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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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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Look, I'm not running to be the mayor of the fourth grade. I'm running to be the mayor of all the grades.
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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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The mayor frequently tries to change the subject when he is caught.
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Fasten your seat belts. The party is unified.
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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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That's the most important thing: juxtaposing our positive vision for the city against Mike Bloomberg, ... He shouldn't profit from this in the least.
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You know this city will track you down if you owe it a parking ticket, there's no reason why we can't track all of our students,
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I can't imagine anyone would turn down the opportunity to headline at the Apollo.
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Freddy has consistently supported the rights of noncitizens to vote but welcomes a healthy debate of the issue before it becomes law.
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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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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.