In a column in today’s Star-Ledger, Paul Mulshine reports that Norrice Raymaker, who ran this year for the Ward C council seat on the One Jersey City ticket, is taking up Jimmy King’s lawsuit seeking to disqualify Ward C Councilwoman Nidia Rivera Lopez from her new position. Lopez is accused of claiming Florida residency in [...]
Editor’s note: There are many moments in the unsealed federal criminal complaints against Jersey City politicians and officials that are stunning, many that are — quite frankly — hilarious and many that illustrate the personalities of the officials involved. With that in mind, we’d like to spotlight one quote or passage each day in a [...]
How did Jersey City’s mayoral and City Council candidates use emerging web campaign technologies to bolster their bids for office this spring? With the hangover from the elections receding into the background and the runoff passed, we take a look at how well the campaigns integrated new technologies into their own strategies, and what impact that had on the outcome.
- Florida officials say that Ward C Councilwoman Nidia R. Lopez could owe that state $5,700 for claiming a property tax exemption, if it’s determined she filed for it improperly. – A computer glitch in Trenton has kept about 2,800 Hudson County residents from being able to file for public assistance for the past two [...]
New Jersey City University’s Margaret Williams Theatre was near capacity yesterday morning as Mayor Jerramiah Healy and the nine members of the City Council were sworn in to four-year terms. New Jersey politicians of all stripes, including Gov. Jon Corzine and both U.S. Senators, were on hand to celebrate the occasion.
- Florida officials have confirmed that newly sworn in Ward C councilwoman Nidia Rivera Lopez improperly claimed a state homestead rebate check in 2009 and are asking her to pay back the $1,705.20 she saved by doing so — with 15 percent interest. They are investigating whether she’s done so in other years. Folks in [...]
- Does Nidia Rivera Lopez, who is set to be sworn in as the Ward C representative on the City Council today, technically reside in Florida? That’s what runner-up Jimmy King claims in a suit filed in Hudson County Superior Court. He hired a private detective to investigate the rumors he’d heard about Lopez. “She [...]
- Incumbent council members won both runoff elections last night. In Ward A, Michael Sottolano edged out challenger Rolando Lavarro; while in Ward F, Viola Richardson scored a resounding victory over Ron-Calvin Clark. Turnout, especially in F, seems to be quite low. – The Port Authority and the Transportation Security Administration will begin a monthlong [...]
With most of the vote in, it looks like the two incumbent City Council members who faced runoff elections today have won, meaning that the council will continue to be chock full of Mayor Healy supporters. Healy’s team won the election for each council seat, save for Ward E, where incumbent Steven Fulop easily beat [...]
- There are runoff elections for Wards A and F today — polls opened at 6 am and will stay open until 8 pm. Check back here tonight for results. – The Assembly Judiciary Committee has unanimously approved legislation that would allow cities and towns to implement their own residency restrictions for convicted sex offenders. [...]
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