Ángel Franco/The New York Times
Joseph J. Lhota
M.T.A. Chief, in Public Clash, Calls Board Member a Liar
METRO NEWS BRIEFS: NEW YORK; Deputy Mayor Admits Shoving a Reporter
A
reporter, Rafael Martinez Alequin, 66, whose self-published newspaper
The Free Press is often critical of Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, said that
Deputy Mayor Joseph J. Lhota hit him in the chest outside City Hall
yesterday and referred to him with an ethnic slur. Mr. Lhota
acknowledged shoving him but denied using a remark derogatory to
Latinos. He said the incident had begun as he talked to a colleague
yesterday outside City Hall and Mr. Alequin insisted on speaking to him.
The unidentified colleague walked away just before the altercation
began.''He interrupted me and shoved me and I shoved him back,'' Mr.
Lhota said.
By MATT FLEGENHEIMER
The comments by the chairman, Joseph J. Lhota, to Charles G. Moerdler
came during a discussion over a proposal to change the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority’s meeting calendar.
M.T.A. Amends Rules After Pro-Israel Ads Draw Controversy
By MATT FLEGENHEIMER
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board barred ads that could “incite or provoke violence.”
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