Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti Archives - Page 2 of 3

Cape May road repairs isn’t tied to Trump visit, DOT says

January 23, 2020 12:48 pmJanuary 24, 2020 2:33 am

State transportation officials are pushing back on a call by freshman Republican Assemblymen Erik Simonsen (R-Lower Township) and Antwan McClellan (R-Ocean City) to delay roadwork on Route 47 in Cape May County until after President Donald Trump’s Keep America Great...

Firm that helped Trump carry out immigration policies has $3.5 million contact at NJ Transit

December 4, 2019 10:44 pmDecember 5, 2019 11:26 am

It’s not clear whether a New York Times/Pro Publica report that McKinsey & Company assisted President Donald Trump’s administration in identifying “detention savings opportunities” at ICE facilities will affect a $3.5 million contract they have with New Jersey Transit. The...

Murphy celebrates new class of NJ Transit engineers

October 16, 2019 12:10 pmOctober 16, 2019 1:41 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy celebrated the upcoming graduation of a new class of NJ Transit locomotive engineers Wednesday. “New Jersey’s future relies on a safe, properly staffed NJ TRANSIT,” Murphy said. “The trainees here today are the critical pieces we need...

Despite gains, women still underrepresented on NJ boards, commissions

September 18, 2019 3:25 pm

While Gov. Phil Murphy has appointed a majority-woman cabinet, women remain underrepresented on the state’s boards and commissions, a study by Rutgers University’s Center for American Women and Politics found. Before Murphy took office in January 2018, women accounted for...

Murphy names new NJ Transit board

March 21, 2019 12:33 pmMarch 21, 2019 5:01 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy has overhauled the board of New Jersey Transit, dropping 20-year member Flora Castillo as part of a package of even new appointees to run the beleaguered mass transit agency. Murphy’s nominees include two picks from towns with...

DOT purchasing agent is scapegoat for lack of controls, lawyer says

March 15, 2019 5:04 amMarch 15, 2019 2:22 am

The lawyer representing a New Jersey Department of Transportation buyer who pleaded guilty to cutting corners to award public contracts to a friend says that his client is a scapegoat for a broken system. Ricardo Noce faces three years in prison...

Zaro unhappy with Murphy over secondary legal role

June 28, 2018 12:09 pmJune 29, 2018 10:48 am

There’s some trouble brewing between Gov. Phil Murphy and Jerry Zaro, his appointee to the Gateway Program Development Corporation. Zaro wanted his law firm, Sills Cummis & Gross, to become general counsel to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, and source...