Guillermo Linares | |
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Member of the New York State Assembly from the 72nd district | |
In office January 3, 2015 –December 31, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Gabriela Rosa |
Succeeded by | Carmen De La Rosa |
In office January 3,2011 –December 31,2012 | |
Preceded by | Adriano Espaillat |
Succeeded by | Gabriela Rosa |
Commissioner of the New York City Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs | |
In office 2004–2009 | |
Member of the New York City Council from the 10th district | |
In office January 1,1992 –December 31,2001 | |
Succeeded by | Miguel Martinez |
Commissioner of the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation | |
Assumed office February 1st,2017 | |
Nominated by | Andrew Cuomo |
Governor | Andrew Cuomo Kathy Hochul |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Cabrera,Dominican Republic [1] | August 30,1951
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Evelyn [2] |
Children | two [3] |
Residence | Marble Hill,Manhattan |
Alma mater | Columbia University,Ed.D |
Profession | politician |
Website | Official website |
Guillermo Linares is a former Democratic member of the New York State Assembly who had represented the 72nd Assembly District in Manhattan from 2015 to 2016,and previously from 2011 to 2012. He is a former New York City Council Member and a former New York City Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs.
Guillermo Linares was born on August 30,1951,in the town of Cabrera in the Dominican Republic; [4] he was the oldest of nine children. He shares the experiences and aspirations of immigrant New Yorkers,having left his native Dominican Republic in 1966 and joining his parents who gained residency through the 1965 immigration reform,he arrived in the East Tremont section of the Bronx,at just 14 years old. [5] He began to learn the English language as he finished high school,gaining a General Equivalency Diploma from Theodore Roosevelt High School. [5] Although initially discouraged from going to college by his high school guidance counselor,Linares was encouraged by his parents,who noted that as the eldest child,he had a responsibility to obtain a college degree. [5] Taking on jobs,such as taxi driving,in order to pay for his college education,he became an American citizen during his sophomore year of college. [6] He is currently married to Evelyn Linares,a public school principal. They have two children,Mayra and Guillermo,as well as a granddaughter,Ava and grandson,Dylan. He has often credited his family with being critical to his successes in community activism,public office,and academia. [7]
In 1991,Linares became the first Dominican elected to public office in New York City and tied for first in the United States with Kay Palacios. He served from 1992 to 2001 in the New York City Council. Linares also served as a member of the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans,when President Bill Clinton appointed him in 1999 as a commission chair. [2] Linares was later appointed the NYC Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs in 2004. [8]
In 2010 Linares was elected State Assemblyman for the 72nd District,replacing Adriano Espaillat who was elected to the State Senate. In 2012 he challenged Senator Espaillat in the Democratic Primary for New York's 31st State Senate district and lost 62-38%,after Senator Espaillat was defeated by longtime Congressman Charlie Rangel in the Democratic Primary for New York's 13th congressional district months earlier. [9] He was replaced by former Assembly Member Gabriela Rosa.
In 2014,after Assembly Member Rosa pleaded guilty to marriage fraud and resigned, [10] Linares announced he would run for his old seat in the 2014 election. [11] He won a four-way Democratic Primary with 44.7% of the vote, [12] and went on to win the general election with 91.5% of the vote. [13] Linares was defeated for re-election in 2016 by Carmen De La Rosa after unsuccessfully running for Congress earlier in the year.
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