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DeGise won’t endorse in Jersey City mayor race until there is one

September 3, 2019 3:22 pmSeptember 4, 2019 10:41 am

Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise isn’t ready to endorse Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop for re-election because Fulop has not yet announced a run for a third term. “I think a guy ought to announce that he’s running for office...

Mukherji won’t run for Jersey City mayor

September 3, 2019 2:43 pmSeptember 4, 2019 10:44 am

Assemblyman Raj Mukherji ruled out a run for Jersey City’s mayorship in 2021 on Tuesday. “Serving in the Assembly on Brian Stack’s ticket and under Speaker Coughlin has been the privilege of a lifetime, and that’s the only job I’m...

Tom DeGise staying out of Fulop ally’s BoE re-election race

September 3, 2019 2:24 pm

Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise is staying out of Jersey Board of Education President Sudhan Thomas’s re-election race. “Other than when Amy ran, I haven’t gotten involved at all in Board of Education matters. When Amy ran, I backed her....

After give $250k to Fulop PAC, Mack-Cali prospers in Jersey City

August 27, 2019 5:00 pmAugust 28, 2019 11:02 am

Plans by real estate giant Mack-Cali to develop an 800-unit housing development in Jersey City comes after MC Roseland Holdings, a Mack-Cali subsidiary, contributed $250,000 to Fulop’s super PAC. The company made its contribution to Coalition for Progress while Fulop...

Fulop opposition to affordable housing could hobble future gubernatorial run

August 21, 2019 8:56 pmAugust 22, 2019 8:59 am

Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop’s opposition to a proposed high-rise development in downtown Jersey City that has earmarked 20% of the units for affordable housing could wind up hurting him with Democratic primary voters if he decides to sometime resume...

Fulop’s guy faces whistleblower suit

August 9, 2019 1:15 pmAugust 29, 2019 3:23 pm

A longtime Jersey City Employment and Training Program employee who was fired after voicing concerns about a top ally of Mayor Steven Fulop writing out checks to cash, has filed a whistleblower lawsuit. Nuria Sierra is accusing then-acting executive director...

O’Toole likely safe as Port Authority chairman

July 27, 2019 11:40 amJuly 29, 2019 12:58 am

The quest to fill three open Port Authority seats is hugely complicated and shows the outsized influence Senate President Steve Sweeney has over Gov. Phil Murphy’s ability to get even one appointment to the powerful bi-state authority. It also shows...