Word: carrion
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...focused much of his attention as a public official on housing. According to the Bronx borough president's office, at least 25,000 new housing units have been built in the borough under Carrion's adminstration...
...also worked for a non-profit organization in the Bronx called PROMESA (the Puerto Rican Organization to Motivate, Enlighten and Serve Addicts) after working as a district manager in the Bronx. Carrion was reportedly hired in 1993 in part to improve the image of the organization, which was reeling after a PROMESA official was convicted of ordering the murder of a woman who was auditing the organization's finances...
...During his campaign for Bronx borough president, Carrion was arrested, along with Al Sharpton, for trespassing while protesting U.S. Navy bomb tests on the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico. In an open letter written from his jail cell, Carrion said he was proud of what he had done standing up for the civil rights of the island's inhabitants...
...devoted New York Yankees fan. Helped orchestrate the deal that led to the building of a new stadium for the team. After a local community board voted against the plan, Carrion removed some of the board members - an act his critics called retaliatory...
...very smart and articulate, a thoughtful planner and he certainly has what it takes to run for citywide office." - Doug Muzzio, professor of public affairs at Baruch College, on Carrion's potential for higher office in New York City, New York Daily News...