New York city elects its mayor and other important city offices on November 5, 2013, in partisan elections. Adolfo Carrion, Jr., former two-term President of the Bronx, and Director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs Policy, and a registered independent, is seeking the Mayor’s office.
On February 16, Carrion was the only candidate for Mayor invited to speak at the annual national conference of IndependentVoting. Leaders of IndependentVoting are also leaders of the New York City Independence Party, and it is clear that leaders of the New York city Independence Party support Carrion for the party’s nomination. Carrion will also seek the nomination of the Republican Party, but it is not yet certain that Republican Party leaders will permit him to enter the Republican mayoral primary. Because he is not a registered Republican, he must get permission from party leaders in order to appear on the Republican primary ballot.
Here is a story about Carrion’s appearance at the IndependentVoting conference. If elected, Carrion will be the first New York city mayor of hispanic origin; he is Puerto Rican.
When Carrion was elected President of the Bronx, he was a registered Democrat. He switched from being a Democrat, to being an independent, on October 12, 2012.
The New York City Independence Party vote is on February 20th.
He will also need a Wilson Pukula (A Wilson Pakula is an authorization given by a political party to a candidate for public office in the State of New York which allows a candidate not registered with that party to run as its candidate in a given election) and a petition signature drive, from June through July, to get on the ballot.
The Executive Committee of over 90 members, representing the five boroughs, will vote after discussion about our interactions with Adolfo in person and in phone conversations.