Feb 10, 2025 | Bergen County | Consent Decree | denying housing opportunities | Division on Civil Rights (DCR) | Enforcement Actions | Essex County | Findings of Probable Cause | government rental assistance | Housing Rights Initiative (HRI) | Howard Hanna Rand Realty | Hudson County | KP Edgestone Realty LLC | Monmouth County | New and Modern Group LLC | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. | Opirhory Realtors | Passaic County | Property Advisers LLC d/b/a/ Better Home Realty | Property Owners | real estate brokerages | real estate brokers | Settlements | source of lawful income | United Real Estate | violations | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Civil Rights | DCR Investigations and Enforcement | DD-CivilRights | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) today announced that DCR has taken enforcement action in 20 cases alleging violations of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination’s (LAD)
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....
