Ras Baraka Archives - New Jersey Globe

Meissner again attacks Booker over defunct Newark water agency

September 9, 2019 3:52 pm

Stuart Meissner, the former New York Deputy Attorney General seeking the GOP U.S. Senate nomination, renewed his attacks on U.S. Sen. Cory Booker over Newark’s water crisis, this time aiming at the presidential candidate’s management of the Newark Watershed Conservation...

DiVincenzo to announce move to replace Newark water pipes

August 25, 2019 12:50 pm

Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo is expected to announce on Monday that the county will guarantee a bond issue for the City of Newark to replace old lead-lined water pipes as a solution to the city’s drinking water crisis, the...

Baraka opposes Holley call for state takeover of Newark water

August 21, 2019 2:00 pmAugust 25, 2019 1:07 pm

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka says calls for Gov. Phil Murphy to declare a state of emergency over Newark’s lead water crisis isn’t necessary. Assemblyman Jamel Holley (D-Roselle) yesterday asked the state to take over Newark’s water management operation and asked...

Anthony Carrino, seven-term Newark councilman, dies

July 14, 2019 2:26 pmJuly 15, 2019 8:46 am

Legendary Newark politician Anthony Carrino, a former Newark police officer who represented the North Ward on the city council for 28 years, has passed away. Carrino was one of Newark Mayor Kenneth Gibson’s fiercest opponents during the twelve years that...

Phil Murphy, incoming DGA chairman, won’t say he backs pro-life, pro-gun Democrats in Louisiana, Mississippi

May 28, 2019 5:32 pmMay 29, 2019 9:00 am

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, slated to head the Democratic Governors Association in January, refused to say if he’ll support Democratic gubernatorial candidates in Louisiana and Mississippi who support abortion restrictions and oppose gun control. Murphy on Tuesday sidestepped a...

Murphy, Baraka to appear at opportunity zone summit

April 24, 2019 11:34 amApril 24, 2019 2:09 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka will speak at the Forbes Opportunity Zone Summit on May 21, the group announced Wednesday. The opportunity zone program was passed as part of the Republican tax plan enacted in 2017. The...

North Ward machine shows strength in Newark school elections

April 19, 2019 11:01 amApril 19, 2019 1:57 pm

The legendary political machine in Newark’s North Ward continues to play an outsized role in city elections, including this week’s contested race for three seats on the Newark Board of Education. The Moving Newark Forward slate of candidates backed by...