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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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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Why does he spend like a drunken sailor? ... Our votes are not for sale! The people of this city are too smart, too ethical.
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we've been opponents in politics, but never opponents in purpose.
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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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It's time for the people to weigh in.
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The use of city-owned lots for gardens was always temporary. Now, some of this space is urgently needed so we can continue the stabilization and revival of our neighborhoods.
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supported the party and the president whose policies have hurt this city.
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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.
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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 have supported right-wing politicians, including the chairman of your own campaign, Mike, who voted for that disgraceful piece of legislation.
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We are concerned about the same kinds of people.
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We are concerned about the same kind of people. The only conversation we are having is about giving all workers in this city the right to decent health care.
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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.