Satish Poondi Archives - New Jersey Globe

Controversial Edison attorney leaves Wilentz, joins three-month-old law firm

August 17, 2021 3:18 pm

A fledgling firm has hired embattled Edison attorney Satish Poondi as a partner. Poondi has given up his partnership at the Wilentz firm to join Trenk Isabel, a three-month-old, seven-lawyer firm headed by West Orange Municipal Attorney Richard Trenk. Edison...

Menendez condemns latest Edison mailer, supports criminal probe

June 2, 2021 2:36 pmJune 2, 2021 3:18 pm

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-North Bergen) condemned a race-baiting mailer sent to Edison’s Gujarati residents Wednesday, adding that the mail piece should “absolutely” be subject to a criminal investigation. “That mailer is used for the purposes of seeking to create...

Grewal declines to say if new Edison mailer added to existing probe

June 1, 2021 1:43 pm

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal declined to say whether a new race-baiting campaign mailer in Edison has been rolled into an existing state investigation into a racist flyer sent to township residents in 2017. Grewal cited a policy that bars comment...

Murphy campaign slams new racist flyer in Edison mayoral race

May 26, 2021 3:05 pmMay 26, 2021 7:12 pm

Governor Phil Murphy’s campaign is weighing in on the latest racist flyer in the Edison mayoral race that deliberately targets Indian Americans of Gujarati origin by preying on decades of prejudice against Pakistan and Muslims. “We strongly condemn the divisive,...

Hoboken preparing to formally ask attorney general to probe racist flyer cold case

April 6, 2021 6:08 pm

The Hoboken City Council will consider a resolution on Wednesday urging Attorney General Gurbir Grewal to investigate a racist flyer at the close of the 2017 campaign. A group of Hoboken officials – five city council members and Mayor Ravi...

Edison hires ex-prosecutor to aid their cooperation with grand jury probe of racist flyer

April 2, 2021 4:55 pmApril 3, 2021 3:24 pm

Edison has hired a high-level former prosecutor to help guide the township counsel through the Attorney General Gurbir Grewal’s probe of a racist flyer in the 2017 election. Vaughn McKoy, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and director of the state...

Mohin Patel made anti-Muslim, anti-media Facebook posts

March 29, 2021 3:09 pm

Edison School Board vice president Mohin Patel has a history of anti-Muslim and anti-media posts on Facebook. On March 9, Patel shared on Facebook a picture of a bonfire adorned with photographs of five individuals and the star and crescent...