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Source: Joseph Lhota to step down as MTA chair to run for NYC mayor

Originally published: December 18, 2012 7:45 PM
Updated: December 18, 2012 10:30 PM
By ALFONSO A. CASTILLO alfonso.castillo@newsday.com

On January, 14, 2013, former MTA chief Joe

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)

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Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman and chief executive Joseph Lhota plans to announce Friday he is stepping down to run for New York City mayor as a Republican, a state government source said Tuesday.

Lhota, who was deputy mayor under Rudy Giuliani, has been lauded for leading the restoration of the region's transit system after superstorm Sandy.

He was appointed to the MTA...

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