Eventually, he went back to school to earn his master's degree in urban planning from Hunter College, part of the City University of New York.

He currently lives with his wife, Linda Baldwin, an attorney and former city planning colleague, and his children, Raquel, Sara, Olivia, and Adolfo James (A.J.)

[5] He edged out then-Councilmember June Eisland and State Senator Pedro Espada Jr. for the Democratic nomination and then won the general election on November 6, 2001, with a landslide 79% of the vote.

On December 6, 2008, Carrión announced in a speech at Yale University that President-elect Barack Obama had selected him for a cabinet-level position.

On February 26, 2013, Carrion announced during an interview with the EFE news agency, that he will run for the Mayor of New York as an independent candidate.

[16] Carrión was chosen by the Aspen Institute as one of 24 of America's most promising emerging leaders to be a member of the Aspen-Rodel Fellowship in Public Leadership.

NALEO is a national organization that offers training and technical assistance to enhance the leadership skills and political empowerment of Latino appointed and elected officials.

Early in his presidency, Carrión had advocated Community Benefits Agreements intended to ensure that construction in the borough would help as many residents as possible.

In the end, $800 million will be invested in construction of a new Yankee Stadium with at least 25% of the contracts going to Bronx businesses and at least 25% of the jobs going to residents of the Borough.

Carrión has helped to bring in funding to improve other parts of the community, including $65 million to be invested in restoration of the pedestrian Highbridge, the oldest bridge in New York City which connects the Bronx to Manhattan, and $91 million to be invested in constructing a new Metro-North Station at the new Yankee Stadium.

As events turned out in 2009, Thompson ran for Mayor while Carrión left the borough presidency before the end of his second term in order to accept his post in the Obama administration.

[24] Their actions led to President Bush's imposition of a permanent moratorium on weapons testing on the island[25] On March 7, 2007, a fire engulfed the row house at 1022 Woodycrest Ave in the Bronx, killing 8 children and one woman.

[30] Carrión's endorsement is significant because it dispelled the myth that politicians with a large percentage of constituents who commute into Manhattan would be intrinsically against the measure.

[33] Mayor Andreas Breitner of Rendsburg, the town where the video originated, and German Consul-General Hans-Jurgen Heimsoeth issued formal apologies for the incident.

[34] The Bronx District Attorney's office investigated some construction work on a piece of property owned by Carrión, in response to a report by the New York Daily News.

According to documents obtained by the Daily News from the contractor, Nationwide Maintenance of the Bronx, and from the New York City Department of Buildings, "the project's estimated cost was $50,000.

The New York Daily News' reports about the subject suggested that Carrión, as borough president, was instrumental in this approval.

Carrión's explanation was that he had not yet requested a final survey of his property and that Subotovsky's "practice was to not bill clients until the permit file at the Buildings Department is complete and closed.