Benjie Wimberly Archives - Page 14 of 14

Pou could face 2021 challenge

August 20, 2018 12:19 amAugust 20, 2018 12:20 am

One of the most vulnerable members of the New Jersey State Senate is Democrat Nellie Pou (D-North Haledon), a three-term incumbent who has spent more than twenty years in the New Jersey Legislature. Pou’s problem is local politics: she was...

Traier settles ELEC complaint

July 5, 2018 3:35 pmJuly 9, 2018 4:11 pm

Former Passaic County Republican Chairman John Traier has settled a complaint with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) for $275. Traier allegedly failed to file reports with ELEC during his 2015 campaign for State Assembly against Sheila Oliver...

Governor tries to help council candidate and loses

June 11, 2018 11:40 amJune 25, 2018 4:24 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy took sides in a contested Democratic primary for a ward council seat in Roselle and lost. Murphy and Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver each recorded robocalls endorsing Roselle councilwoman Carla Walker in the June 5 primary. Walker, running...

Wimberly gets Housing Committee chair

May 21, 2018 9:52 amMay 22, 2018 12:26 am

Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly (D-Paterson) will be the new chairman of the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee, a post left vacant in April following the death of longtime committee chairman Jerry Green. “Benjie is the absolute right choice to lead...

Sayegh elected mayor of Paterson in huge win

May 9, 2018 4:25 amMay 10, 2018 12:21 pm

Andre Sayegh won a lopsided victory to become the next mayor of Paterson, winning the office on his third try with 41% of the vote in a six-candidate field. Sayegh, a 44-year-old councilman, becomes Paterson’s first Arab-American mayor in a...

Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly on Jerry Green

April 19, 2018 12:56 pm

Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly (D-Paterson) issued a statement this afternoon on the death of Assemblyman Jerry Green: “In the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.- “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort...

Christie abolishes Waterfront Commission

January 15, 2018 12:04 pm

Gov. Chris Christie has signed a bill abolishing the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor and transferring their duties to the New Jersey State Police. The bill authorizes the withdrawal from a bi-state compact with New York. “While it served...