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Councilman Rich Boggiano joins Team Fulop
Jersey City s 2021 municipal election begins to take shape ×
Ward C Councilman Rich Boggiano will run with Mayor Steven Fulop in Jersey City s 2021 municipal election.
Ward C Councilman Rich Boggiano will run on Mayor Steven Fulop’s ticket in next year’s citywide election.
Boggiano has been a Jersey City resident for more than 40 years, is a retired 37-year veteran of the Jersey City Police Department, and former commissioner of Jersey City’s Historic Preservation Commission.
He is the seventh incumbent councilperson to join the mayor’s slate currently composed of Council President Joyce Watterman, Council Vice President Daniel Rivera, Ward A Councilwoman Denise Ridley, Ward B Councilwoman Mira Prinz-Arey, Ward F Councilman Jermain Robinson, and Ward D Councilman Yousef Saleh.
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