Sean Connors Archives - New Jersey Globe

Saleh will get Yun’s Jersey City council seat

April 27, 2020 4:09 pmApril 27, 2020 4:10 pm

Attorney Yousef Saleh will get the Michael Yun’s Ward D council seat, Council President Joyce Watterman announced today. Yun died of coronavirus on April 6. The 31-year-old son of Palestinian immigrants, Saleh ran for the school board in 2018 and...

DeGise lets Fulop ally remain as Jersey City Democratic chair

June 11, 2019 10:15 amJune 11, 2019 12:21 pm

Jersey City Democratic Municipal Chair Barbara McCann Stamato was re-elected on Monday night without opposition, even though allies of Tom DeGise and Amy DeGise took a majority of the 362-member Jersey City Democratic organization in last week’s primary election. Stamato...

North Bergen Map: How Nick Sacco did in his past elections

May 10, 2019 2:00 pmMay 10, 2019 2:34 pm

North Bergen voters will go to the polls on Tuesday to elect all five commissioners for a four-year term. The mayor, Nicholas J. Sacco, has been on the Township Commission since 1985 and has been mayor since 1991. His five-candidate...

DeGise faction will control Jersey City Dems after primary

April 29, 2019 3:14 pmApril 29, 2019 4:45 pm

Allies of Tom DeGise and Amy DeGise are poised to take control of the 362-member Jersey City Democratic organization in the June primary election – a move that could result in the replacement of the municipal chair allied with Mayor...

Group of Hudson Democrats endorse DeGise

March 8, 2018 3:37 pmMarch 9, 2018 10:42 am

Standing up for Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise are a freeholder, two Jersey City councilmen, and a group of former elected officials from Jersey City. Former Jersey City Mayor Jeramiah Healy, Freeholder Jerry Walker, Jersey City Councilmen Rich Boggiano and...