Yonkers Insider Report Candidate Spotlight: Westchester County Legislator, Democrat, Jose Alvarado, 17th District, Running for Re-Election: Elections 2021.

We write this candidate spotlight from the Yonkers Insider Report to document and discuss Westchester County Legislator Jose Alvarado, Democrat, 17th District Running for Re-Election in 2021 Elections.

Jose is seeking a 2nd Term for Westchester County Legislator in the 17th District. This is 2nd Time Around of being a Westchester County Legislator in the 17th District.

His opponents in the June 22nd Primary Democratic Party Primary are Community Activists London Reyes and Former Westchester County Legislator Virginia Perez.

Below is Jose Alvarado's Bio.

This Candidate Spotlight is used to educate the voters on the candidates running for public office and that is the only purpose of the piece.

Yonkers Insider Report

Westchester County Legislator Alvarado 17th District Bio:  

José Alvarado moved from his native Honduras to Yonkers in 1982, he arrived having had only minimal exposure to a formal education and the English language. In order to help in the support of his family, José held a series of minimum wage jobs while working to earn his high school equivalency diploma. While studying business at Mercy College, he volunteered as an English tutor in the school’s bilingual program. This experience launched what has been an unbroken commitment to serve his community and a life of public service.

Alvarado’s volunteerism over the years spans a wide variety of community and civic groups including, CLUSTER; his parish, Iglesia San Andres; the NAACP; NALEO (National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials) and LCLAA (Labor Council for Latin American Advancement); Executive Board Member of the Boy Scouts of America Westchester Putnam Council; the Southwest Yonkers Living Transformation International Committee of Seven; the Yonkers’ Third Precinct Community Council; and Nodine Hill Common Good INC.

José has served on the Advisory Boards of the White Plains Hospital Diabetes Center; the Westchester Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; the Yonkers Mexican Chamber of Commerce, and, the Westchester Community College Yonkers Extension-South Broadway Business Improvement District.

For all his efforts he has received a multitude of recognitions. Some of these include: The American Lung Association Excellence in Leadership Award, The Hispanic Resource Center Amigo Award, La Guia Hispana Service Award, Mercy College Public Service Award, The Dominican Cultural Association of Yonkers Award, Hispanic Democrats of Westchester Outstanding Legislative Leadership Award, National Association of Counties Leadership Award, and Child Care Council of Westchester Award. For his 10 years of public service as Legislator he received the highest distinction award granted to individuals in Westchester County. He has served as Democratic Party District Leader for many years and is a member of the Yonkers Democratic Executive Committee as 7th Ward Leader.

Mr. Alvarado earned his Bachelor of Science in Account for Mercy College. He pursued his graduate work at Pace University where he earned a master's degree in Public Administration/Health Care. In 2010, he received a Leadership Certificate from NYU School of Management, New York. Jose has always kept himself very occupied and even before becoming a legislator he was serving Westchester County as: Case Manager for Personal Care Services; then as Senior Case Manager for Child Protective Services; as Management Fellow for the President and CEO of White Plains Hospital for 10 years and served as Community Outreach Consultant for different organizations. In 2012, before rejoining private industry, he served as Assistant to Yonkers' Mayor and Yonkers' City Clerk and he has taught Political Science as adjunct professor at Mercy College. He has returned to government service and currently serves as Director of Recreation for Yonkers' Parks Department and continues to be very involved community activist on behalf of the neediest neighborhoods of the City of Yonkers. 

José and his wife Karla are proud parents of Amy Isabel (16), Melina Raquel (13), and Ryan José (7), all three children are excelling in Yonkers Public Schools.