Adolfo Carrión, Jr.

Who is Adolfo Carrión, Jr.?

Adolfo Carrión, Jr. is a politician from City Island, located in New York City, New York. He served for seven years as the Borough President of the Bronx, for a year as the first director of the Office of Urban Affairs in the Obama Administration, and then for nearly two years as Regional Director for HUD's New York and New Jersey Regional Office. He left HUD in February 2012.

In late 2012, Carrión left the Democratic Party to begin exploring a run for Mayor of New York City, and in February 2013 he was granted the Independence Party nomination.