# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-liu
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:00:32.723Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-liu"
name: "John Liu"
slug: "john-liu"
description: "John Chun Yah Liu is an American politician in New York City. A member of the Democratic Party, he is a member of the New York State Senate for the 16th district in northeast Queens. He previously served as the 43rd New York City Comptroller from 2010 to 2013, and as a member of the New York City Council from 2002 to 2009, representing the 20th district in northeast Queens. He was the first Asian American New York City Council member and Comptroller, and one of the first two Asian American New York State Senators, as well as the first elected to legislative or citywide office in New York. He was also a candidate in the 2013 New York City mayoral election."
tagline: "American lawmaker, city council member, comptroller (b. 1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Liu_at_the_2009_West_Indian_Day_Parade_by_DS.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1967-01-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.1
  momentum:             4.89856685063201
  historical:           5.330494666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/LiuNewYork"
    handle:    "LiuNewYork"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://liunewyork.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88"
    title: "جان لیو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "جون ليو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "جون ليو (سياسى من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%89%E9%86%87%E9%80%B8"
    title: "劉醇逸"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Liu"
    title: "John Liu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Liu"
    title: "John Liu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6244999"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump