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Toasts for mogul John Catsimatidis’ wife

Supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis this week declared he will open an exploratory committee to pursue a potential bid for the GOP mayoral nomination. But at a lavish 60th birthday party for his wife Margo at the Mandarin Oriental on Sunday, it was clear who holds the real power in their marriage. Sen. Chuck Schumer said, “Margo represents so much that is so good in our country, our state and our city. One of the things I love about New York is we attract the best and the brightest from the rest of the world and the rest of the country and Margo is an example.” Bill Clinton delivered a video message: “I want to thank you and John for being great friends to Hillary and me for so long . . . You work harder than just about anybody I know.” Guests toasting Margo and dancing to music by Bobby Vinton included top cop Ray Kel
ly, Somers Farkas, Dolly Lenz, Mark Simone, Robert Morgenthau and Curtis Sliwa.