De Blasio Warns Lhota Not to Run a Racially Divisive Campaign Bill de Blasio is still locked in a heated primary, but the Democratic mayoral front-runner took some time to go after Republican Joe Lhota today. The issue at hand comes from an Atlanta-based consultant reportedly claiming Mr. Lhota’s polling shows “there is still some backlash about the mixed marriage” Mr. de Blasio has with his wife, who is black. The Lhota campaign disputed the account and ...
Sept. 5, 2013 - The New York Observer