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Foreclosure of Spears’ home connected to man charged with running mega mortgage fraud scam

September 28, 2021 1:54 amSeptember 28, 2021 2:00 am

A property purchased by a Jersey City mayoral candidate is connected to a local man indicted in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme, but Lewis Spears says he never met the seller and was unaware of the criminal charges filed against...

SEIU 32BJ backs Fulop for re-election

September 22, 2021 1:30 pm

One of New Jersey’s most politically influential labor unions, SEUI 32BJ, endorsed Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop for a third term. “Mayor Fulop understands that service workers are the backbone of Jersey City,” said Kevin Brown, the SEIU 32BJ vice...

Jersey City cop pleads guilty to seeking sex with minors

September 16, 2021 11:48 amSeptember 17, 2021 10:15 am

A Jersey City police officer admitted today that he drove to Atlantic City for a sexual encounter with two underage girls and now faces eight years in state prison. Stephen Wilson, a 34-year-old Bayonne resident, was arrested in February in...

Menendez, Booker stay in N.J. for 9/11 events

September 10, 2021 1:14 pm

New Jersey’s two United States Senators will remain local on September 11, with Bob Menendez and Cory Booker choosing to attend a commemoration ceremony in Essex County instead of the memorial service at the World Trade Center. Menendez and Booker...

Controversial ex-GOP official will be kept out of Ciattarelli fundraiser

September 9, 2021 5:37 pmSeptember 21, 2021 1:11 pm

A former Republican State Committeeman who lost his seat after admitting to emotionally abusing women will be shut out of a fundraiser for GOP gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli despite his promoting the event. Joshua Sotomayor Einstein, who acknowledged referring to...

Census says data will be ready by September 16, triggering multiple redistricting deadlins

September 2, 2021 11:24 amSeptember 2, 2021 11:25 am

The tiebreaker for the Legislative Apportionment Commission must be named by October 16, giving Chief Justice Stuart Rabner a little more than six weeks to make his selection. The deadline follows an announcement by the U.S. Census Bureau on Wednesday...

Fulop opponent spent 11 years as a Republican, joined Democrats in 2019

August 30, 2021 2:28 pmAugust 30, 2021 7:16 pm

The lone challenger to Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop in the November 2 non-partisan municipal election was a Republican for 11 years, voter registration records show. Author and educator Lewis Spears registered as a Republican in 2006 and remained part...