Nicholas Sacco Archives - New Jersey Globe

Murphy: Still no timeline on mandatory minimums bill

April 7, 2021 3:46 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday again declined to say when he might take action on a bill eliminating mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines for a series of drug, property and public trust offenses that has sat on his desk for 37...

Joseph Ryglicki, former Hudson Surrogate and political veteran, dies at 73

March 27, 2021 8:37 pmMarch 29, 2021 1:06 am

Joseph Ryglicki, a former Hudson County Surrogate and a veteran of some of North Bergen’s greatest political wars, died on March 26 after a long battle with cancer. He was 73. Ryglicki’s tenure in politics goes back to the 1970s...

Wainer Apter now has 11 senators saying they’ll vote to confirm her to N.J. Supreme Court

March 16, 2021 3:53 pm

The total number of Senators saying they will vote yes on Gov. Phil Murphy’s nomination of Rachel Wainer Apter is now up to eleven. Joseph Lagana (D-Paramus), Vin Gopal (D-Long Branch), Brian Stack (D-Union City) and Nicholas Sacco (D-North Bergen)...

Sacco likes Murphy’s top court pick

March 14, 2021 10:31 pm

State Sen. Nicholas Sacco (D-North Bergen) called in “very fitting” for Gov. Phil Murphy to announce his nomination of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s former law clerk, Rachel Wainer Apter, to the New Jersey Supreme Court on what...

Hudson Democrats will side with Davis over Chiaravalloti, if they have to

March 2, 2021 3:34 pmMarch 3, 2021 9:26 am

Hudson County Democratic leaders will not stand in the way of Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis’ decision to dump Assembly Majority Whip Nicholas Chiaravalloti (D-Bayonne) from the organization line, the New Jersey Globe has learned after more than a dozen interviews...

Assembly panel advances mandatory minimums bill, setting up floor vote

February 24, 2021 3:20 pmFebruary 24, 2021 10:29 pm

The Assembly Appropriations Committee on Wednesday advanced a bill removing mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines for official misconduct and a slew of non-violent drug and property crimes over objections from two of its Republican members. The panel cleared the bill 7-2....

Senate passes mandatory minimums bill

February 22, 2021 12:40 pmFebruary 22, 2021 4:57 pm

The State Senate cleared a bill eliminating mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines for a slew of drug, property crimes and official misconduct in a 23-14 vote Monday. The bill largely resembles a previous measure that, on the recommendation of the New...