Mayors of New York have been elected not because of their party label, but because of their philosophy and their approach overall, and that has been since time immemoriam in New York, that people are not party-oriented in New York. Joe Lhota Read Quote
Everybody knows I return all of my phone calls. I pick up my cell phone myself, much to the chagrin of my staff. Joe Lhota Read Quote
I don’t think the Port Authority does a good enough job in anything that they do, quite honestly, but clearly in the area of security. Those cops get paid more than N.Y.P.D. cops, and quite honestly – I know I’m going to get into trouble for saying this – they’re nothing more than mall cops. Joe Lhota Read Quote
Rudy Giuliani did some phenomenal things in the city if you think of the transformation of the city and the quality of life. Joe Lhota Read Quote
What was unique about me being in City Hall during the Giuliani Administration, I was the only one who wasn’t an attorney. I may have been the only one who didn’t work in a prosecutor’s office. So I took a completely different point of view on how the city should be run. Very close to a business, very close on metrics and numbers. Joe Lhota Read Quote
I know Rudy Giuliani. I like Rudy Giuliani. I worked with him during his administration. But we’re completely different people. Joe Lhota Read Quote
Would I be the 3rd term of Rudy Giuliani or the 4th term of Mike Bloomberg? It’ll be neither. It’ll be the first term of Joe Lhota. We’re all different. Joe Lhota Read Quote
