Helmin Caba Archives - New Jersey Globe

Caba wins renomination as Perth Amboy mayor

June 4, 2024 10:08 pm

Perth Amboy Mayor Helmin Caba has won renomination for a second term as mayor, the New Jersey Globe projects, defeating two Democratic primary challengers. As of 10:08 p.m., Caba has 48% of the vote; Joe Vas, the son of a...

N.J. Institute for Social Justice launches council to study reparations

June 19, 2023 2:53 pm

At an event in Perth Amboy today, the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice (NJISJ) launched the New Jersey Reparations Council, a new body that will aim to study the legacy of slavery in New Jersey and the possibility of...

A preview of N.J.’s December 13 runoffs in Trenton, Perth Amboy, and Manchester

December 7, 2022 1:24 pmDecember 12, 2022 10:07 am

U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock (D-Georgia) may have won the nation’s most important runoff election yesterday, but the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-most important are all still to come – and they’re all in New Jersey. Next Tuesday, December 13, voters in...

Perth Amboy council race will go to runoff

November 9, 2022 3:55 pm

The race for three seats on the Perth Amboy City Council will head to a runoff, with a slate backed by Mayor Helmin Caba facing off against a rival slate embroiled in a bribery scandal. Caba’s slate, which includes Councilwoman...

Lopez declines to comment on Perth Amboy bribery scandal

October 27, 2022 3:31 pmNovember 8, 2022 5:13 pm

Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez (D-Perth Amboy) today declined to comment on the bribery scandal brewing in her hometown of Perth Amboy, where a campaign staffer working for city council candidate Jeanette Rios was charged yesterday with offering bribes in exchange for...

Perth Amboy mayor calls on rival council slate to drop out after bribery charges

October 27, 2022 10:10 amNovember 8, 2022 5:14 pm

One day after a campaign staffer for Perth Amboy City Council candidate Jeanette Rios was charged with bribery, Perth Amboy Mayor Helmin Caba has released a statement calling on Rios and her council slate to drop out of November’s election....

Campaign staffer charged with bribery in Perth Amboy council race

October 26, 2022 10:02 amNovember 8, 2022 5:10 pm

Ana Camilo, a campaign staffer working with Perth Amboy City Council candidate Jeanette Rios, has been arrested on bribery charges for offering gift cards to voters in exchange for votes. Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone announced charges of third-degree bribery...