12 Facts About Ninfa Segarra

Ninfa Segarra was born on June 4,1950, to working-class Puerto Rican parents and grew up in the LaGuardia Houses on the Lower East Side.

Ninfa Segarra attended Our Lady of Sorrows parochial school and Cathedral High School.

Ninfa Segarra received her bachelor's in 1973 and attended New York Law School, graduating in 1982.

Ninfa Segarra voted with the conservative bloc of the Board of Education on Resolution 33, which required that the AIDS education curriculum focus on abstinence.

Ninfa Segarra later noted that she regretted voting against a parental opt-out provision for condom access in schools.

Ninfa Segarra's vote shifted the balance of power on the Board of Education.

Ninfa Segarra again voted with the conservatives to cancel Fernandez's contract in 1993.

Ninfa Segarra later ran afoul of Ferrer, who asked her to resign.

Ninfa Segarra dismissed the calls for her resignation and endorsed Rudy Giuliani for mayor in 1993.

Ninfa Segarra served on the Board of Education from July 1990 to June 2002.

Ninfa Segarra stepped down as deputy mayor in 2000 to assume a position at the City University of New York as vice president for intercampus collaboration.

Ninfa Segarra became the executive director of the New York City Police Museum in 2002 after being unable to provide her work schedules at CUNY in response to a request filed by the faculty union.