Moral Panic: a Documentary on Gangs and Prisoner Reentry
The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice will be presenting a documentary on gangs and prisoner reentry on Tuesday, May 13th at the Newark Museum. The doors open at 6:30 PM for a 6:45 PM. A Q+A session will follow. The screening is free [...]
‘Bayonne boxes’ may get the boot in Newark
We’ve lived in a rental unit in a Bayonne Box for almost four years, and, while the building is livable, it’s certainly not inspiring. The tight proximity to the building next door means that we have to light the apartment during most of the day—every other room [...]
Seeking the Key to Employment for Ex-Cons
With Newark’s unemployment rate stubbornly stuck at twice the state average of 4.9 percent — and criminal history and lack of education leaving many chronically unemployable — Mayor Cory A. Booker has tried to make prisoner re-entry a signature issue, aware that his twin promises of safety and economic [...]
Booker’s ‘d’var Torah’ ties religion and renewal
A Jewish audience in New Brunswick expected Newark Mayor Cory Booker to share his vision of how his city could overcome the challenges of poverty and crime.
Instead, he gave them some wisdom from their own religion while explaining how crime had been reduced in Newark and sharing ideas about [...]
Thursday July 12, 2007 former Newark mayor Sharpe James was indicted on 33 counts of corruption. If you are Newarker as I am you know what a boon Mayor James was to Newark. I just hope this doesn’t change that in the eyes of residents. I wouldn’t dare make an excuse which is usually a [...]
Star Ledger: City workers feel pushed to aid Booker.
With a fundraiser celebrating the first anniversary of his victory at the polls coming up next month, Newark Mayor Cory Booker has a message for city employees thinking about buying tickets to the event: Don’t bother.
Booker, who was elected on a platform of reforming city government, said [...]
New York Times: Ethics Bills Up for Vote in Newark. The Times has a write up on the recent ethics reforms Booker has written for city law. The new laws would substantially curb the “Pay to Play” methods used by the previous administration for years to keep select contractors getting choice development deals [...]
