Jan 10, 2025 | conspiring to commit official misconduct (3rd degree) | forgery (3rd degree) | Guilty Plea | improperly and unlawfully obtained permits | landscaping and underground oil storage tank removal company | mayor of Clark Township | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | removing hundreds of underground tanks | Salvatore Bonaccorso | submission of false and fraudulent permit applications | Superior Court | Union County | use of employees for private business | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Bonaccorso Forfeits His Position as Mayor and Is Barred from Any Future Public Office or Employment For Immediate Release: January 10, 2025 Office of The Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Drew Skinner,...
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.
Sep 26, 2024 | ACLU | Complaint | DCR | Discrimination | Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P) | Division on Civil Rights | High-Risk Obstetrics Units | Informed Consent | Labor and Delivery | LAD | New Jersey Civil Rights Act | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. | Pregnant Patients | Superior Court | Universal Drug Testing | Virtua Health Inc. | Virtua Voorhees Hospital | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Standing Up for Reproductive Rights
Hospital Mandates Universal Drug Testing of Pregnant Patients, Conducts Drug Tests Without Obtaining Informed Consent.
Jul 23, 2024 | "interactive process" | Alleged Disability Discrimination | Bergen | Burlington | Camden | DCR | Division on Civil Rights | Enforcement Actions | Findings of Probable Cause | Law Against Discrimination | Management Companies | Mill Run at Union | NJLAD | Ocean | Office of Administrative Law | Property Owners | severe or pervasive harassment of tenants | Superior Court | Union | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) today announced that DCR has issued Findings of Probable Cause in eight additional cases alleging management companies and housing providers discriminated against tenants on the basis of disability in violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD).
Jul 16, 2024 | "interactive process" | Alleged Disability Discrimination | Berlin | Claridge House | Collingswood | condominium complex | DCR | Disability Pride Month | Division on Civil Rights | East Orange | emotional support animals | Enforcement Actions | Findings of Probable Cause | Hamilton Gardens | Jersey City | Law Against Discrimination | Lonaconing Apartments | Management Companies | NJLAD | Office of Administrative Law | Parkview Towers | Parsippany | Property Owners | Rutgers Village Apartments | Superior Court | Verona | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has issued Findings of Probable Cause in six cases alleging discrimination on the basis of disability in violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD).
