Riding high with a new poll showing him with a substantial lead over Joe Lhota, Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio collected more than $1 million at a Manhattan fundraiser headlined by Hillary Clinton.

The 2 and a half-hour event at the Roosevelt Hotel was “extraordinarily successful,” Mr. de Blasio told reporters. He said his wife, Chirlane, introduced the former Secretary of State, “who really rallied the crowd.” In her speech, she recalled her successful 2000 U.S. Senate campaign was “in good hands” with fellow Democrat de Blasio at the helm, he said. “She paralleled that in a very touching way to the choice New Yorkers have to make about their next mayor and what values you’re looking for in a mayor,” he added.

(Jacob Kornbluh – YWN)