Alison Accettola Archives - New Jersey Globe

Drennan to leave Senate, Scutari names Accettola as new executive director

April 6, 2022 2:16 pmApril 6, 2022 3:26 pm

Kevin Drennan will end his tenure as executive director of the New Jersey Senate Majority Office on April 18 and will be replaced by Alison Accettola. His departure was expected after Senate President Steve Sweeney lost his own seat in...

Weinberg names Delgado to committee looking at toxic work environments

January 9, 2020 3:35 pmJanuary 9, 2020 3:39 pm

Sonia Delgado, a prominent lobbyist and former Senate Democratic staffer, has been named to an ad hoc committee formed by Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg to review instances of misogyny and sexual harassment in New Jersey politics. Delgado was one...

Murphy backing ad hoc committee

January 2, 2020 1:12 pmJanuary 2, 2020 4:00 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy offered only slightly-conditional support to Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg’s ad hoc committee investigating sexual harassment, assault and misogyny in Trenton Thursday. “If the objective here is to find a better place in the state, and if...

LUPE PAC wants Latina on Weinberg’s ad hoc committee

January 2, 2020 12:57 pmJanuary 2, 2020 4:01 pm

Latinas United for Political Empowerment PAC sent Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg the names of four Latina women they believe could be added to the Senator’s new ad hoc committee on misogyny and sexual harassment in New Jersey politics. “While...

Weinberg launching committee to tackle sexual predation in NJ politics

December 30, 2019 4:45 pm

Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg announced the creation of an ad hoc committee to investigate sexual harassment and sexual assault in New Jersey politics following an NJ Advance Media report that said such problems still ran rampant here. “With all...