Dec 19, 2024 | 2017 judicial order | 2022 campaign | banned | conspiracy to commit official misconduct | contempt | former mayor | guilty | Jose “Joey” Torres | non-custodial probation | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Passaic County | Paterson | Paterson Department of Public Works | Public Office | Superior Court | 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 that Jose “Joey” Torres, the former mayor of Paterson, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today in connection with his 2022 campaign to retake the mayor’s seat, which violated a 2017 judicial order banning him from running for or holding public office.
Apr 12, 2024 | 9-8-8 mobile response | A5326/S4250 | ARRIVE Together | Camden County | CCRTs | Community Crisis Response Teams | Essex County | Funding | Grants | Hudson County | Mental health crisis | Mercer County | Middlesex County | Passaic County | Pilot Program | Seabrooks-Washington Community-Led Crisis Response Act | Arrive Together | Behavioral Health | Mental Health | Office of Alternative Community Responses | Press Release
Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that up to $12 million in funding will be made available to establish the Community Crisis Response Team (CCRT) Pilot Program.
Oct 31, 2023 | Atlantic County | Bergen County | Division on Civil Rights | Enforcement Actions | Essex County | Finding of Probable Cause | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. | Ocean County | Passaic County | Source of Income Discrimination | Union County | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination Bars Landlords from Discriminating Against Potential Tenants Based on Their Receipt of Government Rental Assistance.
Apr 14, 2023 | Charged with Bias Intimidation | Passaic County | Paterson Public School | Vandalism | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release
For Immediate Release: April 14, 2023 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Criminal Justice- Pearl Minato, Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Lisa CoryellOAGpress@njoag.gov TRENTON –Attorney General Matthew J....
May 3, 2022 | Division of Criminal Justice | Passaic County | Sewage Waste | Water Pollution Control Act | West Milford | Consumer Protection | Division of Criminal Justice | Environmental Justice | Press Release
For Immediate Release: May 3, 2022 Office of The Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Acting Attorney GeneralDivision of Criminal Justice- Lyndsay V. Ruotolo, Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Lisa CoryellOAGpress@njoag.gov Serpe Indictment TRENTON –...
