Perez Prepares to Challenge Bronin.

Former gang member and Joe Lieberman loyalist Eddie Perez will attempt to seize the crown he was charged corrupting his office. The former mayor and shakedown artist is expected to challenge first term mayor Luke Bronin.

Perez will seek to become mayor of the city he is suing for hundreds of thousands in defense fees, though he was convicted of public corruption.

Perez and Bronin are said to have had a tense encounter about the challenge today.

Bronin won a narrow primary victory over incumbent Democrat Pedro Segarra in their 2015 face-off. Bronin struggled in this year’s Democratic nomination contest for governor. The Greenwich native abandoned his bid before the state convention.