I've been given a responsibility by my community to provide real leadership, not lay down in the street and get arrested once a week." "If I wanted sexy press, I could do a march a week, but then the issue goes away and all you have is your 15 minutes of fame. After a local community board voted against the plan, Carrion removed some of the board members an act his critics called retaliatory. Helped orchestrate the deal that led to the building of a new stadium for the team. According to the Bronx borough president's office, at least 25,000 new housing units have been built in the borough under Carrion's adminstration.
Has focused much of his attention as a public official on housing. Has said his favorite politician is Abraham Lincoln. Initially supported Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary, but worked hard for Obama after the Illinois Senator won the nomination, stumping around the country in states with large Latino populations. Is currently president of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials. In an open letter written from his jail cell, Carrion said he was proud of what he had done standing up for the civil rights of the island's inhabitants. Navy bomb tests on the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico. During his campaign for Bronx borough president, Carrion was arrested, along with Al Sharpton, for trespassing while protesting U.S. Carrion was reportedly hired in 1993 in part to improve the image of the organization, which was reeling after a PROMESA official was convicted of ordering the murder of a woman who was auditing the organization's finances. Has also worked for a non-profit organization in the Bronx called PROMESA (the Puerto Rican Organization to Motivate, Enlighten and Serve Addicts) after working as a district manager in the Bronx. Sang the Puerto Rican anthem "La Borinquena," at the ceremony where he was sworn in to serve on the New York City Council in 1997. Before his two terms as president of the Bronx, worked for the New York City planning department and served as a New York City Council member. and has a master's degree in urban planning from Hunter College in New York City. Majored in world religions and philosophy at Kings College in Westchester, N.Y. He also worked as a public school teacher before going to graduate school. His father was a minister and Carrion followed in his footsteps, working briefly as an associate pastor. Born in Manhattan his family moved to the northern borough when he was an elementary school student. They have three daughters and a son and live on City Island in the Bronx. Has been president of the Bronx since 2001 and was re-elected in 2005.
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In addition to serving two terms as New York City's Bronx Borough President, he has a degree in urban planning and job experience as a minister and public school teacher in the Bronx, which is why Barack Obama has tapped him to serve in a newly created executive branch position White House Director of Urban Affairs. Follow Carrion knows a thing or two about city life.
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