James Solomon Archives - New Jersey Globe

Public contractors shattered contribution record in 2025 elections

August 19, 2026 12:26 pm

Public contractors contributed more than $18 million to New Jersey candidates and political committees in 2025, shattering a nearly two-decade-old record during the first gubernatorial election conducted under relaxed pay-to-play restrictions. An analysis released today by the New Jersey Election...

Steve Adubato Examines Immigration Enforcement with the Mayor of Jersey City

August 5, 2026 5:18 amAugust 4, 2026 7:19 pm

Steve Adubato is joined by James Solomon, Mayor of Jersey City, to examine the city’s fiscal challenges and how they are addressing federal immigration enforcement.

Ten Hudson mayors back Craig Guy for re-election

July 14, 2026 1:17 pm

Calling him a “proven uniter, not a divider,” Hudson County Executive Craig Guy picked up the endorsements of ten of Hudson County’s twelve mayors on Tuesday, bolstering his bid for a second term in 2027. Backing Guy are Mayors Brian...

Scarinci: Ruby Choi Is the right pick for Jersey City

July 12, 2026 12:27 pmJuly 13, 2026 12:18 am

Jersey City’s new Business Administrator, Ruby Choi, has assumed one of the most difficult municipal management assignments in New Jersey. Mayor James Solomon’s administration is confronting a fiscal crisis while an affordability crisis is squeezing residents across the nation. How...

Mukherji, Guy push for Jersey City funding gets Solomon $120 million in aid

June 29, 2026 9:56 amJune 29, 2026 10:00 am

Jersey City is set to receive a $120 million state financial assistance package under a state budget approved by two legislative panels last night that will dramatically reduce the city’s immediate fiscal crisis as newly-elected Mayor James Solomon and the...

Mukherji gets early backing from Sherrill, Solomon in bid for Senate re-election

April 3, 2026 5:13 pmApril 6, 2026 9:58 am

Transformations in the Hudson County political landscape in a no-line era, which led to changes in the State Assembly delegation and in Jersey City last year, now seem unlikely to affect the re-election prospects of State Sen. Raj Mukherji (D-Jersey...

DiVincenzo has giant fundraising haul after bi-partisan event

March 26, 2026 11:05 amMarch 26, 2026 4:32 pm

Sometimes close personal relationships transcend party lines, and that was on display last night in Cedar Grove, where Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Jr. had a six-figure fundraising haul after a high-dollar event sponsored by two Republicans: former State Sen....