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Herman Badillo (/ b ɑː ˈ d iː j oʊ / bah-DEE-yoh, Spanish:; August 21, 1929 – December 3, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician who served as borough president of The Bronx and United States Representative, and ran for Mayor of New York City. He was the first Puerto Rican elected to these posts, and the first Puerto Rican mayoral ...
Dec 4, 2014 · In 2001, he waged a bitter primary election campaign against Michael Bloomberg for the Republican mayoral nomination. Like Bloomberg, Badillo was by then a former Democrat. It was one of several failed runs by Badillo to become New York City mayor. Badillo was born on Aug. 21, 1929, in Caguas, Puerto Rico.
Dec 3, 2014 · “Herman Badillo was a trailblazing leader who gave New York’s Latino community a new voice, and his success inspired countless others to become active in government,” said state Senator ...
Dec 4, 2014 · Badillo was born on Aug. 21, 1929, in Caguas, Puerto Rico. His parents died in a 1934 tuberculosis epidemic and he first came to New York with an aunt in 1941.
TINA FINEBERG / AP, file. Herman Badillo, a trailblazer who went on to serve four terms as the first member of Congress born in Puerto Rico, died Wednesday in New York City. "No Latino leader in ...
Dec 3, 2014 · Dec. 3, 2014. Herman Badillo, America’s first Puerto Rican-born congressman and a fixture in New York City politics for four decades who championed civil rights, jobs, housing and education ...
Dec 5, 2014 · The Brooklyn Law School community mourns the loss of political giant and trailblazer Herman Badillo, Class of 1954. Mr. ... Recent deaths in the news. Drew Gordon (1990–2024), former ...
