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07-15-2009, 04:21 PM
Guillermo Linares, the first Dominican ever elected to public office in US history (1991), announced today that he will be resigning from his position as Commissioner for Immigrant Affairs for New York City in the Michael Bloomberg administration.
He is resigning in order to run for his old job as city councilor for Washington Heights in Manhattan.
The post became vacant when fellow Dominican Miguel Martinez resigned, sending in a one-sentence letter to city officials yesterday, in response to expected charges of irregularities in office. "Effective today, July 14, 2009, I am submitting my resignation to the New York City Council," stated Martinez.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are reportedly preparing to file charges against him stemming from an investigation into a non-profit group he financed in northern Manhattan as early as this week.
As reported in the New York Times, the letter ended the Upper Manhattan Democrat's 7-year council career amid a whirl of controversy and short-circuiting his re-election campaign.
Martinez was elected to the city council in 2001. Linares maintained his seat until he was term limited in 2001.
In comments to the New York Daily News, Bloomberg said he was likely to support Linares' quest to get his old job back.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/... (http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/councilman-to-face-federal-charges-may-resign/?hp)
http://www.politickerny.com/4489/bloomberg... (http://www.politickerny.com/4489/bloomberg-commissioner-running-martinezs-council-seat)
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/07/bloomberg... (http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/07/bloomberg-likely-to-support-li.html)
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He is resigning in order to run for his old job as city councilor for Washington Heights in Manhattan.
The post became vacant when fellow Dominican Miguel Martinez resigned, sending in a one-sentence letter to city officials yesterday, in response to expected charges of irregularities in office. "Effective today, July 14, 2009, I am submitting my resignation to the New York City Council," stated Martinez.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are reportedly preparing to file charges against him stemming from an investigation into a non-profit group he financed in northern Manhattan as early as this week.
As reported in the New York Times, the letter ended the Upper Manhattan Democrat's 7-year council career amid a whirl of controversy and short-circuiting his re-election campaign.
Martinez was elected to the city council in 2001. Linares maintained his seat until he was term limited in 2001.
In comments to the New York Daily News, Bloomberg said he was likely to support Linares' quest to get his old job back.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/... (http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/councilman-to-face-federal-charges-may-resign/?hp)
http://www.politickerny.com/4489/bloomberg... (http://www.politickerny.com/4489/bloomberg-commissioner-running-martinezs-council-seat)
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/07/bloomberg... (http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/07/bloomberg-likely-to-support-li.html)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)