Richard Codey Archives - New Jersey Globe

Codey still won’t say whether he intends to give Platkin courtesy

June 16, 2022 5:35 pmJune 17, 2022 9:15 am

State Sen. and former Gov. Richard Codey (D-Roseland), who has thus far joined State Sen. Nia Gill (D-Montclair) in blocking acting Attorney General Matt Platkin from coming up for a confirmation vote in the Senate, today would not say where...

A look at every major proposed gun bill in the N.J. legislature

May 31, 2022 4:34 pmMay 31, 2022 6:16 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy made an unusual demand last week: that every prominent gun-related bill proposed in the New Jersey legislature – Republican or Democratic, increasing gun restrictions or loosening them – be put to a full vote. With two major...

Jasey says she’s ‘definitely’ running again in reshaped district

May 19, 2022 5:21 pm

Assemblywoman Mila Jasey (D-South Orange), whose hometown was put into a very different district by the Legislative Apportionment Commission earlier this year, said today that she “definitely” intends on running for re-election in 2023. Jasey’s current 27th district is a...

Caputo plans to run again in 2023

March 24, 2022 4:26 pmMarch 24, 2022 4:46 pm

Assemblyman Ralph Caputo (D-Nutley), whose Essex County district was significantly reshaped in this year’s redistricting process, said today that he “absolutely” intends on running for re-election to the Assembly in 2023. A native of Nutley, Caputo was moved from the...

New Jersey Democrats make their bid for an early presidential primary

March 17, 2022 3:30 pmMarch 26, 2022 2:20 pm

As the national Democratic Party ponders whether to move away from its Iowa-first presidential primary and caucus system, the New Jersey Democratic State Committee (NJDSC) sent a letter to Democratic National Committee chairman Jaime Harrison yesterday asking him to consider...

What might a first-in-the-nation New Jersey presidential primary look like?

March 16, 2022 5:15 pm

The year is 2024. Ron DeSantis orders a “breakfast sandwich with pork roll” in Mahwah, and his poll numbers in North Jersey immediately drop by 10 points. The driver of Nikki Haley’s campaign bus gets in a screaming match with...

Two bills on Ukraine invasion sail through Senate

March 3, 2022 5:50 pm

Two pieces of legislation addressing the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, one a resolution that generally condemns the invasion and another a sanctions bill that would prohibit state entities from financially interacting with Russia and Russian-backed companies, passed the State...