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Trailblazer: Mayor Glenn Cunningham

January 17, 2022 12:05 amJanuary 16, 2022 3:45 pm

Glenn Cunningham (1943-2004) was the first and only Black to win election for mayor of Jersey City. After serving in the Marines, Cunningham began a 25-year career as a Jersey City police officer. He retired as a captain. Cunningham began...

Singleton elevated to Senate Majority Whip

January 3, 2022 4:21 pmJanuary 3, 2022 9:30 pm

Incoming Senate President Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) announced today that State Sen. Troy Singleton (D-Delran), a Burlington County Democrat who will soon begin his second term in the Senate, will serve as Senate Majority Whip in the coming legislative session. “I...

Sarlo will stay as deputy majority leader, Scutari says

December 8, 2021 1:40 pm

Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee Chairman Paul Sarlo (D-Wood-Ridge) will remain as Deputy Senate Majority Leader when the upper house reorganizes on January 11. Incoming Senate President Nicholas Scutari announced Sarlo’s appointment on Wednesday. “Senator Sarlo’s expertise on financial and...

Scutari’s election keeps O’Toole safe at Port Authority

November 14, 2021 11:08 am

The defeat of Senate President Steve Sweeney has caused a seismic shift in New Jersey politics, but that won’t affect the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, where Chairman Kevin O’Toole’s relationship with the new guy, Nicholas Scutari,...

Scutari wins senate presidency, set to replace Sweeney in January

November 12, 2021 11:23 amNovember 12, 2021 2:27 pm

As expected, Senate Democrats today selected Nicholas Scutari, the longtime chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, as the next Senate President. Scutari, who must still go through the formality of a Senate reorganization vote on January 11, will become the...

Gill won’t challenge Scutari in today’s vote

November 12, 2021 10:38 amNovember 12, 2021 12:34 pm

Nicholas Scutari will run unopposed for Senate President in a Democratic caucus meeting set for 11 AM on Friday, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Nia Gill, who had announced a challenge to Scutari last week, has decided not to...

Top Black Democrats back Scutari for Senate President

November 6, 2021 1:42 pmNovember 6, 2021 1:43 pm

Three prominent Black Democratic Party leaders – Democratic State Chairman LeRoy Jones, Jr., former Democratic State Chairman John Currie and Monmouth County Democratic Chairman David Brown — have endorsed Nicholas Scutari’s bid to become the next Senate President. The move...