Weiner to comply with financial disclosure calls

He ought to reveal that anyway, said Dick Dadey, executive director of the good-government group Citizens Union.

Weiner -- who resigned from Congress in 2011 amid a sexting scandal -- "has a different burden to prove, and regain the public's trust," Dadey said. "Given his past missteps he cannot afford to shield himself from any public scrutiny."

In a brief interview Friday, Weiner was asked if he was ready to comply with disclosure rules and said, "Yes, of course, as I have in the past."

Asked for the client list, Weiner Friday referred inquiries to Abedin, who couldn't be reached for comment. She is now Hillary Clinton's transition director.

Politico said Abedin worked for the nonprofit William Jefferson Clinton Foundation and Teneo, a private concern, among other clients. The time period -- from June 2012 to this February -- would likely be excluded from city finance law requirements for spousal financial disclosure. The law also requires few details, he said.

Nearly all of Weiner's would-be rivals -- many with spouses pursuing careers -- didn't respond or declined to answer questions on whether there should be fuller such disclosures by Weiner, and by all candidates. An exception, Democratic former Councilman Sal Albanese, said, "This isn't the first time that Tony hasn't been up front with New Yorkers."