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TOMS RIVER, NJ—A new Housing and Urban Development (HUD) pilot program plans to rescore HUD building inspections beginning here in New Jersey, according to Lynne Patton, the Regional Administrator for Region II of HUD.

Patton made this announcement, along with other proposals, on April 19 at the Fair Housing 50th Anniversary Seminar in Toms River.

A landlord currently only needs to meet three out of five inspectable areas of a Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) inspection to pass, according to Patton.

SAYREVILLE, NJ—Joseph Cryan, a longtime politician from Union County, is now earning $190,000 per year as the new Executive Director of the Middlesex County Utilities Authority (MCUA).

Cryan now splits his time between the elected position and the one running the county agency that operates the Middlesex County landfill in East Brunswick and a massive wastewater treatment plant.

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Wells Fargo Bank must pay $1 billion to federal regulators over two counts of corporate malfeasance against its mortgage and auto lending business.

The fine represents the largest imposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and most severe levied by the administration of President Donald Trump.

For nearly seven years now, I have had the honor and pleasure of serving as the first and only editor of this publication and I intend to continue building this news organization in New Brunswick for as long as possible.

On June 5, I filed a petition to run for Mayor of New Brunswick and I have since promised the people of this city that I will serve full-time in that position should I be victorious in the election.

This would, of course, require me to leave this wonderful organization behind and completely end my involvement here.

TRENTON, NJ—Un segmento importante de la población de esta ciudad se verá beneficiada si prospera un Proyecto de Ley que contempla ampliar el derecho a votar, algo que no ocurre desde hace más de 170 años en el estado de New Jersey.

La acción presentada el pasado cinco de marzo por los senadores Ronald Rice y Sandra Cunningham, ha sido denominada S-2100 y concedería el derecho a votar a las personas condenadas por delitos graves que gozan del beneficio de libertad condicional o que cumplen sentencias.

TRENTON, NJ—On May 2, the State of New Jersey adopted paid sick leave legislation that is considerably improving the conditions of New Jersey employees.

Paid sick days, also called "earned sick leave," are days employees can take off from work when they are sick or have to take care of a sick family member, while being paid and not being at risk of losing their job. 

FRANKLIN, NJ—On May 2, around 200 residents of Franklin Township and surrounding areas joined representatives of environmental organizations at an “Open Mic Rally” opposing the proposal to build a gas compressor station ten miles outside of New Brunswick.

They were joined by a busload of residents from Princeton, and other opponents hailing from communities including Montgomery and Sayreville to express their concerns about air and water pollution, and the risk of explosions, leaks, and fires associated with the controversial proposal.