Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota kicked off his campaign this week with a visit to a Chabad-Lubavitch center in Queens, where he paid his respects to the late Rebbe Menachem Schneerson, the Chabad leader who died in 1994. Thousands of people from around the world visit Schneerson’s grave and leave blessings and prayers. Lhota also left a blessing, saying it was private but had to do with “the future of New York City.” Lhota is running against Democratic first place finisher Bill de Blasio.