Richard Leone
[2] He served in the administration of President Lyndon Johnson as Executive Director of the White House Task Force on the Cities.[2] In 1973, Leone became the campaign manager for Brendan Byrne, who won the Democratic nomination for Governor of New Jersey and defeated Republican Congressman Charles W. Sandman Jr. by 721,000 votes (66.4%).[13] Case lost the Republican primary to conservative Jeffrey Bell, and Bradley won the Senate seat in the general election.Governor Thomas Kean, a Republican, appointed Leone to serve as a Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.In 1990, Leone was named Chairman of the Port Authority by the newly elected Governor, Democrat James Florio.Byrne has twice sought to get Leone appointed as Executive Director of the Port Authority, but he was blocked by New York Governor Hugh Carey.