Share/Save – Elwell Trial: A jury has acquitted former Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell of conspiracy and attempted extortion but found him guilty of bribery for accepting a $10,000 cash payment from an FBI informant posing as a corrupt developer. – Cunningham & Christie: State Sen. Sandra Cunningham takes exception to the idea that she’s lying [...]
Share/Save- Jersey City Democratic Organization: Hudson County Freeholder Jeff Dublin was voted in as chairman of the Jersey City Democratic Organization last night, defeating Joe Conte. Dublin was backed by state Sen. Sandra Cunningham and Ward E councilman Steven Fulop, while Conte was backed by Mayor Healy. – Bike Path & Light Rail to Staten [...]
Share/SaveJersey City-based Eastern Millwork has received a $39,375 “customized training” grant from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, which will be used to improve the skill set of its 40 current workers as well as “pave the way” for the hiring of four new workers. The state grant, which will be matched [...]
Share/Save- Waterfront Access Rules: New Jersey might redo its proposed waterfront access rules to more clearly spell out the public’s right to reach the waterfront, a top environmental official said yesterday as several in a crowd of hundreds gathered at a public hearing likened the proposal to segregation-era racial politics. Environmental groups have warned that [...]
Share/SaveA bill that would require any person arrested on suspicion he or she committed a violent crime in New Jersey to provide a sample of their DNA to the police was cleared today by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee. The proposal, which is sponsored by Hudson County Assembly members Joan Quigley and Vincent [...]
Share/SaveA handful of candidates filed petitions this week to run in the June 7 primary election for state legislative, county executive, county freeholder and county register positions. As we’ve reported, there’s an open Assembly seat in the 33rd District, after Joan Quigley decided not to run for the newly reconfigured district. Sean Connors is the [...]
Share/Save- Cardwell Pleads Guilty: Longtime political consultant Joe Cardwell has pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark to one count of bribery in connection with Operation Bid Rig. As of today, Cardwell has still not resigned his board position at the Municipal Utilities Authority. – Alston vs. Cunningham: Bruce Alston’s fight to unseat state Sen. [...]
Share/SaveA bill sponsored by Sen. Sandra Cunningham designed to encourage banks to open branches in underserved areas was one of three bills signed into law this week by Gov. Chris Christie. The bill, called the Banking Development District Act, would create a system by which banks establishing a branch in a designated neighborhood would become [...]
Regulations that force cable companies to provide public-access programming as a public service would have been stripped away as part of a proposal making its way through Trenton, but opposition from Jersey City officials and residents has already led to some revisions that may have helped preserve public access programming.
Share/SaveThree of Jersey City’s state legislators are hosting a community meeting tonight on the controversial state bill that would create a five-year pilot program providing millions in tax credits for corporations that donate to a voucher fund for low-income students at “chronically failing” public schools in Jersey City and 12 other school districts. Students who [...]
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