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Aldofo carrion4/29/2023 ![]() He won the election and served one four-year term representing the 14th district, which includes the West Bronx neighborhoods of University Heights, Morris Heights, Kingsbridge, and Fordham. Political careerĬarrión ran for New York City Council in 1997. He currently lives with his 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 and philosophy. He attended public school at PS34 (Manh), PS111 (Bx), 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. BackgroundĪdolfo Carrión was born in Manhattan, in 1961. He was appointed by Mayor Eric Adams on January 30, 2022. Currently, Carrión is serving as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development. In late 2012, Carrión registered as an Independent, 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 White House 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 served one term as a member of the New York City Council, representing the 14th district. He has three sisters Elizabeth Carrión-Stevens, Damaris Carrión-Harris and Lizette Carrión. ![]() ![]() (born March 6, 1961) is an American businessman and former elected official from City Island. Member of the New York City Council from the 14th districtĪdolfo Carrión Jr. Kings College, New York ( BA) Hunter College (MUP) Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Developmentĭirector of the White House Office of Urban Affairs ![]()
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