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Stack seeks halt to Union City rent hikes

March 25, 2020 4:02 pm

Union City Mayor Brian Stack is seeking a moratorium on rent increases during COVID-19 state of emergency. Stack said he was concerned that residents already feeling the financial effects of the coronavirus pandemic by being able to work might face...

O’Toole re-elected Port Authority chairman

February 13, 2020 1:15 pm

Kevin O’Toole was re-elected to another term as chairman the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, leaving the former Republican senator at the helm of the powerful bi-state agency two years into Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s term. Murphy...

Sweeney pulls Lagana committee assignments over vaccination vote

January 14, 2020 6:07 pmJanuary 14, 2020 6:18 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney has removed State Sen. Joseph Lagana (D-Paramus) from the Senate Judiciary Committee over his refusal to support the Senate leadership on legislation to end religious exemptions for childhood vaccines. In his place, Sweeney has put State...

Navarro will challenge Cedeno for Hudson freeholder

January 3, 2020 11:51 am

Marco Navarro, a first responder from Union City, says he will enter the race for the Democratic nomination for Hudson County Freeholder. He will oppose Fanny Cedeno, who is Mayor Brian Stack’s choice to run for the District 6 seat...

Fanny Cedeno is Brian Stack pick for Hudson Freeholder

January 2, 2020 8:30 pmJanuary 2, 2020 9:40 pm

A new Hudson County Freeholder for District 6 will be Fanny Erazo Cedeno, a young Latina and a top aide to Union City Mayor Brian Stack, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Cedeno is Stack’s choice to fill the unexpired...

Lagana, Stack back marijuana decriminalization

December 3, 2019 10:00 amDecember 3, 2019 2:19 pm

State Sens. Joe Lagana and Brian Stack will back marijuana decriminalization. According to a New Jersey Globe tally, that brings the number of state senators who opposed legalization but are backing decriminalization up to nine. State Sens. Declan O’Scanlon, Robert...

Stack begins process of giving away 30,000 Thanksgiving turkeys

November 23, 2019 12:30 pmNovember 23, 2019 12:30 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy was in Union City this morning to launch Mayor Brian Stack’s annual Thanksgiving turkey giveaway. Stack, who is also a state senator, distributes nearly 30,000 turkeys every November to his constituents. The Brian J. Stack Civic Association...