Nicholas Scutari Archives

LaVecchia postpones retirement as Senate stalls on Murphy Supreme Court pick

July 28, 2021 1:35 pmJuly 28, 2021 2:21 pm

New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Jaynee LaVecchia has agreed to postpone her retirement date for a few months after the State Senate recessed until after the November general election without approving her replacement, Chief Justice Stuart Rabner said on Wednesday....

Murphy not worried about backup on Senate confirmations

July 19, 2021 5:06 pmJuly 19, 2021 5:26 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy is not overly concerned about 127 nominations being backlogged, just before the November election. “I think we’ve made a lot of good progress particularly over the past six to 12 months,” he said at his weekly press...

More than 100 nominees await confirmation to state posts with little hope of votes before November

July 16, 2021 3:50 pm

More than 100 nominees to a slew of state boards, commissions, authorities and other panels are awaiting confirmation that won’t come until after November’s general election, and an overwhelming majority will likely wait far longer. The nominees themselves range widely...

Stanfield wants Kuhn to come before Senate

July 8, 2021 6:04 pmJuly 9, 2021 9:48 am

After Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks was forced out of his position over violent cell extractions conducted in the dead of night at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, Victoria Kuhn, his chief of staff, took helm of the agency. But her...

Heading into re-election, nearly a third of Murphy’s cabinet is unconfirmed or departing

July 8, 2021 1:04 pmJuly 17, 2021 6:31 pm

Nearly a third of Gov. Phil Murphy’s cabinet members intend to leave the administration or are in their positions on an acting basis, with some awaiting confirmation and others awaiting the nomination of a permanent agency head. Press play to...

Murphy appears to commit to repeating Wainer Apter nomination given need and re-election win

July 7, 2021 2:46 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy appeared to commit to renominating Rachel Wainer Apter to the New Jersey Supreme Court if she is not confirmed by the State Senate and he wins a second term Wednesday. “I have been, I continue to be...

Scutari, Cryan endorse Mondella in Hillside mayoral race

July 2, 2021 5:57 pmJuly 3, 2021 1:11 pm

Union County Democratic leaders, including State Sen./Democratic County Chairman Nicholas Scutari and State Sen. Joseph Cryan, have endorsed Nancy Mondella for mayor of Hillside. Mondella, a councilwoman, is challenging incumbent Dahlia Vertreese in the November non-partisan municipal election. The local...