Mayoral candidate Lhota at funding crossroads
Photo credit: Newsday/Audrey C. Tiernan | On January, 14, 2013, former MTA chief Joe Lhota confirmed the city's worst-kept political secret when he said he will file papers at the end of the week launching his mayoral run. (May 8, 2012)
Given the ability of political money to talk, swear and wail, the credibility of Republican Joseph Lhota's mayoral campaign cleared a big hurdle this week by reporting that he raised $730,000 in the two months since he announced his candidacy.
Lhota's ex-boss Rudy Giuliani contributed, along with several of his former aides who have been out of the public eye for years -- names from the City...
