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The city deemed all 49 apartments in 501 W. Seventh St. unlivable. Tenants left in the lurch are demanding answers.

Despite surviving summary judgment, securing a favorable verdict at the second trial, and being awarded counsel fees, Plaintiff’s gender discrimination case was abruptly dismissed by...

Press Releases Plainfield Mayor Adrian O. Mapp, Running for Re-Election, Announces Support for New Jersey State Bill to Establish Civilian Complaint Review Boards March 17, 2021, 11:45 am | in Plainfield Mayor Adrian O. Mapp, Running for Re-Election, Announces Support for New Jersey State Bill to Establish Civilian Complaint Review Boards      March 17, 2021 – (Plainfield, NJ) – Plainfield Mayor Adrian O. Mapp today formally announced his support for  A4656/S296...

PLAINFIELD - Democratic Mayor Adrian Mapp has formally kicked off his campaign for a third term in office. His announcement came Thursday evening during a livestreamed virtual fundraiser featuring Gov. Phil Murphy and U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, who endorsed Mapps reelection. “I have been honored to serve the city of Plainfield as mayor for the past seven years. Together, we have helped to make our beautiful city a fairer, safer, and more prosperous place to live and raise famili...

‘As Americans of color … we owe it to ourselves and our communities to listen to the scientists, look at the data’ Shennell McCloud Several weeks ago, I told my colleagues I had a confession to make. As news of Pfizer and Moderna’s successful vaccine trials offered the first glimpse of light at the end of the dark tunnel of 2020, my colleagues asked whether I thought skepticism of vaccines in communities of color, particularly Black communities, would be an issue that the government nee...