Nicholas Scutari Archives - New Jersey Globe

Senate President Steve Sweeney appears to have the votes for marijuana decriminalization.

Sweeney: more work remains before Senate considers decriminalization

December 4, 2019 2:25 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney has the votes for marijuana decriminalization, but he’s not ready to move forward with the measure just yet. “We don’t have a bill. I’ve told Senator Rice I’m happy to sit down and try to figure...

Lawmakers considering marijuana decriminalization as stop gap

November 20, 2019 10:40 pmNovember 21, 2019 11:47 am

Lawmakers are considering moving to decriminalize marijuana while waiting for the 2020 referendum on legalizing recreational marijuana, State Sen. Nicholas Scutari said. “I think there’s competing interests with respect to decriminalization,” he said. “We don’t want to jeopardize the ballot...

Judge orders Linden to pay $110k in legal fees over fight to seat councilman

November 20, 2019 3:40 pmNovember 20, 2019 6:12 pm

The city of Linden has been ordered to pay $110,236 in legal fees related to a four-month legal battle that began when mayor Derek Armstead refused to allow the choice of the local Democratic Party to fill a vacancy on...

Lawmakers to introduce marijuana referendum amendment

November 18, 2019 3:32 pmNovember 18, 2019 5:42 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney and State Sen. Nicholas Scutari announced they would introduce a bill to put recreational marijuana on the 2020 ballot Monday. “We are moving forward with a plan to seek voter approval to legalize adult use marijuana...

Scutari sues Armstead, others for libel

October 30, 2019 6:00 pmOctober 31, 2019 8:56 pm

State Sen. Nicholas Scutari sued Linden Mayor Derek Armstead and members of the City Council for libel Thursday. “even elected officials can be sued for libel when the statements they make are outright lies and are slanderous,” said Geoffrey Arlen,...

Armstead contribution to independent candidate leads to call for resignation

October 23, 2019 7:55 pmOctober 24, 2019 2:38 pm

Update: Councilman Brown contacted the New Jersey Globe to say that reports that he worked in the Dover Tax Assessor’s Office were untrue and threatened litigation if the reference was not removed from the story. The Globe called the Tax...

Conservative independents could tank Bramnick

September 20, 2019 4:01 pmSeptember 20, 2019 4:01 pm

The X Factor in the race for State Assembly in the 21st district is the presence of two pro-Trump Republicans running as independent conservatives against GOP incumbents Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield) and Nancy Munoz (R-Summit). It’s possible that former Scotch Plains...