Adolfo Carrión to Name Campaign Chairmen
February 13, 2008
Adolfo Carrión Jr., the Bronx borough president and candidate for city comptroller, is expected to name two co-chairmen for his campaign: former State Comptroller H. Carl McCall and Leo J. Hindery Jr., a longtime media executive, according to advisers to Mr. Carrión.
Mr. McCall was the Democratic candidate for governor in 2002, losing to George E. Pataki. Mr. Hindery is a former chairman and chief executive of the YES Network. He also served as the finance chairman of the mayoral campaign of Mr. Carrión’s predecessor, former Borough President Fernando Ferrer, in 2005.
The presence in the campaign of two prominent names is intended to give added heft to Mr. Carrion’s effort to win citywide office in what is expected to be a crowded race for comptroller. Late last year, Mr. Carrión announced that he would not run for mayor — as he had long planned — but for comptroller instead.
Mr. Carrión’s decision to run for the lower position came after intense urging from many politicians in the Bronx and the rest of the city. They contended that Mr. Carrión was unlikely to prevail in a Democratic mayoral primary that also included William C. Thompson Jr., the current comptroller.
The politicians, mostly black and Hispanic elected officials, told Mr. Carrión that his effort to become New York City’s first Puerto Rican mayor would be crippled by dividing the minority vote between him and Mr. Thompson, New York’s only black elected official holding a citywide office. And they said that neither Mr. Thompson nor Mr. Carrión would have much of a chance without solid support from black and Hispanic voters.
Mr. McCall, who sought unsuccessfully to become the state’s first black governor, has remained active politically, endorsing various candidates for statewide and local office.
Source: NY Times
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