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Credit: (Pool photo: Ed Murray/NJ Advance Media) Gov. Phil Murphy, seen here delivering State of the State address, has balked at move to extend relief to those convicted of official misconduct. The New Jersey Senate went back to square one Tuesday in an effort to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for all nonviolent crimes, most importantly drug offenses, 15 months after a state commission recommended the change. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7-0 and with little fanfare to advance S-3456, amid calls by activists for lawmakers to end mandatory minimum sentences. The New Jersey Crimi...

NorthJersey.com A county inspector who took cash bribes to delete code violations. A mayor who embezzled tens of thousands from political campaigns. A fire chief who drove drunk in a car he stole. Three cases in three different parts of New Jersey with one thing in common: Each defendant was charged with official misconduct, the state’s criminal charge for public corruption. It’s not often used — about 60 people have been charged with it in the last two years — but the penalty is severe and mandatory. If convicted of official misconduct, the punishment is a minimum of five years behi...

Cunningham, Sacco have $76k, $95k, cash on hand for state Senate re-election bids By John Heinis/Hudson County View Sacco, also the North Bergen mayor, is currently sitting on about $95,228 in campaign cash for his role as a state legislator, according to a January 10th filing with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (NJ ELEC). He received $1,000 contributions from the labor groups Communications Workers of America (CWA) PAC, IBEW Local 164, UA Plumbers Local 24, and Steamfitters Local 475 PAC, as well as high-powered law firm DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick, & Cole, respectively. Ed Far...

Ruiz, Cryan, Cunningham Legislation to Protect Survivors of Domestic Violence Advances January 28, 2021, 3:46 pm | in Ruiz, Cryan, Cunningham Legislation to Protect Survivors of Domestic Violence Advances   Trenton – In order to protect survivors of domestic violence while their assailants await trial, the Senate today advanced legislation sponsored by Senate President Pro Tempore M. Teresa Ruiz, Senator Joe Cryan and Senator Sandra Cunningham to increase the penalties for strangulation when employed in a domestic violence incident.   “Almost half of all domestic...

Hudson County View The Hudson County Democratic Black Caucus, which includes state Senator Sandra Cunningham, Assemblywoman Angela McKnight (both D-31), County Commissioner Jerry Walker (D-3), and Board of Education Vice President Lekendrick Shaw, is endorsing Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop and his council slate. Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop and Hudson County Commissioner Jerry Walker. By John Heinis/Hudson County View “The investments that Jersey City is making in the Black community under Mayor Fulop’s leadership have the potential to be truly transformative. Mayor Fulop i...