![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He also served as chairman of the Special Subcommittee on the 2000 Census.Īlthough Council members are allowed to seek reelection, Carrión did not run for a second term. While on the Council, Carrión belonged to its committees on Economic Development, Education, Higher Education, Environmental Protection, Governmental Operations and Land Use. He won the election and served one four-year term representing the 14th Council District, which includes the West Bronx neighborhoods of University Heights, Morris Heights, Kingsbridge, and Fordham. Political careerĬarrión decided to run for New York City Council in 1997. He currently lives with his second wife, Linda Baldwin, an attorney and former City Planning colleague, and his children, Raquel, Sara, Olivia, and Adolfo James (A.J.) on City Island. He later served as District Manager for Community Board 5 in the Bronx (where he was responsible for overseeing the delivery of services to 150,000 residents within his district), was hired as Vice President of Human Services and Community Outreach at Promesa, a community development organization, and served as Chairman of the Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade. Upon graduating, Carrión worked for three years at the Bronx office of the New York City Department of City Planning. Eventually, he went back to school to earn his Master's Degree in Urban Planning from Hunter College, part of the City University of New York. During that time he participated in CCNY-based Salvadori Center program which uses the built environment as a teaching tool. He followed in the footsteps of his father, a Protestant minister, and became an associate pastor at a Bronx church.Ĭarrión went on to serve as a public school teacher in the West Bronx at Intermediate School 115 and CIS 234. Later, he graduated from The King's College, a Christian liberal arts college in Westchester County at the time, where he majored in world religions. He attended public school at John Philip Sousa Middle School and Harry S. His family moved to the Baychester section of the Northeast Bronx when he was in fourth grade. 5.5 German military training video controversyĪdolfo Carrión was born in Manhattan, in 1961, of Puerto Rican descent.5.2 Navy bombing exercises in Puerto Rico.In late 2012, Carrión left the Democratic Party to begin exploring a run for Mayor of New York City, and in February 2013 he was granted the Independence Party nomination. He served for seven years as the Borough President of the Bronx, for a year and five months as the first director of the Office of Urban Affairs in the Obama Administration, and then for nearly two years as Regional Administrator for HUD's New York and New Jersey Regional Office. he has two sisters Lizette Carrión, and Elizabeth Carrión-Stevens. (born March 6, 1961) is a businessman and former elected official from City Island, located in New York City, New York. 1st Director of the Office of Urban AffairsĪdolfo Carrión, Jr. ![]()
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