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.
Feb 3, 2025 | "deferred resignation" program | Arizona | Attorneys General | California | Coalition | Connecticut | Delaware | federal workers | Hawaii | intimidation | Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | misleading buyout offer | New York | Office of Personnel Management (OPM) | The American Federation of Government Employees | Trump Administration | unelected billionaire | Union | Vermont | warning to federal employees | Washington | Defending our Workforce | Press Release
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a coalition of 11 attorneys general warning federal employees about the Trump administration’s misleading “deferred resignation” program, which purports to offer federal employees pay through September 30, 2025 if they resign by February 6.
Feb 3, 2025 | Affirmative Civil Enforcement Practice Group | cardiologist | Consent Order | criminal matters | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | family medicine | fourth-degree criminal sexual contact | Haledon | Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office | Jersey City | North Jersey Physicians | permanently revoked licenses | pretrial intervention program (“PTI”) | Professional Boards Prosecution Section | second-degree sexual assault | sexual contact during professional interactions | sexual misconduct | State Board of Medical Examiners (“Board”) | Division of Consumer Affairs | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers | Sexual Assault Victims
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced that the State Board of Medical Examiners (“Board”) has permanently revoked the licenses of two North Jersey physicians charged in unrelated criminal matters involving alleged sexual misconduct in the workplace.
Feb 3, 2025 | Alcotest | breath sample | Court Rule 7:10-2 | Database | Driving While Intoxicated | DWI | Notice | post-conviction relief | public information | spreadsheet | State v. Cassidy | State v. Zingis | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release
This notice is posted in accordance with State v. Zingis, 259 N.J. 1 (2024). If you were arrested and/or convicted of Driving While Intoxicated (“DWI”) and gave a breath sample on an affected Alcotest instrument, you may be entitled to post-conviction relief.
Jan 31, 2025 | block trump | essential federal funding | funding freeze | multi-state coalition | Trump Administration | Attorney General Statement | Press Release
Federal Judge Today Issued Temporary Restraining Order to Restore Funding, Orders Trump Administration Not to Withhold Federal Funding Allocated by Congress
