New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio issued a proclamation Monday ordering a Special Election on Feb. 23, 2016, to fill a Council member seat.
The Bronx's 17th Council District includes parts of the Concourse, Concourse Village, Crotona Park and Hunts Point. The seat became available when former Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo, stepped down at the end of last year citing pressing family needs.
Former Assembly candidate, George Alvarez, a community leader and activist in the Bronx, will file petition papers today announcing he will run for the City Council seat recently vacated in the Bronx. Alvarez, a Democrat who ran an unsuccessful Primary race for the Assembly in 2014, but he is hoping to rally his supporters in the district on his bid for the council seat.
Alvarez, born to Dominican parents, holds a masters degree in computer sciences and logistics as well as a masters in political science from Columbia University. He also helped create the Coalition for a New Future in the Bronx, a nonprofit group that helps low income Bronx residents obtain loans to start small business, pay for their education and buy their own homes.
"Above all, I am running to fight passionately for the people of this District and be a loud voice for people who are too often not heard," Alvarez said.
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