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Operating Engineers, Laborers, NAACP seek changes in Liberty State Park bill

January 11, 2020 9:10 amJanuary 13, 2020 12:00 pm

Two of the state’s most politically influential building trades unions and the NAACP New Jersey State Conference want the legislature to postpone a vote on the “Liberty State Park Protection Act” until changes are made in the legislation. The International...

Schaer praises NAACP for Dye ouster

September 2, 2019 1:53 pmSeptember 2, 2019 1:56 pm

Assemblyman Gary Schaer (D-Passaic) praised NAACP New Jersey State Conference President Richard Smith for removing Jeffrey Dye from his position as Passaic NAACP President. “Clearly under President Smith’s tutelage, the organization did what it felt it had to do,” Schaer...

Gottheimer calls on Dye to resign NAACP post

August 30, 2019 6:04 pm

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) says that Jeffrey Dye needs to step down from his post as president of the Passaic NAACP after making a series of anti-Semitic and anti-Latino statements on social media. “He should resign,” Gottheimer told the New...

Swain, Tully applaud Dye firing by Murphy administration

August 28, 2019 5:45 pm

Two Democratic legislators from a district that includes part of Passaic County are applauding the Murphy administration’s decision to fire Jeffrey Dye from his job at the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development. “Mr. Dye’s racially divisive comments and...

Pascrell says NAACP should oust Dye

August 28, 2019 4:22 pm

Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson) wants the NAACP to remove Jeffrey Dye as president of the Passaic chapter. “Mr. Dye is an anti-Semite. His actions prove it. His words prove it,” Pascrell said. “His removal from any position of public life...

NAACP President to Reporter: ‘I don’t talk to fucking Jews’

August 27, 2019 5:45 pmAugust 29, 2019 10:10 am

Jeffrey Dye declined to say if he plans to resign his post as President of the Passaic NAACP after several top Democrats urged him to move on. “I don’t talk to fucking Jews,” Dye told the New Jersey Globe during...

Jeffrey Dye says ‘Jewish media hit team’ to turn people against him

August 24, 2019 3:22 pm

Ousted Murphy administration official Jeffrey Dye has accused Assemblyman Gary Schaer and Passaic Mayor Hector Lora of hiring a “Jewish media hit team” and says that the two Democratic officials tried to lynch and hag him. “They start with the...