Steven Fulop Archives - New Jersey Globe

Fulop pulls Jersey City school board referendum

May 5, 2020 8:56 am

Jersey City will drop a controversial plan to end the direct election of local school board members and replace them with a Board of Education appointed by the mayor, the Hudson County View has reported. Voters were being asked to...

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...

For primary challengers to incumbent House members, history isn’t on their side

April 20, 2020 5:59 pm

It happens every two years, when candidates like John Caramanna, Dennis Speed and Jeanne Martines emerge as self-proclaimed contenders for the U.S. House of Representatives in primaries against incumbents. With eight of New Jersey’s twelve House incumbents facing challengers in...

Updated: Council pulls resolution to name Yun replacement

April 20, 2020 5:10 pmApril 21, 2020 10:23 am

The Jersey City Council today withdraw a resolution discussing the appointment of a replacement to Councilman Michael Yun, who died on April 5 for an illness related to COVID-19 creates a vacant seat that will have a major impact on...

Murphy sues Jersey City to halt local closure of child care centers serving essential employees

April 13, 2020 9:35 pmApril 14, 2020 9:12 am

A Superior Court Judge today sided with Gov. Phil Murphy and has put the brakes on Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop’s social distancing executive order that closes local daycare centers. Judge Robert Lougy enjoined city officials, including prosecutor Jake Hudnut...

Viola Richardson, former Jersey City councilwoman, dies of COVID-19

April 11, 2020 2:55 pmApril 11, 2020 3:27 pm

Viola Richardson, a longtime fixture in Jersey City politics and a popular three-term city councilwoman, died on Friday evening of a coronavirus-related illness. She was 74. “I served with her for eight years on the City Council and she defined...

Yun death creates November special election for Jersey City council

April 7, 2020 2:38 pmApril 7, 2020 8:54 pm

The tragic death of Jersey City Councilman Michael Yun on Monday for an illness related to COVID-19 creates a vacant seat that will have a major impact on local politics in New Jersey’s second largest city. Voters will fill the...