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	Fernando Ferrer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fernando James "Freddy" Ferrer (born April 30, 1950 in the Bronx, New York) was the Borough President of The Bronx from 1987 to 2001, and was a candidate for Mayor of New York in 2001 and the Democratic Party nominee for Mayor in 2005.
		Ferrer entered politics, and was elected to the New York City Council at the age of 32.
		Ferrer, who'd marched in protest against the shooting when it occurred, expressed his belief to the New York City Police Department Sergeant's Benevolent Association that the incident was a "tragedy," but "not a crime." He was strongly criticized by Diallo's family and others for these remarks, and he slid in popularity polls, especially among African-Americans.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fernando_Ferrer (1027 words)

	New York City mayoral election, 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ferrer was endorsed by the Working Families Party on September 27th but did not appear on the Working Families Party line in November.
		On October 6th, a mayoral debate was held at the Apollo Theater from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM with Fernando Ferrer and Tom Ognibene; Mayor Michael Bloomberg was absent.
		Ferrer seeks to create 167,000 homes, proposes hiring 1,900 new police officers, supports same-sex marriage, opposes the Urstadt law, supports the Second Avenue Subway and is opposed to tolls on the East River bridges.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_York_City_mayoral_election,_2005 (1651 words)

	Key Endorsements: Fernando Ferrer (Gotham Gazette. September 5, 2005)
		Ferrer's, someone who was jailed for soliciting payoffs on behalf of a powerful state senator, had been overheard in wiretaps promising that contributions to Mr.
		Ferrer is going to be a decent candidate in the fall, he's going to have to start talking like the intelligent public servant he used to be.
		Fernando Ferrer has the ability to energize and inspire us, and to remind us that the prosperity that is being enjoyed by some New Yorkers must be available to all New Yorkers.
	www.gothamgazette.com /article/issueoftheweek/20050905/200/1552 (967 words)

	village voice > news > Finding Freddy by Jarrett Murphy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ferrer's 1997 campaign took money from several figures reportedly connected to organized crime (he returned some of it), and in 1998 some of his political allies were caught on tape saying that Ferrer could influence the Bronx D.A. to drop an investigation.
		Ferrer was the only mayoral candidate to show up for an Alliance for Quality Education forum at I.S. 27 in Port Richmond, where a nearly all-white crowd of 70 people wanted to hear what was going to be done for schools that, they claim, are as much as 83 percent over capacity.
		And Ferrer is signaling that he knows this, with his signature policy statement so far: a proposal to place a half-penny tax on all stock sales for four years in order to pay for the city's share of the $23 billion Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) court judgment.
	www.villagevoice.com /news/0521,murphy,64251,5.html (2249 words)

	Ferrer Is First in Mayoral Primary; Runoff Is Possible - New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Fernando Ferrer captured the most votes in the Democratic mayoral primary last night, but a strong possibility emerged that he might have to vie in a runoff for his party's nomination against Representative Anthony D. Weiner.
		Fernando Ferrer appeared on the verge of winning the Democratic mayoral nomination, but a strong possibility emerged that he might have to vie in a run-off for the nomination against Anthony D. Weiner —; a result that would leave only a six-week window for the general election against Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.
		Ferrer captured 39.949 percent of the vote, a hairbreadth short of the 40 percent needed to avoid a runoff on Sept 27.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/09/14/nyregion/metrocampaigns/14york.html?ex=1284350400&en=14116a8e0e642c8a&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (922 words)

	PUERTO RICO HERALD: Puerto Rico Profile: Fernando Ferrer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		As the week began, Ferrer received the endorsement of the controversial African American leader, the Rev. Al Sharpton, and campaigned with him in the predominately fl neighborhoods of Harlem, Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx.
		Fernando Ferrer, known as "Freddy" to his constituents and supporters, ran for mayor four years ago but abruptly pulled out of the race against the incumbent mayor, Rudolph Giuliani.
		Ferrer’s Primary Election run is against three major rivals: Mark Green, the city’s public advocate; Alan G. Hevesi, the city comptroller; and Peter F. Vallone, the speaker of the City Council.
	www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2001/vol5n35/ProfFerFerrer-en.shtml (1045 words)

	La Unidad Latina's 23rd Anniversary Gala - February 19, 2005
		Fernando Ferrer is also a builder of national renown, a reputation he earned during his 14-year tenure as the Bronx Borough President.
		Fernando Ferrer oversaw that rebuilding, a task he tackled with stunning results, transforming what was once a national symbol of urban decay into an international model for urban revival.
		Ferrer has refocused the energies of DMI to tackling policies that are threatening the working poor and those who can't provide for themselves while eroding the middle class, the backbone of New York City.
	www.launidadlatina.org /gala/ferrer.html (655 words)

	Ferrer Expounds on Blame for Failure of Mayoral Bid - New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Three weeks after losing the mayor's race by a historic margin, Fernando Ferrer said in a revealing interview that a biased news media and blundering pollsters were to blame for his defeat, and that fishy questions remained about a terrorism alert that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced at a critical moment in the campaign.
		Fernando Ferrer said the news media were biased in reporting his campaign themes.
		Ferrer said the mayor was never held accountable for the timing of the terror alert on Oct. 6.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/11/29/nyregion/metrocampaigns/29ferrer.html?ex=1290920400&en=8f2696a26206dea0&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss (1182 words)

	wnbc.com - News - Interview: Fernando Ferrer, Former Bronx Borough President, Discusses The Mayoral Campaign Of 2005 ...
		FERRER: It's somewhat simplistic and somewhat appeals to--you know, to the right-wingers out there who believe that homelessness is a phony problem, that publicly assisted housing is some kind of free lunch and don't understand the importance to the economy of this city that that is.
		FERRER: Homelessness is certainly one of them, and I would encourage the mayor to go even farther to match his rhetoric of nearly three years ago that moved even a Democrat.
		FERRER: I have a feeling that--in fact, I know what I read in the papers and what you all have reported, that the team's own financial analysis was adopted by the city instead of the city conducting an independent financial analysis, that nobody can...
	www.wnbc.com /news/3465377/detail.html (3307 words)

	Sharpton Gives Ferrer a List of Conditions
		Ferrer with a sharp demonstration of the risks he faces by basing his campaign on an explicit appeal for fl and Hispanic voters, as he seeks to become the first New York mayor of Puerto Rican descent.
		Ferrer returned the favor by endorsing William C. Thompson Jr., the former Board of Education president, who is fl, for city comptroller, and any fl seeking to succeed Mr.
		Ferrer's campaign is that he will build a base of support with a combination of Hispanic voters energized by the historical potential of Mr.
	www.williecolon.com /sharpton-conditions.htm (899 words)

	village voice > news > Ferrer's Color-Coded Victory Plan by Wayne Barrett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Yes." There are people, Ferrer concluded, "who are rightly concerned" that all New Yorkers "have their day in the sun," and while he doesn't know "if people look at it in the same terms as they did" in 1989, he is certainly well aware of this year's historic opportunity.
		The working Ferrer model is 1989, when Dinkins got between 91 and 95 percent of the fl vote, 64 percent of the Latino vote and 29 percent of the white vote, winning the general election by three points over first-timer Rudy Giuliani.
		Ferrer's early endorsement of a stock-transfer tax gave the mayor the ammunition he needed to depict Ferrer as an ideologue with no grasp of what makes the New York economic engine purr, just as Giuliani did with Messinger.
	www.villagevoice.com /news/0532,barrett,66695,5.html (2364 words)

	CampaignReview: Local Races Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ferrer struggled to settle on a clear message and communicate it to voters, he had all but abandoned the language of the other New York, which had defined his run in 2001.
		Former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer (D) came under attack yesterday by families of 9/11 victims, who criticized the mayoral candidate for camaigning on the "somber fourth anniversary of the terror attacks," reports the New York Post.
		Ferrer is looking to build momentum in the hope of avoiding a runoff election, and the endorsement from Sharpton was prompted in part by "the rise of Weiner," according to the New York Times.
	www.campaignreview.com /archives/local_races (2229 words)

	New York Daily News - Home - Fibbing Fernando (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Ferrer campaign confirmed yesterday that the former Bronx borough president never attended public school; he was enrolled in private parochial schools from kindergarten through 12th grade.
		Although the entry was specifically labeled "posted by Fernando Ferrer," his campaign officials blamed the mistake on an "editing error" by a staffer whom they refused to identify.
		Ferrer's daughter, Carlina, attended public school through the eighth grade, but she graduated from Cardinal Spellman High School, the same Bronx parochial school from which Ferrer graduated.
	www.nydailynews.com /front/story/350507p-298990c.html (556 words)

	Jewish and Israel News from New York - The Jewish Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Fernando Ferrer’s public schedule was on the light side this week: a press conference here, a subway stop and radio interview there.
		Ferrer, who has raised $3.8 million, second only to Miller, isn’t talking about “the other New York” as he did in 2001, drawing criticism that he was provoking class conflict.
		Fernando Ferrer was born in the Bronx, the son of divorced Puerto Rican natives.
	www.thejewishweek.com /news/newscontent.php3?artid=11165 (1956 words)

	wnbc.com - News - Interview: Fernando Ferrer, Former Bronx Borough President, Discusses Issues On Which He Differs With ...
		Fernando Ferrer, former Bronx borough president who failed in his bid to win the Democratic nomination for mayor in 2001, is trying again.
		FERRER: I think it should be an issue only inasmuch as he's the mayor of New York, and the mayor of New York has an obligation to speak when resources, important resources, are being diverted from this city, such that we're shutting down firehouses in New York and building them in Baghdad.
		FERRER: Training people to take these jobs, taking the chronically unemployed and moving them from welfare to work, making our school system work so that we can continually, as a matter of course, graduate literate and numerate children who are able to compete in an increasingly complex and global marketplace.
	www.wnbc.com /news/4121368/detail.html (3585 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Tobacco Interests Back Bloomberg Rival in New York
		At the time the ban was implemented, Ferrer was quoted as saying he thought the law against smoking may have gone too far.
		A spokeswoman for Ferrer said the donations were the result of a strong alliance and not a campaign to rescind the ban.
		Ferrer, who has run twice before for mayor, tied with the mayor in a recent opinion poll and leads the other four Democrats likely to join the race.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-1-26/26019.html (338 words)

	[HK-Online] For Mayor: Ferrer to Place (and Place does Matter)
		Despite Ferrer's insistence that he neither sought nor accepted Carson's endorsement, some speculate that Vallone's maneuver was a Hail-Mary Pass, hoping to climb from his gutter 10-11% poll showing and maybe edging our Ferrer for a place in the runoff.
		Ferrer's campaign tells us that of all the candidates, he's taken the least from REBNY and the RSA, but we haven't had the time to verify this.
		In August, the Village Voice profiled Ferrer (http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0131/robbins.php), his rise from the democratic machine to the Bronx Borough Presidency, taking over from then BP Stanley Simon who was caught in a bribery scheme, how Ferrer instituted a code of ethics, brought in auditors, and had his staff file statements of personal finances.
	www.tenant.net /pipermail/hkonline/2001-September/000312.html (2086 words)

	Fernando Ferrer and His Campaign - Perspectives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ferrer has clearly demonstrated that he would make this issue a priority if he were mayor, so, as someone who isn't a multi-millionaire, I support Fernando Ferrer for Mayor of New York City.
		I was intrigued by Ferrer's housing program, where he introduced an initiative to ensure that up to 50 percent of new housing units would be affordable to New Yorkers.
		Ferrer has pledged that he would dedicate $8.5 billion over ten years for the development and preservation of 167,000 affordable housing units in the city.
	www.mcquadrangle.org /news/2005/11/02/Perspectives/Fernando.Ferrer.And.His.Campaign-1042671.shtml (519 words)

	7Online.com: Fernando Ferrer Looks to Put a Dent in Mayor's Lead
		Democrat Fernando Ferrer is bringing in high powered help-- hoping to close a wide gap against Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
		Fernando Ferrer spent much of his day in the Bronx with one of his most high profile supporters.
		Ferrer wants to boost the number of graduates and plans a new tax when stocks are sold to help pay for improvements.
	abclocal.go.com /wabc/story?section=elections&id=3576528 (379 words)

	New Board Announced for Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association
		Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced that former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer was chosen today to be the Chairperson of a new board of directors for the Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association.
		Fernando Ferrer - President of the Drum Major Institute, a non-profit, public policy organization that focuses on economic and social justice concerns.
		Ferrer, who was a candidate for Mayor of New York City in 2001, previously served for 14 years as the Borough President of the Bronx.
	www.oag.state.ny.us /press/2002/nov/nov06a_02.html (987 words)

	Why Are We Back In Iraq?: An Unendorsement For Fernando Ferrer
		Someone in Green's camp circulated a racist, offensive cartoon of Fernando Ferrer planting a kiss on Rev. Al Sharpton's posterior during the period before the run-off.
		I assumed that I would be endorsing Fernando Ferrer again for the upcoming election.
		This Tuesday, Fernando Ferrer told a group of New York City NYPD sergeants that in regards to the Diallo killing: "I don't believe it was a crime.
	whyareweback.blogspot.com /2005/03/unendorsement-for-fernando-ferrer.html (807 words)

	The GULLY \| Gay Mundo \| Candidate Ferrer, Bronx Pride, and Mega Bigotry
		Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Ferrer's gay liaison, subsequently dismissed the protests as last-minute criticisms by outsiders of a well-intentioned effort, and suggested that a certain elitism was at play.
		Ferrer's nonchalant pooh-poohing of queer Latino activists would be easier to explain if he were a rabid homophobe.
		Ferrer was more at risk if he gave in to the protesters.
	www.thegully.com /essays/gaymundo/010731nyc_ferrer.html (1208 words)

	Youths Grab Center Stage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ferrer noted that on repeated instances he denounced homophobic statements from Diaz and had himself been a target of right-wing wrath at the Bronx anti-marriage rally.
		The flyer linking Ferrer to Diaz also mentioned a vote he made as a city councilman in 1986 on an amendment to the city gay rights ordinance that would have exempted three and four-family rental apartments from non-discrimination provisions had it not been vetoed by then-Mayor Ed Koch.
		Ferrer also faced a question shouted from the audience about his recent statement that the 1999 killing of Amadou Diallo, an African resident of the Bronx, by police who said they thought, incorrectly, he was reaching for a weapon, was not a crime, despite his harsh criticism of police actions at the time.
	www.gaycitynews.com /gcn_415/youthsgrabcenterstage.html (1520 words)

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