FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2009 file photo, then Democratic hopeful for the office of New York City Comptroller, Queens City Councilman John Liu, poses before a debate in New York. The field of likely hopefuls includes two newcomers to citywide politics — Bill de Blasio and Liu, city councilmen who were elected to the No. 2 and No. 3 City Hall posts this month, shaking up the political scenery as potential antagonists to Bloomberg's third-term agenda.
(AP Photo/James Keivom, Pool, File)