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Lavarro asks U.S. Attorney to investigate Bloomberg report

June 29, 2019 11:31 amJune 29, 2019 11:43 am

Jersey City Council President Rolando Lavarro sent a letter to U.S. Attorney Craig Carpentino Friday, asking that he investigate reports that an ally of Mayor Steve Fulop was facing federal inquiries over unpaid federal taxes. “Over the past year, my...

Fulop says Murphy struggles result of Democratic infighting

June 24, 2019 2:23 pmJune 25, 2019 2:27 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy won some praise today from a former political rival, who blamed the legislature for blocking some of his political initiatives, like legal weed. “You’ve got a lot of infighting amongst Democrats in Trenton and nothing’s getting done,”...

Fulop calls Biden old and out of touch, says Sanders, Warren are unelectable

June 24, 2019 2:00 pmJune 25, 2019 9:40 am

Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop says that Joe Biden is old and out of touch, that Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren might be unelectable, and that he isn’t ready to endorse Cory Booker for the Demcoratic presidential nomination. “I kind...

Edwin Doyle, scion of Hudson County political family, dies at 75

June 18, 2019 9:08 am

Edwin Doyle, a former Kearny councilman who served on the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission, died on June 16. He was 75. He was elected councilman in the early 1970s when he was in his twenties. His father had also served...

Ragheb leaving Hudson for DNC host committee job

June 17, 2019 7:06 pm

Susan Ragheb will depart as executive director of the Hudson County Democratic organization later this month to become special assistant to Liz Gilbert, the president of the Milwaukee DNC 2020 Host Committee. Ragheb served on the staff of Assemblyman Nicholas...

Fulop working weekends at bagel shop

June 11, 2019 12:19 pmJune 11, 2019 12:41 pm

Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop is working part-time at Wonder Bagels. Fulop announced on social media that he’s “started putting in hours at the Central Avenue location on weekend mornings to help out.” “I grew up working in my dad’s...

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...