Nicholas Scutari Archives - New Jersey Globe

Scutari files defamation, slander lawsuit against Armstead

August 7, 2020 10:00 amAugust 7, 2020 12:38 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) filed a defamation suit against Derek Armstead today, claiming that the Linden mayor made libelous and slanderous statements and actions. The legal action follows allegations made by Armstead about Scutari’s attendance record as...

Memo clears Scutari, puts Linden mayor on hot seat

August 3, 2020 10:59 amAugust 3, 2020 11:30 am

A policy approved by the Linden City Council fifteen years ago requiring the municipal prosecutor to pay for substitutes at their own expense vindicates Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden), who was criticized for high absenteeism by a political...

Scutari confident redistricting delay amendment will pass Senate with 24 votes

July 30, 2020 12:03 pm

State Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) is confident a constitutional amendment that would delay the state’s legislative redistricting if New Jersey does not receive census data in time will clear the State Senate with at least 24 yes votes. “Yea, we...

Senate panel sets August 24 confirmation hearing for Murphy’s top court nominee

July 27, 2020 12:48 pmJuly 27, 2020 6:06 pm

The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a confirmation hearing for Fabiana Pierre-Louis, Gov. Phil Murphy’s nominee for Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court for August 24, Judiciary Committee Chairman Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) told the New Jersey Globe. If...

No date set for Pierre-Louis confirmation, Scutari says

July 16, 2020 2:00 pm

There’s no date set for State Supreme Court nominee Fabiana Pierre-Louis’s confirmation, but Senate Judiciary Chairman Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) said it should come sometime this summer. “It should be this summer,” Scutari said. “That’s my plan.” Pierre-Louis, a former federal...

Party-backed freeholder candidates in Union easily defeat progressive challengers

July 8, 2020 2:07 amJuly 8, 2020 5:22 am

Organization-backed freeholder candidates in Union County easily defeated five Freeholders Christopher Hudak and Angela Garretson received 17,462 and 19,005 votes, respectively, while and their running mate, freeholder candidate Lourdes Leon, got 18,018. Progressive candidates Justin O’Hea, Hector Meneses, Jr. and...

Democrats seek to postpone legislative redistricting until 2023 election

July 6, 2020 2:27 pmJuly 7, 2020 8:58 am

The current legislative map will get a two-year reprieve, if voters approve a plan by Democratic leaders to push off redistricting until the 2023, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Senate and Assembly Democrats today introduced a proposed constitutional amendment...