Fernando Ferrer
Fernando Ferrer
Fernando James "Freddy" Ferrerwas the Borough President of The Bronx from 1987 to 2001, and was a candidate for Mayor of New York City in 2001 and the Democratic Party nominee for Mayor in 2005...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth30 April 1950
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Twenty years ago, Jimmy Carter proclaimed the South Bronx the worst slum in America, ... Twenty years later, Bill Clinton comes to proclaim a miracle in the South Bronx.
opponents
we've been opponents in politics, but never opponents in purpose.
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There has to be a new bond, a new promise, a new covenant, with working people in this city that tells them we honor your work, that in New York, if you work hard and do right, the reward should be the tools you need to have to build a good life right here in this city.
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Now, there are some who argue that our party needs to be reinvented to make it more popular. Well, I say, they're dead wrong.
proud race
should be proud of the race he ran.
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New York City's public schools didn't get that much attention. Or else maybe he would have gotten the $23 billion the state owes us for education, ... And all he had to do was make one more trip to get it: to Albany.
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Our data suggests that Latino turnout will be as strong as it was last time.
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see the possibilities of a life filled with optimism and purpose.
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This obnoxious, repulsive multimillion-dollar spending is bad for democracy, ... You can't buy everyone's vote in New York, and I won't let him!
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Oh, he went into the valley to do battle, and all the smart money was on Goliath. And, then, who had to face 'em?
party seat
Fasten your seat belts. The party is unified.
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This is the most obvious thing in the history of the world,
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That's why I'll cut their taxes. That's why I'll also provide 167,000 affordable homes and apartments. Those fees, those fines, those penalties do little to help middle-class and working-class people be able to live in their own neighborhoods, to be able to live decently in their own city - to be able to pass on dreams and hope and opportunity to their children, to their families.
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We're here in Harlem. Mike Bloomberg's campaign posters could make it here. Where's Mike?