Janison: Lhota makes pitch to discuss commuter tax
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Former MTA chairman Joseph Lhota on John Street in Manhattan. (Jan. 22, 2013)
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New York City's best-known Republican mayoral candidate, Joseph Lhota, says without hesitation that "there needs to be an open discussion" of bringing back a commuter tax on those who work in the city but live elsewhere.
"A lot of people who live outside the City of New York are protected every day by the Police Department and the Fire Department and all of our emergency services," the former...
