Hector Lora 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...

Tested with a bribe attempt, Lora shows he couldn’t be bought

January 15, 2021 11:05 amJanuary 15, 2021 8:48 pm

When Hector Lora became mayor of Passaic in 2016, he inherited the ghosts of Alex Blanco, Sammy Rivera, and Joseph Lipari – predecessors forced from office after pleading guilty to federal crimes. Now Passaic has finally found an honest man....

Official wears wire after sewerage commissioners report bribery attempt

January 14, 2021 3:00 amJanuary 14, 2021 10:39 am

Two commissioners of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission acted exactly as they should have when they immediately reporting a bribery attempt to law enforcement. Attorney General Gurbir Grewal charged Omid Bayati, a onetime aide to former Assembly Minority Leader Paul...

Passaic says yes to Murphy borrowing plan

June 1, 2020 2:30 pmJune 1, 2020 3:13 pm

Passaic County freeholders and mayors have signed on as supporters of Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget borrowing plan, joining local officials in Essex and Hudson counties. In a statement issued on Monday, seven Democratic freeholders and eight Democratic mayors said they...

Tucci re-elected chairman of utility authority

May 5, 2020 2:02 pmMay 5, 2020 4:32 pm

For the third time since Gov. Phil Murphy’s ill-fated attempt to take over the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission in early 2018, Republican Thomas Tucci, the township manager of Cedar Grove, has been re-elected to the chairmanship without opposition. That could...

Jeffrey Dye says ‘Jewish media hit team’ to turn people against him

August 24, 2019 3:22 pm

Ousted Murphy administration official Jeffrey Dye has accused Assemblyman Gary Schaer and Passaic Mayor Hector Lora of hiring a “Jewish media hit team” and says that the two Democratic officials tried to lynch and hag him. “They start with the...

Steinhardt tells Murphy to fire Dye

August 20, 2019 3:07 pmAugust 20, 2019 3:07 pm

Republican State Chairman Doug Steinhardt says that Gov. Phil Murphy needs to fire Jeffrey Dye for making anti-Semitic comments on his Facebook page. Dye, the president of the Passaic NAACP, was hired for a $56,088-a-year post at the state Department...