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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I think you'll see for the first time in American history two candidates, each representing the major parties of the United States, campaigning extensively in Spanish. It will be a sight to behold.
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It comes down to two debates. It's too bad that for the last six or seven weeks, since I became the Democratic nominee, I've been having to debate tens of millions of dollars of radio and television ads and his multimillion-dollar spin machine.
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You could go to any New Yorker on the street and they will tell you they are having an affordability crisis,
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The mayor just doesn't get it, so he doesn't have to do anything about it.
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If a citizen were barred for some reason or another from participating in the franchise, some might say, 'Wait a minute, we pay taxes, what are we talking about here?'
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I'm looking into all of your faces and I know you, ... We come from the same place.
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I think this is the most indecent thing I have seen in my public life that spans 25 years.
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see the possibilities of a life filled with optimism and purpose.
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should be proud of the race he ran.
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This team has made us all proud, ... On the field and off the field, they represented the Bronx and New York City well.
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While Mike Bloomberg has spent three-and-a-half of his four years ... trying to spend $1.2 billion of our money on a West Side football stadium, between 500,000 and 800,000 New Yorkers ... remain uncovered, including 290,000 children,
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we've been opponents in politics, but never opponents in purpose.
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We're here in Harlem. Mike Bloomberg's campaign posters could make it here. Where's Mike?
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We can do better than a mayor who says he doesn't think many people make the minimum wage. We can do better than a mayor who says that poor people get better health care in this city than the wealthy. I believe that hope and opportunity have to be present in equal measure on every block, on every street in every neighborhood in every borough of our city.