David Wildstein and Nikita Biryukov, Author at New Jersey Globe

Recounts filed in N.J. local races

November 20, 2020 6:05 pmNovember 21, 2020 12:53 pm

PATERSON Paterson Councilman Bill McKoy filed for a recount Friday evening after final tallies showed him trailing challenger Alex Mendez by just nine votes. Mendez leads McKoy 3,769-3,760, a tenth-of-a-point margin in a race that saw 9,016 votes cast. The...

Ex-Hudson assemblyman is co-conspirator in federal corruption complaint, sources confirm

October 24, 2020 2:33 pmOctober 25, 2020 11:51 pm

A former New Jersey state assemblyman is the alleged co-conspirator in a bribery and kickback scheme involving Newark city councilman Joseph McCallum and real estate investor Malik A. Frederick, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Carmelo Garcia, a Hoboken Democrat...

Supreme Court will announce ruling on Murphy borrowing plan Wednesday

August 11, 2020 5:41 pmAugust 12, 2020 9:05 am

The New Jersey Supreme Court will release their opinion in a challenge to Gov. Phil Murphy’s $10 billion borrowing plan mounted by Republicans at noon tomorrow, a spokesperson for the top court says. The court heard oral arguments on August...

Biden picks Harris for VP

August 11, 2020 4:27 pmAugust 11, 2020 5:23 pm

Joe Biden has selected Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for vice president. The freshman U.S. Senator from California becomes the fourth woman – and first woman of color — to run on a major party ticket in a national...

Mailer rips Richter’s record at construction firm, ties him to Gaddafi ‘blood money’

May 20, 2020 10:19 amMay 20, 2020 2:27 pm

A hard-hitting direct mail piece savaging GOP congressional candidate David Richter’s business ventures in China, Syria and Libya and his hiring of Joe Biden’s brother, will hit the mailboxes of Republican primary voters in the next day or two. The...

Murphy: 16,386 New Jerseyans test positive for COVID-19; 198 deaths

March 30, 2020 2:23 pmMarch 30, 2020 3:37 pm

The total number of positive cases for the deadly coronavirus increased by 24.6% since Sunday, Gov. Phil Murphy announced today. New Jersey has 16,386 positive tests, up 3,347 since Sunday. Murphy said that 37 New Jerseyans have died from COVID-19...

After backing the losing candidate, Bateman may lose Bridgewater post

December 9, 2019 1:34 pmDecember 9, 2019 2:06 pm

After nearly three decades as the Bridgewater municipal prosecutor, State Sen. Christopher Bateman (R-Branchburg) might soon be out of an $85,00-a-year part time job. Bateman strongly backed incumbent mayor Daniel Hayes, who lost the June GOP primary by a 2-1...