Luis Antonio Rivera Diaz

Luis Antonio Rivera Diaz, (Born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico) is the first Hispanic Public Advocate in the history of New Haven, Connecticut.

He served under Mayor John Daniels, first and only African-American Mayor. Among Rivera's accomplishments as Public Advocate was his strong collaborations to the introduction of community based policing to deal with the growing crime and [...] problems became a model of community policing and pioneered many police strategies later adopted by larger cities and the creation needle exchange programs to reduce the spread of AIDS without increasing [...] in New Haven. AbOUT one-fourth of the nearly 950,000 AIDS cases in the United States through 2005 involved injection [...] use, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The rate is even higher in many other countries, experts say, He also was the first Hispanic Legislative Liaison for the City. Receiving Commendations in January 20, 1992 from President George Herbert Walker Bush, forty-first President of the United States for distinguish community service and Connecticut Governor Lowell P. Weicker Jr. for significant and distinguished contribution as a strong advocate against crime, drugs, child abuse, homelessness and hunger.

Rivera Diaz, Also served under Governor Pedro J. Rossello the sixth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001. As Senior Advisor for Intergovernmental and Legislative Affairs. working with federal decision-makers including Congress and U.S. Government Agencies characterized by involvement in big construction and other large-scale government projects which included a train system, dubbed Tren Urbano, and a massive aqueduct system which linked two major water reservoirs on the island. His policies also included a healthcare reform bill. In 2000 - 1, 8 million citizens of limited resources in the 78 municipalities obtained their insurance card of the state health plan. Covering for the first time veteran servants and police officers. Service, Preventive Services, Hospitalization, Mucus Services, Laboratories, X-raises, Services of Rehabilitation Ambulatory, Room of Emergencies, Pharmacies, Ambulance, Mental Health, Cardiovascular Procedures, Treatment of Tuberculosis, Neurovascular Procedures, Diesis, Procedures of Neurosurgery, General Intensive Care, Treaty of cancer, Intensive Care Neonatal, Treatment of AIDS

From 1993/1995 Rivera served under State of Florida Governor Lawton Chiles as Deputy Chief to oversee the Governor’s Office of Constituent and Intergovernmental Affairs and analyze the fiscal impact of new state programs or amendments to existing programs on municipalities and counties.