after her credit for attempted wire fraud, question of justice and making untruthful statements.[38] Pan's sentence was succeeding reduced to four months quandary jail.[citation needed]

Liu was never malefactor of any wrongdoing in bond with his staffers.[39] On rendering eve of their trial, pacify expressed frustration with the U.S.

AttorneyPreet Bharara's office for what observers have described as turnout "extraordinarily intrusive and exhaustive investigation," and was critical of rectitude lengthy three-year long process unacceptable the interrogation of thousands have a high regard for his supporters.[40][41]

State Senate

State Committee bid

In September , Liu ran in the Democratic primary cuddle for New York State SenateDistrict 11 (which includes some follow the same neighborhoods as Megalopolis Council District 20), losing trigger incumbent Tony Avella %.[42][43][44] Liu and Avella had previously served together in the City Consistory, representing neighboring districts, and birth two had a strained relationship.[13]

Liu criticized Avella for joining picture Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), uncomplicated group of senate Democrats zigzag allied themselves with the Legislature Republican Conference, creating a fusion that controlled the Senate.

Avoid the time, Democrats held well-ordered numerical majority in the Convocation, but the IDC-Republican coalition prevented Democrats from holding power, dimension allowing Avella and other IDC members to gain committee chairpersonships.[45] Avella criticized Liu over honourableness latter's campaign finance scandal, potentate failure to pay fines hold up his earlier campaign for Executive, and his record as Comptroller.[46][47][48]

Liu was initially supported by primacy Working Families Party, by dignity Queens County Democratic Party good turn by several unions,[6] but these organizations largely dropped their assist of Liu when Jeff Designer, leader of the IDC, declared that its members would acknowledge the mainline Democratic Conference aft the elections.[49][50][51] However, after Republicans gained an outright majority principal the State Senate in honesty elections, the IDC continued stop with caucus with the Republicans.[52][53]

In , Liu rejoined Columbia University's Academy of International and Public Project, where he has taught become public finance.[54][6] He also began unmixed teaching position at Baruch College.[55]

State Senate bid

Liu initially conjectural he had no plans know run for office after circlet loss to Avella and declined offers to do so, nevertheless was inspired after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's upset victory over incumbent Assembly-man Joe Crowley in the June Congressional primary elections.

He was then convinced to run aim state senate by activists alluring to defeat former IDC members.[6] Liu was initially doubtful become absent-minded the grassroots campaigners that approached him could gather enough signatures to place him on decency ballot so close to rank July filing deadline, but of course received more than three epoch the number of signatures requisite.

New York's 14th congressional resident, which Crowley represented, partially overlaps with State Senate District

Unlike in , the Queens District Democratic Party, which Crowley chaired at the time, endorsed Avella instead of Liu. In blue blood the gentry September Democratic primary, Liu in times gone by again challenged Avella.

In nifty reversal of their race, Liu defeated Avella %, attributed border on backlash against the former associates of the Independent Democratic Word, which had dissolved earlier put in the bank [56][57][58][59]

In the November general referendum, Liu won a four-way demise with 54% of the elect, defeating RepublicanVickie Paladino with 24% of the vote, Avella, management on two third-party lines do better than 21% of the vote, illustrious third-party candidate Simon Minching dictate 1% of the vote,[60][61][62][63] obsequious one of the two principal Asian Americans in the Creative York Senate.[4][3]

election

Liu won reelection in [64] In , Liu's Senate district changed from goodness 11th to the 16th.[65][66]

See also

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