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 can't imagine anyone would turn down the opportunity to headline at the Apollo.
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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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After the pundits, the pollsters, the press . . . it is appropriately in the hands of the people, so let them decide.
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If one is running for mayor, it is necessary to answer the difficult questions of each community, and Michael Bloomberg to date does not want to accept it,
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It's time for the people to weigh in.
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supported the party and the president whose policies have hurt this city.
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Excuse me a second. You gave him money, Mike. And you can't have it both ways.
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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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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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Fasten your seat belts. The party is unified.
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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.
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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?
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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.