Lizette Delgado-Polanco Archives

Baraka names three powerful women, including Regena Thomas, as campaign co-chairs

February 26, 2025 1:05 pmFebruary 27, 2025 9:27 am

Former Secretary of the State Regena Thomas will serve as co-chair of Ras Baraka’s campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, putting a veteran political operative with a strong track record of turning out Black voters at the helm of the...

State Ethics Commission fines Lizette Delgado-Polanco

December 10, 2024 1:57 pmDecember 10, 2024 8:42 pm

Labor leader Lizette Delgado-Polanco has agreed to pay a $3,500 fine after the State Ethics Commission slapped her for hiring relatives and friends at the New Jersey Schools Development Authority after Gov. Phil Murphy named her CEO in August 2018....

Murphy: Schools Development Authority’s future “an open question”

June 9, 2021 3:11 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy acknowledged the haze surrounding Schools Development Authority’s future Wednesday after a state watchdog report found waste, mismanagement and lax oversight at the authority. “Still an open question as to what the future looks like. I know where...

Watchdog report renews Sweeney’s push to abolish the SDA

June 3, 2021 7:23 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford) bid to do away with the Schools Development Authority has taken on a new dimension in the wake of a report that found waste, mismanagement and lax oversight. “I’ll put it to you this...

Ciattarelli fundraising off SCI’s SDA report

October 8, 2020 3:29 pmOctober 8, 2020 11:24 pm

Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli is using a State Commission of Investigation report that said Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration was kept in the loop on patronage hires at the Schools Development Authority to raise funds. “[Lizette] Delgado-Polanco fired dozens of...

Ciattarelli hits Murphy on response to commission’s SDA report

October 6, 2020 9:45 amOctober 6, 2020 9:48 am

Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli wants Gov. Phil Murphy to say exactly which parts of a report issued by the State Commission of Investigation he disagrees with. “Which conclusions do you disagree with, Governor? Based on what? And what, if...

Murphy disagrees with portions of SCI report saying administration knew of nepotistic hires at SDA

October 5, 2020 3:20 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy still hasn’t read the State Commission of Investigation’s report on nepotistic hires at the Schools Development Authority, though he said Monday he disagreed with some of their conclusions after being made aware of the report’s contents. “On...