Jorge Elorza
Jorge O. Elorza was elected mayor of Providence in 2014. A professor at the Roger Williams University School of Law, he is co-founder of the Latino Policy Institute at Roger Williams University and stepped down as a judge on the Providence Housing Court in 2014 to run for mayor. He received his law degree from Harvard University in 2003, and a bachelor of science degree in accounting from the University of Rhode Island.
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"Our median income here in Providence is the same as the median income in Mississippi."
"In the last six years of Cianci’s administration violent crime was down in the United States. It was down in the region. It was down…
"We have a retiree that is collecting a $17,000 paycheck a month . . . tax free."
"We have a goal of 10 percent of [City of Providence] contracts going to women and minority businesses. In reality, less than 1 percent of…
"The reality is that we have roughly 15,000 undocumented immigrants living in the state..."