Joseph Lagana Archives - New Jersey Globe

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....

Nick Mammano returns to Mercury

March 5, 2026 9:00 amMarch 4, 2026 7:52 pm

Nick Mammano, the former president and CEO of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, is returning to Mercury, a top public affairs firm, as a managing director A former chief of staff to State Sen. Joseph Lagana (D-Paramus), Mammano...

Swain, Tully ward off GOP once again in Bergen County’s LD38

November 4, 2025 10:10 pm

Assemblywoman Lisa Swain (D-Fair Lawn) and Assemblyman Chris Tully (D-Bergenfield) have won re-election, the New Jersey Globe projects, once again thoroughly dashing GOP hopes of turning Bergen County’s 38th legislative district red. As of 10:07 p.m. and with most of...

Esther Suarez joins N.J. law firm

September 3, 2025 4:31 pm

Esther Suarez, who stepped down last month after a decade as Hudson County executive, has joined one of the state’s most prestigious law firms. Suarez, a former Superior Court Judge, will be a partner at Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri Jacobs, where...

As Yankees fans face blackouts, Jersey officials call for TV deal

March 27, 2025 3:10 pm

It’s Opening Day, but some Yankees fans in New Jersey may not have long to watch their team as a TV contract dispute threatens a blackout in the region. Comcast and the YES Network, which broadcasts Yankees and Nets games,...

Lagana will vote to confirm Hoffman

June 12, 2024 2:28 pmJune 12, 2024 5:53 pm

New Jersey Supreme Court Justice-designate John Jay Hoffman has picked up the backing of a Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, State Sen. Joseph Lagana (D-Paramus). “I applaud Governor Murphy’s nomination of John Hoffman to the New Jersey Supreme...

Paul Contillo, maverick former senator and assemblyman, dies at 94

February 9, 2024 5:46 pm

Paul J. Contillo, an impeccably honest and sometimes stubborn Bergen County Democrat who championed local government ethics laws and campaign finance reform and sponsored New Jersey’s first mandatory retirement law while serving in the New Jersey State Senate, died on...