John Labrosse Archives - New Jersey Globe

Labrosse ousted in Hackensack with five insurgents winning easily

May 13, 2025 9:13 pmMay 14, 2025 9:00 am

Hackensack Mayor John Labrosse lost is for bid for re-election to a fourth term, with a slate backed by the city’s Democratic leader, Lynn Hurwitz, flipping five council seats in Bergen County’s largest city by a wide margin. The “Hackensack...

Hackensack councilman to resign after alleged racist remark

October 11, 2024 9:41 pm

Hackensack Councilman Leo Battaglia said he will resign from the council Friday night after controversy stemming from alleged racist comments he directed toward a Black high school soccer coach. Battaglia denies any wrongdoing in the incident, which occurred during a...

Labrosse will seek re-election in Hackensack, but without some running mates

September 23, 2024 7:55 pmSeptember 23, 2024 9:19 pm

Hackensack Mayor John Labrosse will seek re-election to a fourth term in 2025, but it appears that he will reshuffle his city council slate with two new members. Incumbents Kathy Canestrino and Stephanie Von Rudenborg will seek another term as...

Vainieri Huttle backs Fulop for governor

November 20, 2023 10:55 amNovember 20, 2023 11:04 am

In an op-ed published in the Bergen Record this morning, former Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood) gave her “wholehearted” support to Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop’s Democratic campaign for governor. “Mayor Fulop is steering a distinctive gubernatorial campaign, directly engaging...

Top Democrats in Hackensack, Teaneck say mayors’ endorsement of Fulop doesn’t matter

November 10, 2023 9:42 pmNovember 13, 2023 11:33 am

A group of key Democratic leaders in the two largest municipalities in Bergen County today dismissed the impact of early endorsements for Steve Fulop’s bid for governor by Hackensack Mayor John LaBrosse and Teaneck Mayor Michael Pagan, saying the two...

Labrosse team scores big win in Hackensack

May 11, 2021 9:09 pmMay 12, 2021 1:33 am

A slate headed by Mayor John Labrosse swept local races in Hackensack Tuesday, defeating rival slates headed by a former running mate and a prominent New Jersey activist by a wide margin. Labrosse and his team — Deputy Mayor Kathleen...

ICYMI: Here’s your guide to New Jersey’s May 11 municipal elections

May 10, 2021 1:19 pmMay 10, 2021 8:14 pm

Voters in 14 New Jersey municipalities will head to the polls on May 11 for non-partisan municipal elections. Fifteen candidates are seeking office in Hackensack, where Mayor John Labrosse is running for re-election to a third term, with Deputy Mayor...