Pete Cammarano Archives - New Jersey Globe

Select Committee report questions honesty of some Murphy officials

June 5, 2019 11:04 am

The Select Committee on Oversight lambasted officials Gov. Phil Murphy’s transition and administration in a report detailing the findings of its investigation into the hiring of former Schools Development chief of staff Al Alvarez’s hiring Wednesday. The committee’s report questioned...

Sweeney jabs Murphy over vetoes

May 30, 2019 4:57 pmMay 31, 2019 2:29 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney and Gov. Phil Murphy are headed towards yet another conflict. This time, it’s over the frequency with which the governor vetoes bills passed through the Democrat-controlled statehouse. “I’ve never seen an administration where you’re seeing so...

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...