Joe Lhota Quotes
I still am a virulent anti-communist. It is a bad system, an immoral system, and one that takes away the rights of people and the rights of individuals. And everywhere it's gone, it's failed.
I have gone to Albany constantly in my capacity as budget director, because I don't think the way the transit authority works with the City of New York is very appropriate.
People should be respected for the strength of their convictions, and I also believe in freedom of expression.
I have voted for a Republican for president ever since I was voting and since I was 18 years old.
Everybody knows I return all of my phone calls. I pick up my cell phone myself, much to the chagrin of my staff.
This idea of tying me to Giuliani is quite unique. I know Rudy Giuliani. I like Rudy Giuliani. I worked with him during his administration. But we're completely different people.
I was involved in some of the very first meetings that created the maps that showed what would happen if you had a Category 1, 2 or 3 hurricane in New York.
My earliest memories are of my father explaining to me the American Dream and how he expected me to do better than he did.
I was born here in the city, born in the Bronx. Son of a cop. One grandfather was a taxi driver; the other was a firefighter. New York is in my DNA.
My dad was a New York City cop. His father was a New York City fireman. And my mother's dad was a city taxi driver.
