Our John Liu coverage, like the Liu coverage elsewhere, draws an unusual level of commenter vitriol.
Sometimes the commenters mention the fact that Liu’s father was convicted for bank fraud. Usually the criticism of Liu, a councilmember from Queens who was born in Taiwan, is less specific, and amounts to name-calling.
Many of Read More
Our John Liu coverage, like the Liu coverage elsewhere, draws an unusual level of commenter vitriol.
Sometimes the commenters mention the fact that Liu's father was convicted for bank fraud. Usually the criticism of Liu, a councilmember from Queens who was born in Taiwan, is less specific, and amounts to name-calling. Read More
There’s a new local race to watch in Flushing, where Grace Meng, daughter of former Assemblyman Jimmy Meng, has announced she will run for her father’s old seat.
The seat is now held by Ellen Young, who won it when the elder Meng left after one term, citing health problems. The younger Meng ran Read More
Two years after Jimmy Meng narrowly defeated incumbent Assemblyman Barry Grodenchik by less than 200 votes on his way to becoming the first Asian-American state lawmaker, an aide to Meng has surrendered to the Queens District Attorney on charges that he faked voter registration documents.
According to a spokesman for the Queens DA Richard Brown, Read More
Affordable Housing or Lack Thereof
