Farrell Jeante Armstrong was born on the
beautiful West Indian island of Martinique in the Carribean. At a very young age his
entire family moved
to America... to the famous and biggest New York City borough of Brooklyn.
Farrell is
the ten (10) times-a-year 'chauffeur' of the big, blue, grand and
luxurious 1969 Cadillac deVille convertible also known as the
"Stonewall Car".
Farrell is also the fitting and very fit "Imperial King" of
the
Imperial QUEENS
& Kings of Greater New York ("IQKNY"). He's a longtime Friend-of-SVA of the STONEWALL Veterans' Association
("S.V.A.").
Farrell has been in that elected, coveted IQKNY position for
consistently
over a decade throughout the 1990s, alternating previously with his longtime friend, King
Storme
DeLarverie,
who is both an S.V.A. officer and an IQKNY official. Farrell is
honored to be one of only three
people permitted to drive the beautiful, legendary,
classic, valuable and renowned blue Cadillac convertible
"Stonewall
Car". (The other two are currently Williamson Henderson, S.V.A. President,
and
Ray McCaffrey, S.V.A. Financial Secretary.) All three licensed
drivers are also
registered, as required, with the specialty automobile insurance for classic cars company and
all three are listed and signed at the Greenwich Village garage that houses the famous "Stonewall
Car".
Besides some commercial modeling, Farrell works in the New York City
personnel industry. Originally on Fifth Avenue in Midtown
Manhattan, the agency is now located on the Gay border of Chelsea and Greenwich
Village in Manhattan, New York. Farrell's
chief hobby and dedication is bodybuilding (see photo
below; you'll know). He literally 'works out' in a gym five days
per week for the past two decades. It shows!! Farrell has
been cordially referred to as the "Stonewall Bodybuilder" -- even though he's
not a Stonewall vet (he didn't even live in America then and he was much too young). N.Y.C.
Mayor Rudy
Giuliani seeing, knowing and liking Farrell, in fact, wanted to
hire Farrell in 1983 as one of his campaign bodyguards. Farrell, who is
very admirable and fond of RWG, was ready to go if approved. However, the
offer
was stopped in the name of love by the King's partner -- and
an inspiration for Rudy's sister -- namely the Queen, Allyson.
Her Imperial edict: "No!'
Farrell is also
selectively involved in New York City politics. To keep his
options fully open, he is
a welcomed member of both the PRIDE Democrats and the Stonewall
Republicans.
"I have Mayor Koch's political candidate philosophy: Vote for the
best person, not what political party they belong to, especially
when
one is so much better-qualified", Farrell firmly stated. Farrell
has
been actively involved in the campaigns of Ed Koch for re-election as
N.Y.C. Mayor in
the Democratic Primary in 1989 (heart-breaking result depriving the
deserving EIK of a fourth and legendary term); Rudy Giuliani for N.Y.C
Mayor in
1989, 1993 and 1997; Liz Abzug for N.Y.C. Council District 3 in Manhattan in 1991;
Geraldine Ferraro for U.S. Senate in 1992 and
1998; openly-Gay Karen Burstein for N.Y.S. Attorney General in 1994 and
Surrogate Court Judge in 1996;
Virginia Fields for Manhattan Borough President in 1997 and 2001;
Margarita Lopez for N.Y.C. Council in 1997 and 2001; Eliot
Spitzer
for N.Y.S. Attorney General in 1998 and 2002 and Governor in 2006; Betsy Gotbaum for Public
Advocate in 2001 and 2005; and Michael Bloomberg for N.Y.C. Mayor in
2001 and 2005. All of the above were/are very glad to have
impressive, gentlemanly Mr. Armstrong actively on board their
mostly-winning trains. |
