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DePhillips: Neuwirth firing not just a personnel issue

June 2, 2020 5:13 pmJune 2, 2020 6:31 pm

Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips (R-Wyckoff) doesn’t think the firing of an assistant commissioner in the Department of Health during a pandemic is just a personnel issue. “My concern is that this is not a simple process issue. It’s not just a...

GOP senators want Sweeney to tell DoH to preserve documents

June 2, 2020 3:34 pm

Five Republican senators urged Senate President Steve Sweeney to send preservation letters to the Department of Health and other administration officials. State Sens. Tom Kean (R-Westfield), Kristin Corrado (R-Totowa), Steve Oroho (R-Franklin), Joe Pennacchio (R-Montville) and Declan O’Scanlon (R-Little Silver)...

Murphy won’t say if Neuwirth put New Jerseyans at risk

June 2, 2020 3:26 pmJune 3, 2020 9:36 am

Gov. Phil Murphy refused to say whether he fired a top advisor in charge of the state’s emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic because he endangered the lives of New Jersey residents. “I hate to disappoint you: we don’t comment...

Murphy won’t comment on Neuwirth firing

May 29, 2020 3:00 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy declined to comment on the firing of a top Department of Health official who has claimed he was made a scapegoat. “I got no comment on any personnel — 64,000 people I believe work for me, not...