Sayegh says $1,000 campaign donation from censured judge s husband won t impact her case
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PATERSON The husband of embattled Paterson municipal court judge Cecilia Sardina Guzman made a $1,000 contribution to Mayor Andre Sayegh’s campaign fund last October shortly after she was censured by the New Jersey Supreme Court.
Sayegh has yet to take a public position regarding the judge, who state Supreme Court records say presided over cases in Paterson for a year while she was ineligible to practice law in New Jersey.
Sayegh said he has consulted with the city’s chief judge, Abdelmageid Abdelhadi, to determine what he should do after learning on Wednesday about the allegations involving the municipal court judge. The mayor said the political donation from her husband, Nestor Guzman, would have no bearing on how he handles the situation.
Team Fulop re-election efforts have $1.4M in the bank, no new potential challenger filings
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
According to a January 19th ELEC filing, the mayor’s account has a balance of around $993,591.
Fulop is seeking a third term in November and announced he’d be running again at a fundraiser back in February.
Additionally, Team Fulop, which includes Council members Denise Ridley, Mira Prinz-Arey, Rich Boggiano, Yousef Saleh, Jermaine Robinson, Daniel Rivera, Joyce Watterman, and Hudson County Democratic Organization Chair Amy DeGise, has $424,966 on hand, according to a separate filing from the same day.
Notable contributors to the joint fund include Jersey City Democratic Organization Chair Barbara Stamato, who donated $500 on October 6th, Assembly members Angela McKnight and Raj Mukherji, who gave $2,000 and $1,250, respectively, on October 7th.
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The Hoboken City Council introduced an ordinance that would update the city s pay-to-play laws before the upcoming November election.
The Hoboken City Council has unanimously introduced a first-reading ordinance that aims to tighten the city’s pay-to-play laws.
This comes as the city gears up for its municipal elections in which the position of mayor and three at-large council seats are up for election.
Only Council President Ruben Ramos has filed documents with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, creating the “Ramos for Mayor” committee.
Mayor Ravi Bhalla is also expected to run, having more than $100,000 in his election fund, according to his January state filings, although he has not yet formally announced.
New Jersey’s so-called pay-to-play laws tightened the rules for political contributions by those who do, or want to do, business with New Jersey government; the first pay-to-play law took effect in 2005 but it didn’t limit contractor contributions to all Big Six committees until 2008. Those laws have had a significant effect on the bottom […]
Some Jersey City Democratic Committee members want party to cut support to Boggiano
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
Posted Jan 20, 2021
Honoring Our Heros - A Military & Musical Veterans Day Tribute took place at the Historic Jersey City & Harsius Cemetery on Monday, November 11, 2019. Jersey City Ward C Councilman Rich Boggiano.
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Several Jersey City Democratic Committee members are calling for party leadership to condemn and cut financial support to Ward C Councilman Richard Boggiano over his refusal to vote on a resolution calling for President Donald Trump’s impeachment.
In a letter to Jersey City Democratic Committee Chair Barbara Stamato and Hudson County Democratic Organization Chair Amy DeGise, seven committee members denounced Boggiano’s decision to abstain from last week’s City Council vote, which came in response to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.