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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...

Passaic NAACP leader bashes Israel on Facebook

August 19, 2019 3:03 pmAugust 20, 2019 2:30 am

A Murphy administration appointee who serves as president of the Passaic NAACP criticized U.S. foreign aid to Israel on his Facebook page, the latest step in a growing divide between Blacks and Jews in the New Jersey Democratic party. Jeffrey...

PVSC nominees held for Passaic election post package

May 13, 2019 11:21 am

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding two nominations to the Passaic County Sewerage Commission until candidates for two elections posts are finalized. Gov. Phil Murphy has nominated former deputy state attorney general Shona Mack-Pollack, a Democrat, to replace Republican Sherine...