Newark Mayor Ras Baraka released the following statement on the death of Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson):
“Today, America lost a progressive stalwart. Rep. Pascrell was an elected official who spent 28 years in Congress fighting to close the wealth gap, bring equity to our tax code and for the past 8 years, no one has been a fiercer challenger of Trumpism and the MAGA extremists. Pascrell centered his service around the people most often forgotten in our society and his advocacy for all people, not just the ones who looked like him, is a testament to the integrity of a man who gave everything he had to making our state and our country more equal and more just. Rest in peace.”