State Sen. Declan O’Scanlon (R-Little Silver) on Thursday said Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration isn’t well-served by the mystery swirling around the identity of the person who hired former Schools Development Authority chief of staff Al Alvarez. “This ridiculous circling of the wagons only serves to make the administration look foolish or in chaos. Neither one of those two things is good, so the mission has failed if it had any
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Accuses staff of ‘gross misuse of confidentiality”
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 on the hiring of Al Alvarez: Pete Cammarano, Matt Platkin, and Jose Lozano,” Corrado, a Select Committee vice-chair, said. “All three have now testified under oath that they played no
Assemblywoman Betty Lou DeCroce (R-Parsippany) joined a growing number of fellow Select Committee members lambasting former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Peter Verniero’s report on his investigation into the hiring of Al Alvarez. “Peter Verniero is only solidifying what we have all been hearing and what's being told to us,” DeCroce said. “The state has paid a lot of money for all these lawyers and all these investigations. It's the
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 any reasonable standard for an investigation into the serious allegations of sexual assault, the screening practices for hiring public employees, the failure to take responsibility by key officials, the continued
Observers are questioning the value of Peter Verniero’s investigation after long-awaited the former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice’s report revealed little that was not already known about the hiring of former Schools Development Authority chief of staff Al Alvarez. “I think the report is the report, and I think that the report is a report that was sponsored by the administration. I guess I am not surprised that it does
Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi was incensed after an independent investigation by former State Supreme Court Justice Peter Verniero failed to find out who was responsible for hiring former Schools Development Authority chief of staff Al Alvarez. “I find it absolutely, beyond-the-pale absurd that they are unable to identify who hired this guy,” Schepisi said. Verniero’s report, released Wednesday morning, largely mirrors the findings of the Select Committee on Oversight, on which
A report on the hiring of former Schools Development Authority chief of staff Al Alvarez compiled by former State Supreme Court Justice Peter Verniero said transition officials were obligated to take action after learning of the allegations against Alvarez. Gov. Phil Murphy’s former chief of staff Pete Cammarano and transition executive director Jose Lozano did not take any action after they were told of Brennan’s allegations by Murphy’s now-deputy chief
Peter Verniero’s investigation into the hiring of former Schools Development Authority chief of staff Al Alvarez was not able to uncover who gave him that position. “No witness during our interviews or before the Legislature stated that he or she hired Mr. Alvarez or recommended him for placement at the SDA. Nor did anyone identify the person who did,” Verniero’s report said. “Additionally, there does not appear to be any
