Gary Schaer Archives - New Jersey Globe

Schaer extols Lora integrity, says he wasn’t surprised mayor reported bribe bid

January 15, 2021 2:52 pmJanuary 15, 2021 8:49 pm

Assemblyman Gary Schaer (D-Passaic) strongly praised his former chief of staff, Passaic Mayor Hector Lora, for instantaneously reporting an attempt to bribe him. “Hector is a very special guy,” Schaer told the New Jersey Globe. “He is a minister. He...

Bergen Democrats will back Coughlin for another term as Assembly Speaker

September 30, 2020 6:59 pmOctober 1, 2020 1:42 pm

The Bergen County Democratic Assembly delegation has endorsed Speaker Craig Coughlin for re-election to a third term, making it extraordinarily likely that he will remain in one of the state’s most powerful posts through 2023. The six Democrats representing Bergen...

Louis Gill, former assemblyman, dies at 80

April 3, 2020 7:18 pm

Louis J. Gill, a popular former assemblyman who represented parts of Passaic and Bergen counties, died today. He was 80. Gill was elected to the State Assembly in 1987 and served two terms before losing his seat in 1991 Republican...

Jeffrey Dye still posting anti-Semitic rants on NAACP Facebook page

October 28, 2019 2:36 pmOctober 29, 2019 11:26 am

Nine weeks after Jeffrey Dye was removed from his post as president of the Passaic NAACP for making anti-Semitic and anti-Latino comments on social media, it appears that he continues to use his former organization’s Facebook page to comment about...

Gary Schaer: Rush to defend anti-Semitic tropes ‘should raise alarm bells’

September 25, 2019 9:01 amSeptember 25, 2019 9:01 am

OPINION In this past week, Paterson City Councilman Michael Jackson and Trenton City Council President Kathy McBride both publicly made use of the anti-Semitic trope “Jew us down”. In 2019, I am disheartened to see anti-Semitic language spread to, of...

Murphy aide Derrick Greene offered buses to Democratic conference

September 23, 2019 11:55 amSeptember 23, 2019 6:32 pm

A top aide to Gov. Phil Murphy has personally called African American activists offering free buses and meals to increase attendance at the Democratic State Committee Conference in Atlantic City this week, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Long Branch...

Weinberg intends to discuss Dye controversy with leadership

September 12, 2019 7:01 pmSeptember 12, 2019 7:01 pm

Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg said she intends to discuss the possibility of resurrecting the Select Committee on Oversight that investigated the hiring of Al Alvarez following revelations about Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration’s hiring of Jeffrey Dye. “I will be...