On the eve of John Catsimatidis’ mayoral campaign announcement, reports indicate that he is closer than ever to sewing up support among all the NYC GOP chairs.

As was predicted here days ago, Adolfo Carrion’s chances of securing the Republican nod for mayor are virtually over, because Carrion simply has been unable to secure the support of three of  NYC’s five Republican county chairmen. 

It has also been confirmed by a report in Crains that Brooklyn’s Craig Eaton and Jay Savino of the Bronx, have privately committed to support Republican grocery billionaire John Catsimatidis if Mr. Carrión’s bid fails. 

According to a report by Chris Bragg in the Crain’s Insider, as Adolfo Carrión’s prospects have faded, multiple Republican sources have leaked that two of the GOP chairman, who had been in Mr. Carrión’s corner, Brooklyn’s Craig Eaton and the Bronx’ Jay Savino, have committed to support Republican grocery billionaire John Catsimatidis once the Carrión attempt to get the GOP line dies See “Carrion’s hopes dim as GOP officials eye Catsimatidis” by Chris Bragg, 1/28/13 in Crains New York - Insider [http://mycrains.crainsnewyork.com/blogs/insider/#ixzz2JL2kXvYB]).

Although all the GOP leaders acknowledge that Joseph Lhota has the best credentials to be mayor, John Catsimatidis has more money to give to the Republican county organizations that support his candidacy.   Mr. Catsimatidis is reported to have a net worth of some $3 billion and could easily pour very large amounts of money into a mayoral run. In addition to a Mother Jones report that Catsimatidis would officially announce his candidacy on Tuesday (see http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/01/john-catsimatidis-official-mayor-new-york-candidate ), the Catsimatidis campaign confirmed that the announcement will be Tuesday at  2:15 p.m. on the steps of City Hall.