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Weinberg names ex-GOP assemblywoman to toxic workplace committee

January 13, 2020 12:45 pmJanuary 13, 2020 6:41 pm

Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg has picked a former Republican office holder to serve on an ad hoc committee to examine instances of misogyny and sexual harassment in New Jersey politics. Lisa Randall, a former Bergen County assemblywoman, has agreed...

Weinberg names Delgado to committee looking at toxic work environments

January 9, 2020 3:35 pmJanuary 9, 2020 3:39 pm

Sonia Delgado, a prominent lobbyist and former Senate Democratic staffer, has been named to an ad hoc committee formed by Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg to review instances of misogyny and sexual harassment in New Jersey politics. Delgado was one...

Murphy backing ad hoc committee

January 2, 2020 1:12 pmJanuary 2, 2020 4:00 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy offered only slightly-conditional support to Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg’s ad hoc committee investigating sexual harassment, assault and misogyny in Trenton Thursday. “If the objective here is to find a better place in the state, and if...

LUPE PAC wants Latina on Weinberg’s ad hoc committee

January 2, 2020 12:57 pmJanuary 2, 2020 4:01 pm

Latinas United for Political Empowerment PAC sent Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg the names of four Latina women they believe could be added to the Senator’s new ad hoc committee on misogyny and sexual harassment in New Jersey politics. “While...

Weinberg launching committee to tackle sexual predation in NJ politics

December 30, 2019 4:45 pm

Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg announced the creation of an ad hoc committee to investigate sexual harassment and sexual assault in New Jersey politics following an NJ Advance Media report that said such problems still ran rampant here. “With all...

Despite website flap, Grewal sticking with Bramnick

October 17, 2019 8:39 pm

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal is still planning to attend a forum planned and led by Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick next week, his spokesperson said today. Grewal will appear on a panel Bramnick organized on “Hate Speech & Division in...

Bramnick’s conduct makes survivors of sexual assault stay silent, advocate says

October 11, 2019 1:39 amOctober 11, 2019 11:09 am

Claims by Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick’s law firm that they will work to “discredit” victims is an example of why 80% of all sexual assaults nationally are never reported, one of the state’s leading advocates for victims of sexual...