Share/Save 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 [...]
Share/Save- Political consultant Jack Shaw had reportedly agreed to cooperate with federal authorities in their corruption probe after he himself was arrested last week. He told the feds he could help develop new information on those already charged in the case and to possibly identify new targets. Shaw was found dead in his apartment on [...]
Share/SaveHere’s the full list of people charged in the public corruption portion of the federal investigation that culminated in the arrest of many political heavies today. Those charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right and/or attempted extortion under color of official right could, if convicted, face a maximum statutory penalty of [...]
Share/SaveFBI and IRS agents are reportedly making roundups all across the state in what is being described as one of the biggest investigations of its kind in New Jersey’s scandal-plagued history. According to news reports from NBC and the Bergen Record, City Council president Mariano Vega and deputy mayor Leona Baldini are among those arrested, [...]
Share/Save- “This is my home too,” Ward C coucilwoman Nidia Rivera Lopez tells the Orlando Sentinel. “All my clothes are here.” The Florida paper, wading into the residency issues of the newest council member, says she could owe $33,000 in back taxes if it is proven she was committing tax fraud in the Sunshine State. [...]
Share/Save- 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 [...]
Share/Save- 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 [...]
Share/Save- The Journal rolled out its endorsements in Jersey City’s municipal elections today. While the candidate the daily endorsed for mayor is no surprise, some of its council picks did catch us off guard. The Journal is endorsing: Lou Manzo for mayor, Andre Richardson in Ward A, Phil Kenny in Ward B, Jimmy King in [...]
Share/Save All photos by Steve Gold A crowd of nearly 100 gathered yesterday at the Abundant Joy Church in the Heights to hear candidates for mayor and the Ward C and D City Council seats make their case at an AARP-sponsored forum. Each candidate was allowed to speak for up to five minutes, and rebuttal [...]
Share/SaveThough her name has been out there as a likely candidate for One Jersey City for several months, the campaign headed by civic activist Dan Levin made it official today: Liberty Humane Society founding director Norrice Raymaker will run for the Ward C City Council seat. “With the city’s redevelopment focus now shifting from the [...]
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