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Former Dem Mayor Arrested
Chairman of the New Jersey State Planning Commission and former Democratic Mayor Ed McKenna was arrested and charged for driving while intoxicated earlier this week.
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Abandoned
Hurricane Sandy victims struggle to regain normalcy
Frustration has now turned to anger for many Hurricane Sandy victims after living in limbo for more than six months, and they say the slow response and inaction by the Obama administration is taking its toll.
Illegal Immigration’s Impact
New Jersey town struggles under weight of illegal immigration
An estimated 550,000 illegal immigrants call New Jersey home, good for the fifth-highest population in any state—and the financial burden they impose on taxpayers is causing concern.
New Jersey Dem Sent Explicit Emails to Lobbyist
New Jersey state Democratic rising star, Assemblyman Joe Cryan sent more than 150 sexually explicit emails to a lobbyist later arrested for stalking him, reports the New York Post.
Menendez Watch
Menendez’s approval ratings decline but reports say he is ‘determined to outlast his detractors’
According to a poll by Quinnipiac University, Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D., N.J.) approval rating has dropped to a five-year low.
The Menendez Scandal: New Jersey Voters React
Embattled senator criticized by New Jersey pols, residents
New Jersey residents and local officials are growing uneasy about Sen. Bob Menendez (D., N.J.) and the scrutiny he is under for possible ethical and moral improprieties as well as his affiliation with a controversial ophthalmologist and wealthy donor.
New Jersey Doctors Caught Wetting Beaks
Kickback scheme for Medicare, Medicaid grants runs afoul DOJ, N.J. authorities
A major federal grant recipient has agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle allegations that it defrauded Medicare and Medicaid by offering kickbacks to doctors who referred patients to its cardiology program.
Three Months Later
Hurricane Sandy’s destruction still apparent in ravaged communities
The destruction from one of the worst storms to hit the East Coast is still evident in many towns and cleanup continues three months after the storm made landfall.
Booker’s City of Broken Promises
Democratic Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker assumed office in 2006 promising to make the city “a model of urban transformation” but the city has yet to see any lasting changes, according to the New York Times.
Flailing FEMA
Sandy-ravaged communities dealing with cold and lack of housing while FEMA trailers sit idle in PA
Dozens of residents are still living without heat, hot water, or electricity in condemned structures flooded by both sea and sewer water in the Gerritsen Beach community of Brooklyn after a request to FEMA for temporary housing after Hurricane Sandy was denied.