Richard Grasso, NYSE ex-boss, tells Wagner College audience he might run for mayor

Staten Island, NY - Richard Grasso, who headed the New York Stock Exchange by the test of 9 / 11, said yesterday evening that he is ready to run the city.

Speaking at Wagner College, the former president and CEO of the NYSE says it will seek the Republican nomination for mayor in 2013, if the police commissioner Raymond Kelly does not run and former Governor Eliot Spitzer.

Hill's visit Grym was a rare public appearance to Grasso, who left his post under a cloud in 2003, he was ultimately justified in a row over his remuneration.

Before an audience of about 150, Grasso has talked about "convergence" of public policy, government and the economy ", affecting the 2008 financial crisis and budget deficit worrying.