Posts Tagged ‘pay to play’

Friday Morning News Roundup

By • Sep 16th, 2011 • Category: Blog

- Post-Irene Aid: Hudson County residents who suffered losses as a result of Hurricane Irene may be eligible for a one-time award of emergency food stamps. – Motorcycle Crash Victim Still Not ID’ed: The fatal accident on Route 440 in Jersey City Wednesday afternoon is still under investigation and the motorcycle rider who died has [...]



Dustup Between Fulop and Healy Over Certified Products Contract Reaches New High

By • Mar 25th, 2011 • Category: Featured, News, Politics

There’s a new twist for those following the controversial Certified Products contract that ignited a months-long he said/he said spat between Ward E councilman Steven Fulop and Mayor Jerramiah Healy, with the inflammatory rhetoric heating up and Fulop threatening legal action unless the contract is rescinded.



Controversial Contract for Healy Donor Returns to Jersey City’s Council Agenda This Week

By • Mar 23rd, 2011 • Category: Blog, News, Politics

A resolution awarding a vehicle maintenance contract to Jersey City company Certified Products, which ignited a wave of animosity between Mayor Jerramiah Healy and Ward E councilman Steven Fulop in January, is back on the City Council’s agenda this week after being withdrawn twice so far this year. Fireworks ensued the first time this resolution [...]



Controversial Contract Returns to the City Council, Only to be Withdrawn Again

By • Feb 10th, 2011 • Category: Blog, News, Politics

A resolution awarding a contract to Certified Products was withdrawn on Wednesday night for the second time in two council meetings. This time, the resolution’s language had to be changed because it amends a contract that ends in June, rather than initiating a new one, and that wasn’t made clear in the wording, according to [...]



Controversial Contract Withdrawn at Last City Council Meeting is Back

By • Feb 9th, 2011 • Category: Blog, News, Politics

A $120,000 contract that led to a dustup between Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy and Ward E councilman Steven Fulop two weeks ago is back on the City Council’s agenda this week after being withdrawn at the last meeting. The contract, with Jersey City-based Certified Products, would be for “parts and repairs for road maintenance [...]



‘Quid Pro Quo’ or ‘Malicious Assertions’? Fulop, Healy Trade Barbs on Withdrawn Contract

By • Jan 28th, 2011 • Category: Featured, News, Politics

A resolution authorizing a seemingly routine contract worth up to $120,000 that was withdrawn from this week’s City Council agenda has become the latest dustup between Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy and one of the politicians who hopes to replace him in 2013, Ward E councilman Steven Fulop.



Tuesday Morning News Roundup

By • Dec 7th, 2010 • Category: Blog

- Priest Sex Abuse: The Archdiocese of Newark has issued a five-page response blasting a Ledger report detailing Archbishop John J. Myers’ compliance with the church’s charter on priest sexual abuse since 2002. The story said Myers had on at least four occasions shielded priests accused of sexual abuse against minors and one adult. This [...]



Thursday Morning News Roundup

By • Sep 9th, 2010 • Category: Blog

- Judge Says DiNardo Widow Can’t Sue: A state Superior Court judge has ruled that the widow of slain Jersey City Police Detective Marc DiNardo can’t file a $10 million lawsuit, saying that Mary DiNardo waited too long to file a notice of claim against the city, the JCPD, Chief Tom Comey and unnamed police [...]



Wednesday Morning News Roundup

By • Jul 7th, 2010 • Category: Blog

- Man Shot to Death: A man was shot and killed last night at the Holland Gardens apartments, according to police. Anyone with any information on the crime should call the Homicide hotline at 201-915-1345. – Bridge Deicing Contract for Turnpike Extension Rescinded: New Jersey Turnpike officials have rescinded the $17.3 million contract for a [...]



Friday Morning News Roundup

By • Jun 11th, 2010 • Category: Blog

- Pay-to-Play Issues Cloud Contract’s Future: The Jersey City Redevelopment Agency could void a multimillion-dollar contract for a City Hall annex because the developer violated the city’s pay-to-play law when it donated $1,500 to Ward E councilman Steven Fulop. Fulop and a company representative both maintain that the donation did not come from the company [...]

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