By Kareem Johnson
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — Fernando Ferrer, the one-time mayoral hopeful and former Bronx Borough President, is adding a new title: MTA board member.
Ferrer was nominated for the position by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and unanimously confirmed as a board member by the state Senate on June 15.
Ferrer, who also served on the City Council during the 1980s, was the first Latino to win the Democratic Party nomination for New York City Mayor in 2005. He lost to Mayor Michael Bloomberg in that race.
Ferrer is currently partner and co-chair of Mercury, a public strategy firm, and a director of Sterling Bancorp, Sterling National Bank and the regional Plan Association.
Jonathan Ballan, a Westchester resident and member of the law firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, was also confirmed by the New York Senate to serve on the board.
Ferrer replaces Doreen Frasca, and will serve as a general representative to the board.
Ballan replaces Donald Cecil as the Westchester County representative on the MTA board.
