Feb 4, 2025 | 2022 mayor election | former paterson mayor | mayor torres | mayor torres sentenced | mayoral campaign | OPIA | Election Integrity | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) today announced that the former mayor of Paterson, Jose “Joey” Torres, has been sentenced in connection with his 2022 campaign to retake the mayor’s seat, in violation of a 2017 judicial order banning him from running for or holding public office.
Feb 4, 2025 | ARRIVE Together | ARRIVE Together Alternative Response Program | ARRIVE Together Initiative | Jersey's National Model | NJ Residents | Arrive Together | Attorney General Statement | Office of Alternative Community Responses | Press Release | Strengthening Police-Community Relations
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that the adoption of the Alternative Responses to Reduce Instances of Violence and Escalation (ARRIVE) Together program in Brick Township and Toms River Township makes the landmark program available to residents of the state’s 15 most populous municipalities. Both police departments will partner with Bright Harbor Healthcare for the provision of mental health services during ARRIVE interactions with the public. According to 2020 census data, Brick has a population of more than 73,000 residents and Toms River has more than 95,000 residents.
Jan 24, 2025 | corruption profiteering penalties | crashes | drug problems | East Hanover | East Orange-based F&A Transportation Inc. | Essex County Criminal Division | Essex County School Bus Company | false representation for a government contract | improper licenses | New Jersey Superior Court | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Official Misconduct | OPIA | pretrial intervention program | prison | risking the lives of children | Sentencing | Tampering with public records or information | Unqualified Drivers | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced the sentencing of the owner of an Essex County-based school bus company that failed to perform drug tests and background checks on drivers — one of whom later crashed — as well as operating unsafe buses and trying to cover up the misconduct.
Jan 21, 2025 | Birthright citizenship | California | citizenship | City of San Francisco | Colorado | Connecticut | Constitutional Rights | Delaware | Dred Scott | Executive Order | Fourteenth Amendment | Hawaii | Immigrants' Rights | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | President Trump | Rhode Island | Right to Vote | run for office | serve on juries | Social Security numbers | Supreme Court | the District of Columbia | the Immigration and Nationality Act | unlawful action | Vermont | Wisconsin | work lawfully | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Child Protection | DD-ImmigrantRights | Division on Civil Rights | Equity & Inclusion | Immigrants' Rights | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
As President Trump Issues Order Ending Birthright Citizenship, New Jersey Leads 18 States in Defending Basic Constitutional Rights for All Americans.
Jan 15, 2025 | Law and Public Safety | LPS | passaic valley | Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission | PSVC commissioner | public employee | Sewerage commission | The Office of the Attorney General | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) today announced that a Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC) employee has pleaded guilty after trying to influence a PVSC Commissioner in a corrupt attempt to advance in his career.
Jan 15, 2025 | Affordable Care Act (ACA) | Arizona | basic health care services | California | Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) | coalition of States | Colorado | DACA | Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals | Delaware | Department of Health | Department of Human Services | Department of Justice | deportation | Dreamers | Final Rule | Get Covered New Jersey | Hawaii | Health Insurance | Illinois | Immigration | Kansas | lawfully present | Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance | New Mexico | Official Health Insurance Marketplace | Oregon | President-elect Trump | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) | U.S. Department of Homeland Security | University Hospital | Vermont | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Child Protection | Civil Rights | DCR Public Places | DD-CivilRights | Diversity & Inclusion | Division on Civil Rights | Equity & Inclusion | Immigrants' Rights | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced he is leading an effort a group of 14 states in defending health insurance access for Dreamers from court challenges.
