Comptroller John Liu is making good on his pledge to fight $527,400 in poster summonses to the bitter end.
Liu, who ran up the tab during his 2009 campaign, filed papers in Brooklyn state Supreme Court on Oct. 31 charging that the tribunal that leveled the violations was biased and the legal service improper.
Those are the same claims that were rejected earlier by an appeal panel of the Environmental Control Board.
The court has scheduled a hearing for Dec. 4 before Judge Martin Solomon.
Gabe Taussig, the lawyer handling the case for the city, yesterday voiced confidence that the ruling will go his way.
“The law has been enforced in a fair and proper manner,” Taussig said. “It has also been documented in multiple press accounts.”
He added that “other political candidates have received similar violations” and that the city is “confident that the courts will agree.”
Indeed, two other likely mayoral contenders have been fighting City Hall and its six-figure poster fines.
But while Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has agreed to pay more than $300,000, former Comptroller Bill Thompson has said he plans to continue to contest his $594,375 bill.