Sandra Cunningham Archives

Senate majority leader race still nascent

June 30, 2021 4:36 pmJune 30, 2021 6:13 pm

Legislators haven’t begun to lobby for Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg’s (D-Teaneck) leadership position, Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford) said Wednesday, and lawmakers considered as top-tier candidates for the role are staying mum about whatever ambitions they may hold....

State Sen. Sandra Cunningham (D-Jersey City). Photo by Kevin Sanders for the New Jersey Globe.

Bill to count inmates at their residential addresses for federal, county, local district lines heads to Murphy’s desk

June 30, 2021 2:54 pm

The State Senate approved a bill allowing the state’s reapportionment commissions to count incarcerated individuals as living at their residential addresses for redistricting at the congressional, county and local levels Wednesday. The Assembly cleared the bill in a 50-25 vote...

Black leaders call for pro-transparency budget reforms

June 29, 2021 1:56 pmJune 29, 2021 9:55 pm

A group of Black leaders called on Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative leaders to reform the state’s budgeting process to be more inclusive and transparent shortly before the governor signed the state’s $46.4 billion appropriations bill into law Tuesday. “With...

Senate panel clears bill requiring inmates home addresses be used for local, congressional redistricting

June 17, 2021 2:56 pm

The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee unanimously advanced a bill that would expand a requirement that the state consider incarcerated persons as living at their residential address to congressional, county and local reapportionments. The Senate and Assembly approved a bill...

Murphy to renominate Suarez as Hudson County Prosecutor today

June 10, 2021 11:54 amJune 10, 2021 2:20 pm

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez will be renominated to a second term by Gov. Phil Murphy later today, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The move had been widely expected. Suarez withdrew her name from consideration for U.S. Attorney two...

Cunningham DUI summons not affecting majority leader contest, Sweeney says

June 3, 2021 7:34 pmJune 4, 2021 12:07 am

State Sen. Sandra Cunningham’s (D-Jersey City) summons for driving under the influence isn’t impacting her prospects of succeeding Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck) as Senate majority leader, Senate President Steve Sweeney said Thursday. “She takes on the issues that aren’t sexy. She...

Suarez withdraws as candidate for U.S. Attorney, will be reappointed Hudson Prosecutor

May 26, 2021 7:07 pmJune 10, 2021 11:49 am

Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez has withdrawn her name from consideration to become the next U.S. Attorney from New Jersey and plans to stay on as prosecutor. “I have read speculation about my possibly being in contention for United States...