Judge Dismisses Developer’s Lawsuit Against Jersey City and Mariano Vega: A U.S. District Court judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed last fall by a developer who had alleged that former City Council President Mariano Vega conspired with various city agencies and other public officials to take his property without compensation. Feds Accuse Jersey City [...]
Joseph Cardwell, the political consultant who acted as go-between for a Hudson County official and a man he thought to be a rich developer but who was in fact a cooperating witness for the FBI, Solomon Dwek, was sentenced to 6 months in prison and fined $3,000 on Friday, January 13th. Cardwell, 70, had earlier [...]
The unsuccessful 2009 City Council candidate who just served a prison term for taking bribes from government informant Solomon Dwek was sentenced in January 2010 to 18 months. Since his official release, he has not spoken to the press, but decided to do so recently in an exclusive interview with the Jersey City Independent.
The margin of victory for Rolando Lavarro to secure one of the two at-large council seats contested in Tuesday’s election has thinned after mail-in and provisional ballots have been counted, but the results, which will not be certified by Hudson County Clerk Barbara Netchert until Monday at the earliest, keep him firmly in second place [...]
Ward F Councilwoman Viola Richardson and Rolando Lavarro looked to be winners of the at-large council seats up for grabs in today’s election, though results are not official in the close race with 95 percent of precincts reporting and mail-in ballots not yet counted.
Ward F Councilwoman Viola Richardson and Rolando Lavarro were triumphant in today’s special election, winning the two at-large council seats up for grabs, according to results that showed 95 percent of precincts reporting but did not yet count mail-in ballots. Sue Mack placed third in the close race, with incumbents Kalimah Ahmad and Ray Velazquez, [...]
For the first time in Jersey City history, according to the city clerk, two at-large vacancies are up for grabs on the city council in today’s special election. A whopping 17 candidates are vying for the seats.
The reward? Short job security. The winners will only serve the remaining 18 months of the three-year terms vacated by Mariano Vega (ousted following a corruption arrest and conviction) and Willie Flood (who left because of illness).
Seventeen candidates running for two at-large city council seats: That’s the scenario for tomorrow’s special election to fill the open citywide positions until the May 2013 municipal election. It’s the result of one of the more tumultuous periods in recent City Council history, with Mariano Vega resigning in September 2010 after he pleaded guilty to [...]
Judge Jose Linares yesterday sentenced former Jersey City Council President Mariano Vega to 30 months of jail time with two years of probation and an $1,000 fine for accepting bribes in exchange for assistance for fictitious housing projects being “planned” by a federal informant. After the sentencing, attorney Peter Willis, who represented Vega, called this the “best resolution he could hope for.”
Former City Council president Mariano Vega was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison today, JCI‘s Matt Hunger tells us from the scene in Newark. He will also face two years of probation and a $1,000 fine. He was told to turn himself in on June 6. After proclaiming his innocence for more than a [...]
 |
 |
 |
|
||
 |
|
 |
|
||
