Steven Goldstein Archives - New Jersey Globe

Ciattarelli faces fire after promising to roll back LGBT curricula

July 14, 2021 10:04 amJuly 14, 2021 11:25 am

Republican Gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli is facing fire over comments promising to rescind a law requiring schools to include LGBT issues in the curricula made during a campaign stop at a gun range last month. “You won’t have to deal...

Unions, progressive groups boost Huttle’s ground game

June 5, 2021 7:58 pm

Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood) has moved her primary campaign into its final stages, her focus falling on door-knocking in an effort to outrun her onetime running mate for Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg’s (D-Teaneck) Senate seat. On Saturday morning,...

Vainieri Huttle announces campaign co-chairs

March 3, 2021 10:10 am

Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood) on Wednesday announced a slate of 13 campaign co-chairs in her bid for the seat left vacant by Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg’s (D-Teaneck) retirement. “I am proud to have assembled a winning team and...

Huge group of progressive leaders endorse Vainieri Huttle for Senate

January 21, 2021 9:21 amJanuary 22, 2021 10:42 am

A group of 21 influential New Jersey progressive leaders, including state Communications Workers of America (CWA) state director Hetty Rosenstein and NJ Working Families state director Sue Altman, and Murphy administration official Katie Brennan have endorsed Valerie Vainieri Huttle for...

Garden State Equality endorses Pete Buttigieg

February 27, 2020 6:00 amFebruary 27, 2020 1:15 am

Garden State Equality Action Fund, the state’s most influential LGBTQ advocacy group, has endorsed Pete Buttigieg for the Democratic presidential nomination. “Make no mistake, Mayor Pete’s campaign is absolutely historic. He has thrown the doors of the closet wide open,”...

Ex-Bergen mayor endorses Buttigieg

February 20, 2020 10:04 am

Former Westwood mayor John Birkner, Jr. has endorsed Pete Buttigieg for the Democratic presidential nomination. “I like a lot of what former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg brings to the table, but the one candidate that I believe can win in...

Civil rights icon Babs Casbar Siperstein dies at 76

February 4, 2019 8:42 amFebruary 4, 2019 3:00 pm

Barbra “Babs” Casbar Siperstein, a former Democratic National Committeewoman and an icon in New Jersey’s LGBTQ community, passed away on Sunday evening. She was 76. An original board member for Garden State Equality, Siperstein played a major role in advocating...