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Adolfo Carrion

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Mayoral Messiness? Candidates John Liu and Bill Thompson Do Battle With Controversies

    As the 2013 mayoral race fast approaches, details keep emerging about potential candidates -- but the info has tended to be pretty unappealing. Today, there are two news items dealing with embattled Comptroller John Liu and Bill Thompson.

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Adolfo Carrion for Mayor?

    The Post reports that Adolfo Carrion, former Bronx borough prez who served as Barack Obama's urban czar, is weighing whether to run for mayor "and will make a decision by the fall." Carrion, 51, would likely bill himself as a middle-of-the-road alternative to the other Democrat contenders, who he r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    Bronx Beep to Yanks: Pave Parking Lot, Put Up Hotel Paradise

    Diaz' Facebook profile pic: Only 602 saves short of Mo.​With the new ballfields intended to replace those bulldozed five years ago to make way for Yankee Stadium: The Next Generation finally nearing completion — look, you can even see them now on Google Maps! — it's time to finally ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Adolfo Carrion Comes Back to NYC, but Maybe Not the Way He Wanted To

    ​Former Bronx borough president Adolfo Carrion, who left city politics to become the first director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs, is coming home via another federal gig. Carrion will be leaving his current job to become the regional director of New York and New Jersey for HUD. W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Andrew Cuomo Campaign Getting Lots of (Bad) Free Advice

    ​ When Fred Dicker of the New York Post talks, Albany listens. The tabloid's hard-punching state editor has as much or more impact on state politics these days - between his newspaper blasts and his daily radio show - as any capitol powerbroker. But Dicker's prediction in his "Inside Albany" c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Adolfo Carrion Reminds Us Why He's Not the Latino NY Needs for Statewide Office

    No, gracias​The wrong Carrion nominated himself for lieutenant governor in this morning's Daily News. Think of Gladys Carrion, the celebrated commissioner of the New York State Office of Children & Family Services, or a host of other prominent Latinos before Adolfo Carrion, the ex-Bronx boro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2009

    Bronx Tenants Unhappy with Probe Target

    Atlantic Development Group, the politically tied builder whose Soho offfices were the target of yesterday's raid by city and state investigators, came in for some tough talk last month from residents of a Bronx building who complained about no-heat and poor maintenance in a newly constructed complex ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2009

    Investigators Raid Top City Developer

    There's a raid going on -- still as we write -- at the Soho offices of one of the city's biggest housing developers. Since seven this morning, blue-jacketed agents of the Manhattan District Attorney's office have been hard at work, hauling boxes of records from the offices of Atlantic Development Gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2009

    Diaz Beep Victory Party: "The Clamor from Bronxites"

    A group of citywide elected officials -- including mayoral candidate and New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson -- clapped their hands to the blaring music, but an enormous crowd drowned them out with chants of "Ruben, Ruben!" as the winner of the Bronx Borough President special election made his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2009

    New Yankee Stadium Opens Its Vast, Expensive Gates

    As part of their "please don't notice that you no longer have public parks" campaign, the Yankees opened the gates of their new stadium to Bronx residents today, distributing 15,000 tickets via community boards to watch the team take batting practice, and get a sneak preview of the borough's first $ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    Yanks Tear Up Outfield -- and Not Just By Releasing Bobby Abreu

    photo (cc) Shelley Panzarella The long wait in the Bronx may be close to an ending: A WCBS radio news helicopter flew over Yankee Stadium (the real one) yesterday and snapped photos of the outfield turf starting to be peeled off and removed. Will an actual wrecking ball be soon to follow? If so, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

    Where the magic happens. As Mom used to say as she filled our juice glass with Four Roses, what a week! The Go John Galt nuts threatened a "wealth producers" strike, though some of their numbers seemed not to have much wealth production to speak of. (Many other Americans scaled back their produc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    New Bronx Beep Lives in Brooklyn, "Mixed" on Atlantic Yards

    As regular readers will have noticed, we are a little slow on the uptake sometimes, and didn't realize before now that new Bronx Beep Earl Brown (who replaced Adolfo Carrion, gone to join the Obama Administration) is actually a resident of Brooklyn, specifically Prospect Heights, the neighborhood th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    Adolfo Carrion's Favorite Architect

    When Adolfo Carrion -- the now ex-Bronx beep whose interesting ideas of urban planning are now part of the Obama administration -- wanted to add a new deck to his attractive Victorian home on City Island, he knew just the architect for the job. The Daily News team of Greg B. Smith and Robert Gearty ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2009

    Now They Tell Us: Papers Say Adolfo Carrion Not Such a Great Beep

    Now that Adolfo Carrion is leaving the Bronx borough presidency for the Obama Administration, local papers are telling us the bad news about him. The Daily News -- which sat on a Carrion expose last December -- tells us that "just before or after he sponsored money for projects or approved important ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    Special Elections Tomorrow; Endorsements Roll In

    It's off-season politically, but tomorrow's special elections and the recent appointment of the Bronx borough president to the Obama Administration have stirred some endorsement activity. Debi Rose (pictured), who stands for Michael McMahon's vacated Brooklyn/Staten Island city council seat in tom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Diaz Endorses Mystery Candidate, "Last Name Diaz," for Beep

    As you may have heard, Adolfo Carrion has been appointed by the Obama Administration to head the White House Office of Urban Affairs, which will leave the Bronx borough presidency vacant. Bronx pols are already scrambling for the seat. Our own John DeSio approached one of our most telegenic state ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    Adolfo "Parking Lot" Carrion Finally Makes Obama Lineup

    The Daily News' Bob Kappstatter reports today that Bronx borough president Adolfo Carrion has finally nailed that elusive White House slot. The 47-year-old will head a new Office on Urban Policy, allegedly reporting directly to the President. The news must be true because NY1 is reporting the same t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2009

    Kicking It Soviet-Style: Day Two of the Yanks-Mets Stadium Hearings

    If yesterday's state assembly hearing on stadium funding focused on the big guns, today was for the hoi polloi. The city Industrial Development Agency is required to hold a public hearing before voting on new projects - in this case, $342 million in new tax-free bonds for the Yankees and Mets - so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2008

    Carrion Finally Appointed to Federal Office

    If yesterday's state assembly hearing on stadium funding focused on the big guns, today was for the hoi polloi. The city Industrial Development Agency is required to hold a public hearing before voting on new projects - in this case, $342 million in new tax-free bonds for the Yankees and Mets - so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2008

    Oops! Adolfo Carries On as Donovan is the Stud for HUD

    If yesterday's state assembly hearing on stadium funding focused on the big guns, today was for the hoi polloi. The city Industrial Development Agency is required to hold a public hearing before voting on new projects - in this case, $342 million in new tax-free bonds for the Yankees and Mets - so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    The News' Amazing Disappearing Carrion Story

    If yesterday's state assembly hearing on stadium funding focused on the big guns, today was for the hoi polloi. The city Industrial Development Agency is required to hold a public hearing before voting on new projects - in this case, $342 million in new tax-free bonds for the Yankees and Mets - so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    Talkative Bronx Beep Says Obama's Giving Him a Job

    If yesterday's state assembly hearing on stadium funding focused on the big guns, today was for the hoi polloi. The city Industrial Development Agency is required to hold a public hearing before voting on new projects - in this case, $342 million in new tax-free bonds for the Yankees and Mets - so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2008

    Ballfields Near New Yankee Stadium Won't Be Ready Soon

    If yesterday's state assembly hearing on stadium funding focused on the big guns, today was for the hoi polloi. The city Industrial Development Agency is required to hold a public hearing before voting on new projects - in this case, $342 million in new tax-free bonds for the Yankees and Mets - so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2008

    Paterson's Possible Picks: The Short List

    If yesterday's state assembly hearing on stadium funding focused on the big guns, today was for the hoi polloi. The city Industrial Development Agency is required to hold a public hearing before voting on new projects - in this case, $342 million in new tax-free bonds for the Yankees and Mets - so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2008

    Happy Term Limits Hearing Day! Gov Ops Committee Approves

    If yesterday's state assembly hearing on stadium funding focused on the big guns, today was for the hoi polloi. The city Industrial Development Agency is required to hold a public hearing before voting on new projects - in this case, $342 million in new tax-free bonds for the Yankees and Mets - so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2008

    9/11, 5 Boroughs

    If yesterday's state assembly hearing on stadium funding focused on the big guns, today was for the hoi polloi. The city Industrial Development Agency is required to hold a public hearing before voting on new projects - in this case, $342 million in new tax-free bonds for the Yankees and Mets - so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2008

    The Bronx is Booming, But For Whom?

    If yesterday's state assembly hearing on stadium funding focused on the big guns, today was for the hoi polloi. The city Industrial Development Agency is required to hold a public hearing before voting on new projects - in this case, $342 million in new tax-free bonds for the Yankees and Mets - so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2008

    Dr. Ruth Enters Bronx Walk of Fame Despite Having Never Lived There

    If yesterday's state assembly hearing on stadium funding focused on the big guns, today was for the hoi polloi. The city Industrial Development Agency is required to hold a public hearing before voting on new projects - in this case, $342 million in new tax-free bonds for the Yankees and Mets - so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2007

    Carrión to Run for Comptroller in 2009

    If yesterday's state assembly hearing on stadium funding focused on the big guns, today was for the hoi polloi. The city Industrial Development Agency is required to hold a public hearing before voting on new projects - in this case, $342 million in new tax-free bonds for the Yankees and Mets - so ... More >>

  • News

    November 20, 2007

    Elevator Diplomacy

    Yankee Stadium gets a walkway, a politician gets a big donation, and you get a fat bill

  • News

    September 18, 2007

    Turf Wars

    Yanks' Replacement Park Stinks, Say Bronx Residents

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2007

    Pedicab Smackdown: City Council Defies Bloomberg, Reins in 'Green Transport'

    Yanks' Replacement Park Stinks, Say Bronx Residents

  • News

    August 22, 2006

    Cell Block

    City suddenly whips out plans for a new Bronx jail. Not in our wasteland, say opponents.

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2006

    Carrion's Mission Accomplished

    City suddenly whips out plans for a new Bronx jail. Not in our wasteland, say opponents.

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2006

    Carrion, Our Wayward Son

    City suddenly whips out plans for a new Bronx jail. Not in our wasteland, say opponents.

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2006

    Yanks' Stadium Deal Not Over Till It's Over

    City suddenly whips out plans for a new Bronx jail. Not in our wasteland, say opponents.

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2005

    Transit Countdown

    City suddenly whips out plans for a new Bronx jail. Not in our wasteland, say opponents.

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2005

    Yankees' Free Lunch Gets Pricier

    City suddenly whips out plans for a new Bronx jail. Not in our wasteland, say opponents.

  • News

    November 8, 2005

    La Victoria de Freddy

    The ethnic dimensions of Ferrer's 'defeat'

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2005

    Freddy's Forgetful Pal?

    The ethnic dimensions of Ferrer's 'defeat'

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2005

    Turnout in the Eye of the Beholder

    The ethnic dimensions of Ferrer's 'defeat'

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2005

    Campaigns Get Clubbed

    The ethnic dimensions of Ferrer's 'defeat'

  • News

    April 19, 2005

    A Bronx Cheer

    Bloomberg's deals blasted

  • News

    March 15, 2005

    Market-Rate Giveaway

    Produce merchants get the boot for a City Hall favorite and yet another Olympic stadium

  • News

    March 23, 2004

    Deals on Wheels

    Bronx Democratic hacks learn to love frozen food for their frail senior citizens

  • News

    January 13, 2004

    Bench Pressed

    Sliding-Door Lawsuits Keep Organizers Out, Lawsuits In

  • News

    August 12, 2003

    Ferrer's Campaign Scandal

    Sidekick Ramirez and Friends Snared 2001 Bonanza

  • News

    August 28, 2001

    Landlords Vote With Bucks

    Where the Real Estate Dollars Are Going

  • News

    May 8, 2001

    Take a Bike!

    Ditch the Subway. Keep the Cab Fare. Miss the Bus. Try a Two-Wheeled Commute for a Change.

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