William Vincent Musto Archives

Stack launches bid for re-election in Union City

January 22, 2026 7:05 amJanuary 22, 2026 11:30 am

Brian P. Stack, the longest-serving mayor in Union City history and an old-school retail public official who shares his personal cell phone number with his constituents, will seek re-election in the May non-partisan municipal contest. “The foundation of our public...

How Bob Menendez rebranded himself in a post-Musto Union City and kept Hudson County blue

January 29, 2025 4:20 pm

It’s a story that happens often in New Jersey politics, where cliques and factions sometimes create toxic environments within one party in control of local government, and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez’s political trajectory happened in sort of the same way....

How Bob Menendez rebranded himself in a post-Musto Union City and kept Hudson County blue

July 16, 2024 1:45 pm

It’s a story that happens often in New Jersey politics, where cliques and factions sometimes create toxic environments within one party in control of local government, and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez’s political trajectory happened in sort of the same way....

How Bob Menendez rebranded himself in a post-Musto Union City and kept Hudson County blue

May 13, 2024 12:03 amMay 13, 2024 12:49 pm

It’s a story that happens often in New Jersey politics, where cliques and factions sometimes create toxic environments within one party in control of local government, and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez’s political trajectory happened in sort of the same way....

Temporary Supreme Court Justice who was deciding vote on cop killer release got to the bench as part of an old-fashioned political deal

May 16, 2022 12:40 amMay 16, 2022 5:12 pm

When the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered the release of a notorious cop killer last week, the deciding vote was cast by Jose L. Fuentes, a onetime Hudson County political insider with ambitions for high public office, who is on...

Codey starts 49th year in N.J. legislature today

January 11, 2022 12:03 amJanuary 11, 2022 12:05 am

When Richard James Codey takes the oath of office at noon today, he will begin his 49th year in the New Jersey Legislature – a continuation of the record he’s held for the last eight years as the longest serving...

The history of Albio Sires’ congressional district

December 21, 2021 11:16 am

The congressional seat that Rep. Albio Sires will vacate next year has been in Democratic hands since another West York congressman, freshman Republican Rep. Vincent Dellay, switched parties in late 1957. This will be the first open seat contest in...