Rick Sabato Archives - New Jersey Globe

Johnson has $250,000 fundraising haul at labor event

May 5, 2021 7:51 pmMay 6, 2021 4:15 am

A high dollar fundraiser organized by Bergen County Building and Construction Trades Council President Rick Sabato and Bergen County Democratic Chairman Paul Juliano brought in an estimated $250,000 to the campaign coffers of Democratic State Senate candidate Gordon Johnson on...

Murphy puts a shovel in the ground in Lyndhurst, a town Ciattarelli must win

April 30, 2021 1:03 pmApril 30, 2021 6:52 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy attended a groundbreaking for a new $31.5 million New Jersey Transit train station in Lyndhurst, giving him a political benefit in a South Bergen municipality that is a must-win for Republican Jack Ciattarelli. A blue collar township...

Bergen Building Trades, Service Workers Union back Johnson for Senate

March 4, 2021 12:40 pm

Two influential unions put their influence behind Assemblyman Gordon Johnson’s (D-Englewood) State Senate bid Thursday. The United Service Workers Union and the Bergen County Building and Construction Trades Council each announced they were backing Johnson over Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle...

Gottheimer wants NJ lawmakers to kill financial transaction tax proposal

October 20, 2020 11:32 amOctober 20, 2020 2:07 pm

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) became the most prominent New Jersey Democrat to advocate against a proposed tax on financial transactions Tuesday. Gottheimer, a two-term moderate who is seeking re-election, cautioned a proposal backed by Democratic leaders in Trenton that would...

Bergen building trades endorses Gottheimer

March 10, 2020 2:50 pm

The Bergen County Building & Construction Trades Council has endorsed Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) for re-election to a third term in the U.S. House of Representatives. “Congressman Josh Gottheimer is an incredible fighter for the priorities of working families in...

Rick Sabato, President of the Bergen County Building and Construction Trades Council.

Union leader bashes Murphy for cancelling North Bergen power plant

October 16, 2019 12:32 pmOctober 17, 2019 12:33 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy’s opposition to the North Bergen power plant has put him on the wrong side of a powerful labor leader, causing a heated argument between the two at a North Jersey political event on Tuesday night. “I speak...