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Liu Steers 144G To His Pro-Pension ‘Partners’ By Josh Margolin July 18,2011 City Comptroller John Liu has awarded nearly $144,000 to two groups he enlisted to help him battle attacks against public-workers’ pensions, The Post has learned. Liu, known for pro-union stands, said in March he was “partnering” with the National Institute for Retirement Security [...]

WFP TO STICK IT TO LIU, DI BLASIO SPITZER COMEBACK POSSIBLE By Grover J Whalen-The East Village Item Accident- prone New York City Comptroller John Liu who seems to stumble from mistake-to-mistake and New York City Public Advocate Bill DiBlasio would both like to be mayor of New York City and both covet the valuable [...]

Liu Is Sued Over Wages By MICHAEL HOWARD SAUL City Comptroller John Liu ignored a state Supreme Court judge’s ruling in setting a new prevailing wage schedule for movers that is much too high, a lawsuit filed Tuesday charged. In a May decision, Supreme Court Justice Alice Schlesinger concluded that Mr. Liu, a potential 2013 [...]

John Liu Takes Credit For 20% Pension Return BY Celeste Katz Mayoral hopeful John Liu says his great leadership over city pension funds has generated a huge 20% return this fiscal year. Our Reuven Blau reports: The high returns reflect stock and bond market bounce backs from July 1st 2010 to June 30 — as [...]

Comptroller Liu Not Getting the Publicity He Wanted By Tara MacIsaac Epoch Times Staff Created: Jun 28, 2011 Last Updated: Jun 28, 2011 NEW YORK—City Comptroller John Liu’s name has made headlines several times this month, but probably not in the way he had hoped for. The former councilman from Flushing held a press conference at [...]

You need a spreadsheet to keep track of city Controller John Liu’s blunders BY EDITORIALS DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Thursday, June 16, 2011 The misadventures of crusading Controller John Liu continue apace. Wanting very much to highlight his role in probing the city’s $80 million CityTime scandal, Liu revealed at a hurriedly convened press conference [...]