Patrick Diegnan Archives - New Jersey Globe

Assembly Speaker calls for ouster of controversial judges

July 11, 2019 9:24 amJuly 11, 2019 12:49 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin says he hopes Superior Court Judges Marcia Silva (Middlesex) and James Troiano (Monmouth) will either resign or be immediately removed. “The conduct and comments by both Judge Marcia Silva and Judge James Troiano are alarming and...

Lopez wants Silva, Troiano out

July 9, 2019 1:28 pm

Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez added her name to a growing list of legislators calling for the removal of two judges who have come under fire for comments they made during sexual assault trials. “Without question, Judge Silva and Judge Troiano must...

Murphy stops short of calling for Troiano, Silva resignations

July 8, 2019 1:00 pmJuly 8, 2019 8:47 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy said he was deeply troubled by the comments of two New Jersey family court judges who have come under fire for their handling of sexual assault cases but stopped short of calling for their resignations. “I’m extremely...

Middlesex Dem Senators file complaint against Silva

July 5, 2019 4:18 pmJuly 8, 2019 7:10 pm

A Superior Court Judge under fire for her handling of a rape case is now facing an misconduct complaint. Four state senators from Middlesex County – Patrick Diegnan (D-South Plainfield), Linda Greenstein (D-Plainsboro), Robert Smith (D-Piscataway) and Joseph Vitale (D-Woodbridge)...

Weinberg, Diegnan, Kean: Senate Panel Vote Puts New Gateway Commission on Track

June 17, 2019 4:12 pmJune 17, 2019 4:19 pm

Trenton – Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, Transportation Committee Chair Patrick Diegnan and Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean today lauded Senate Budget Committee passage of landmark legislation to establish a Gateway Development Commission to oversee planning, funding and construction of new...

Who knows if EDA task force political, Diegnan says

May 9, 2019 4:46 pm

State Sen. Patrick Diegnan isn’t among those claiming the task force convened by Gov. Phil Murphy to investigate abuses of tax incentive programs administered by the Economic Development Authority is political. “Who knows what motivations are? And I wouldn’t guess,”...

Paid family leave expansion signed into law

February 19, 2019 12:24 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy signed an expansion of the state’s paid family leave program into law Tuesday. “For you and countless others across our state over the past decade, the impact of paid family leave to care for a new baby...