Hudson Archives - New Jersey Globe

Hudson Republicans endorse Ciattarelli, drop Einstein from organization line

March 4, 2021 5:08 pm

Hudson County Republicans are backing Frank Miqueli, a software architect at Western Union and longtime party stalwart from West New York, to replace Joshua Sotomayor Einstein as the Republican State Committeeman. Miqueli will run on an organization line with GOP...

Move to dump Chiaravalloti could help progressives end organization lines

March 4, 2021 12:01 amMarch 4, 2021 10:17 am

A move to deny party support to an incumbent legislator seeking re-election in Hudson County could have consequences for party leaders across the state who face a legal challenge to the constitutionality of organization lines. A coalition of progressive groups...

Murphy demurs on Hudson tradition that allows mayors to make legislative picks

March 3, 2021 3:46 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy demurred on a long-standing that allows the mayor of Bayonne to pick one of the 31st legislative district’s candidates as Mayor Jimmy Davis prepares to invoke it for a seat held by Assembly Minority Whip Nicholas Chiaravalloti....

More than three years later, racist flyers in Edison, Hoboken remain cold cases

March 3, 2021 2:35 pmMarch 3, 2021 5:05 pm

There are two cold cases Attorney General Gurbir Grewal is having trouble solving, even though they are inextricably linked. Both took place in during the final days of the November 2017 campaign and involved racist flyers that took aim at...

Boggiano gets opponent in Jersey City

March 3, 2021 8:37 am

Kevin Bing, the president of the Journal Square Community Association, will challenge incumbent Richard Boggiano for the Ward C City Council seat in the November non-partisan municipal election. Boggiano., a colorful, sometimes controversial two-term councilman, is running on a slate...

Hudson Democrats will side with Davis over Chiaravalloti, if they have to

March 2, 2021 3:34 pmMarch 3, 2021 9:26 am

Hudson County Democratic leaders will not stand in the way of Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis’ decision to dump Assembly Majority Whip Nicholas Chiaravalloti (D-Bayonne) from the organization line, the New Jersey Globe has learned after more than a dozen interviews...

Jersey City police officer sought to pay for sex with children, attorney general says

February 26, 2021 8:16 pm

A Jersey City police officer travelled to Atlantic City for a sexual encounter with two underage girls, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said today. Stephen Wilson was arrested today in a parking lot where he allegedly planned to meet adults who...