There’s nothing like a mayoral campaign to inspire the political class to give long, windy speeches about the state of the city. With an open seat looming next year, there’s no shortage of pretenders to the throne, which means that there has been no shortage of speechmaking about the city’s condition. Read More
It has become clear in recent months that City Comptroller John Liu lives in an alternate universe. He seems to think he still is a credible candidate for next year’s mayoral election. He apparently believes that the public will forget about his false promises to identify his fund-raising bundlers—as the law requires. He presumes to lecture Wall Street about ethics, even though his campaign treasury is under federal investigation.
And now Mr. Liu, in partnership with his friends in the labor movement, seems intent on blocking public employee pension reform—which is nothing less than a financial life-or-death issue for both the city and the state.
If Mr. Liu had any shame, he’d keep his head down and hope that the ongoing probes of his murky fund-raising practices don’t hit too close to home. If he had any self-awareness, he’d know better than to go public on an issue that both Governor Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg rightly see as absolutely critical to New York’s fiscal health in the 21st century.
But Mr. Liu seems intent on calling attention to himself. Read More
City Comptroller John Liu should stop signing his name to meaningless proclamations celebrating his friends and instead sign something that actually would be significant: his letter of resignation.
Mr. Liu has been an embarrassment since winning the 2009 comptroller’s race. Read More
