Pete Cammarano Archives - New Jersey Globe

Select Committee may call more witnesses, co-chairs say

March 12, 2019 5:35 pm

The Select Committee on Oversight’s co-chairs aren’t ready to say the committee is done calling witnesses or holding hearings. “We will be meeting with our attorneys,” Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg said. “We have to work on the report. We...

Cammarano was decision maker in almost all hires, Alvarez says

March 12, 2019 5:19 pm

Former Schools Development Authority chief of staff Al Alvarez testified Tuesday that, while he was unsure who was responsible for hiring him, if hiring authority was at the root of the question, Gov. Phil Murphy’s former chief of staff Pete...

Alvarez says he’s unsure who hired him

March 12, 2019 1:16 pmMarch 12, 2019 5:59 pm

Former Schools Development Authority chief of staff Al Alvarez said he was unsure who was ultimately responsible for his hiring to the authority Tuesday. “No one ever said to me ‘you’re hired,'” Alvarez told the Select Committee on Oversight empaneled...

Murphy administration mishandled Alvarez allegations, employment law expert says

February 26, 2019 12:31 pmFebruary 26, 2019 1:41 pm

Preeminent law professor Charles Sullivan on Tuesday told the Select Committee investigating Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration’s hiring of former Schools Development Authority chief of staff Al Alvarez that he believes the administration mishandled the allegations against the former staffer. “I...

Alvarez wasn’t ‘must hire’ at Rutgers, e-mails show

February 15, 2019 12:22 amFebruary 15, 2019 12:29 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy’s former chief of staff did not push Rutgers University to hire Al Alvarez after he was told to leave his state government job, according to e-mails and text messages obtained by the New Jersey Globe. The e-mails...

Corrado wants Murphy to testify

February 6, 2019 5:10 pmFebruary 6, 2019 5:31 pm

State Sen. Kristin Corrado wants Gov. Phil Murphy to testify under oath before the Select Committee on Oversight. “Numerous administration officials testified that — apart from the Governor himself — only three men had the authority to make a decision...

Weinberg slams Verniero report

February 6, 2019 4:31 pm

Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg slammed former State Supreme Court Justice Peter Verniero’s report on the hiring of Al Alvarez Wednesday. “Unfortunately, this report falls short of the comprehensive investigation promised by the governor,” Weinberg said. “It fails to meet...