Posts Tagged ‘Ferrer’
Freddy Blames His Guayabera
8:00 am By Maegan La Mala · New York City|Newspapers|Politics · 1 Comment
7 Dec 2005
It’s been over a month since the New York City Mayoral election and I have one message for losing Democrat Freddy Ferrer and his camp: let it go. Roberto Ramirez, advisor to the once Bronx Borough President, said that a Sunday Times Magazine picture that showed Freddy wearing a guayabera and Mayor Michael Bloomberg wearing a suit, made Freddy look like a stereotype. According to a Village Voice article
A Ferrer aide explained that the candidate had gone to the Times photo shoot in a suit and changed into the guayabera afterward because he was heading to a parade. The photographer asked him for quick shots as he was leaving.
Latinos Asking Freddy : Que Paso?
8:36 am By Maegan La Mala · New York City|Politics · Comments Off
17 Nov 2005
The mayoral race may be over in New York City, with billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg winning over Rican Freddy Ferrer by 20 percent, but Latinos and other Democrats are still talking with the next election in mind and wondering que paso? The heavily Latino borough of the Bronx, which Freddy once ran as Borough President, was the only section of the city that Ferrer won.
Some blame the former candidate Ferrer, saying he didn’t really reach out to the community, didn’t play up his “Latinidad”, and most importantly didn’t really represent the values of the grassroots community. Some actually blame the community, saying that Latinos and Democrats overall gave Freddy lukewarm support at best. The answer probably is somewhere in between.
There hasn’t been a person of color in NYC’s City Hall since David Dinkins and Latino names like current Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion are being tossed around for the next election, four full years away.
What Latinos and all people of color and working class people need to decide is what values people want running this diverse city, not what color he is or what accent his last name has.
Via / The Village Voice and WBAI(audio file).
Costa a Costa: NYC Bloomberg beats Ferrer by 20%
9:01 am By Maegan La Mala · Uncategorized · Comments Off
9 Nov 2005Rican/Latino Power Plays in New York City
8:24 am By Maegan La Mala · New York City|Politics · Comments Off
22 Sep 2005
Puerto Ricans have been in New York City in substantial numbers since the early 20th century and their political power has been growing. Fernando Ferrer isn’t the first Rican to run for mayor in the Big Apple. Herman Badillo ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York City in 1969, 1973, 1977, and 1993. What’s different now in 2005 is that Ferrer may have a fighting chance.
After successfully sidestepping a runoff for the Democratic Party nod, recent polls have Ferrer currently running 14 points behind current Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The Rican community has Ferrer’s back though. 1199 SEIU, the largest health care union in New York under the leadership of Dennis Rivera, gave Ferrer their endorsement. And just in case there aren’t enough Ricans in NYC to help Ferrer close the gap between him and Bloomberg, Puerto Ricans on the isla del encanto are on call, maletas in hand. Who said there was a rift between Nuyoricans and island dwellers?
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