Posts Tagged ‘Hudson County Jail’

Monday Morning News Roundup

By • Feb 15th, 2010 • Category: Blog

Share/Save – Jersey City public schools have approved a contract with the city that calls for modest raises and a move to a less expensive health insurance plan. The contract now has to be voted on by the City Council. – Federal officials says “she doesn’t deserve to spend the rest of her life behind [...]



Thursday Morning News Roundup

By • Feb 4th, 2010 • Category: Blog

Share/Save- The defense team of suspended deputy mayor Leona Beldini wrapped up its cross-examination of FBI informant Solomon Dwek yesterday; he was forced to admit he had not given one penny to Beldini. MORE: Check out the Ledger Live video from the Medical Center Luncheonette, where David Cruz talks corruption with host Brian Donohue. And [...]



Tuesday Morning News Roundup

By • Jan 19th, 2010 • Category: Blog

Share/Save- The county freeholders have voided a five-year contract with Correctional Health Services (CHS) for medical services at the county jail and juvenile detention center, but the county is keeping CHS on the job for now. The move comes in the wake of a lawsuit filed by another health provider that alleged the contract went [...]



Monday Morning News Roundup

By • Jan 18th, 2010 • Category: Blog

Share/Save- Today is the federal holiday honoring the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. City office and the parking authority are closed; here are some celebrations in the area. – Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York is urging federal officials not to close immigration detention operations at the Varick Federal Detention Facility [...]



Tuesday Morning News Roundup

By • Dec 22nd, 2009 • Category: Blog

Share/Save- Freeholder Bill O’Dea is putting forward a resolution that would sever the contract for health services at the county jail, but the item might get tabled before it has the chance to be voted on. The contract in question was the subject of a lawsuit alleging that the county had violated state pay to [...]



Friday Morning News Roundup

By • Dec 18th, 2009 • Category: Blog

Share/Save- At-Large councilman Mariano Vega* was indicted on federal corruption charges yesterday after being arrested in the late-July sweep. The eight-count indictment adds the charge of lying to federal investigators to the charges Vega* was arrested for, namely, taking $30,000 in bribes from a FBI informant. He tells the Journal he intends to “clear his [...]



Monday Morning News Roundup

By • Dec 7th, 2009 • Category: Blog

Share/Save- A Costa Rican woman who is wanted for murder in that country, but was arrested in the U.S. last year, has filed a federal lawsuit over negligent health services at the Hudson County jail, where she remains as she awaits extradition to stand trial. The woman alleges she didn’t have access to a doctor [...]



Friday Morning News Roundup

By • Dec 4th, 2009 • Category: Blog

Share/Save- Teachers at Liberty Academy Charter School in the Heights refused to work yesterday morning; they are upset over a change in health insurance costs that they say was sprung on them without discussion. – Judge Maurice Gallipoli heard arguments yesterday in Hudson County pay to play case; a contract for medical services at the [...]



Wednesday Morning News Roundup

By • Dec 2nd, 2009 • Category: Blog

Share/Save- Hudson County judge Maurice Gallipoli is scheduled to hear arguments tomorrow on whether Hudson County violated the state’s pay to play law when it awarded a contract to Correctional Health Services for prison medical services. That company’s president, Geoffrey Perselay, donated $1,000 to Hudson County freeholder Anthony Romano on May 30, 2008. The contract [...]



Thursday Morning News Roundup

By • Nov 12th, 2009 • Category: Blog

Share/Save- Guess who’s on governor-elect Chris Christie ten-person bipartisan transition team? None other than Jersey City state Sen. Sandra Cunningham. “I’m very excited,” she tells the Journal. “I think it’s a good opportunity.” – At-Large councilman Mariano Vega*, who was arrested in July as part of a massive federal corruption probe, has updated his campaign [...]

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