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Lawmaker will seek to impeach corrections commissioner over prison abuse scandal

February 5, 2021 7:02 pmFebruary 6, 2021 1:22 pm

Assemblywoman Jean Stanfield is planning to initiate impeachment proceedings against state Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks over allegations of beatings and sexual assaults at a woman’s prison he ran. Stanfield’s move to ask the State Assembly to impeach a member of...

John Alati, former Essex freeholder, dies at 73

January 15, 2021 12:50 pmJanuary 15, 2021 8:47 pm

John M. Alati, a popular former Essex County freeholder who was one of the most influential people in county politics in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, died on January 15. He was 73. He was elected freeholder in 1984, representing...

Decade before Joe Clark ran for freeholder, another nationally-known celebrity ran for State Senate in an East Orange-based district

December 30, 2020 12:23 pmDecember 30, 2020 5:21 pm

A bid for Essex County freeholder by bullhorn-toting, baseball bat-wielding high school principal Joe Clark in 1988 came eleven years after another nationally acclaimed celebrity sought public office in an East Orange-based district. Althea Gibson, the first Black win the...

Joe Clark, famed Paterson principal and onetime GOP candidate, dies at 82

December 29, 2020 9:52 pmDecember 30, 2020 12:32 pm

Joe Clark, who won national fame as the unorthodox high school principal in Paterson known for his firm disciplinary manner, died on Tuesday. He was 82. Clark’s tenure at as the bullhorn-toting, baseball bat-wielding Eastside High School principal became the...

Murphy sidesteps on redistricting commission’s lack of Latina members

November 20, 2020 2:45 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy sidestepped activists’ calls for a Latina to be appointed to the Democratic half of the legislative redistricting commission Friday. “I’m a big believer in diversity,” Murphy said. “I acknowledge and take the question and the point. I...

Democratic mapmakers block vote pledge to prevent redistricting deal with GOP

November 17, 2020 1:34 pmNovember 17, 2020 2:35 pm

The five new Democratic members of the Legislative Apportionment Commission agreed in writing to vote as a block to avoid any deals with Republicans in drawing a new map. The appointees — Essex County Democratic Chairman LeRoy Jones, Senate President...

Currie will name Jones as Democratic redistricting chairman, with Avelenda as executive director

November 15, 2020 4:30 pmNovember 16, 2020 3:31 pm

Democratic State Chairman John Currie will announce later today that LeRoy Jones, Jr. will serve as his party’s chairman of the New Jersey Legislative Reapportionment Commission, with Saily Avelenda as the executive director. Currie will name Jones, Senate President Steve...