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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It's time for the people to weigh in.
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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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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.
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He's put tens of millions of dollars on the air trying to persuade people that he's a nonpartisan kind of guy. But when you support George W. Bush, when you support a conservative Republican Congress, when you support George Pataki -- all of whose policies have been hurting this city, all 8.1 million of us -- he is in no way a Democrat.
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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.