Sophie Nieto-Munoz

1 week ago | newjerseymonitor.com | Sophie Nieto-Munoz

The candidates running to become our next governor are making big promises to reform NJ Transit. The six Democrats seeking their party’s nomination for governor on June 10 and the three Republican front-runners agree that the embattled public transit agency is broken, but they differ on what they’d do to address spotty service and funding problems. Eight years ago, Gov.

2 weeks ago | phillyvoice.com | Sophie Nieto-Munoz

With Gov. Phil Murphy set to leave office in eight months, the future of his administration's push to prevent local police from assisting with civil immigration enforcement is in doubt. Since 2019, an Attorney General's Office directive has prevented this kind of cooperation between New Jersey law enforcement and federal immigration agents. But Republicans running in June 10's primaries want to ax that order, and at least one of the six Democrats in the race does, too.

2 weeks ago | newjerseymonitor.com | Sophie Nieto-Munoz

Lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that would codify a test used by judges to determine whether a disputed rent increase is “unconscionable.”Supporters of the bill say it is part of the Legislature’s push to make New Jersey more affordable. “Every New Jersey resident deserves a place to call their own — whether that’s buying a home or renting an apartment — at a price they can afford,” bill sponsor Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez said in a statement.

2 weeks ago | newjerseymonitor.com | Sophie Nieto-Munoz

A federal judge took federal prosecutors to task in astonishing fashion Wednesday over what he called the “hasty arrest” of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, whose federal trespassing charge was dropped Monday, just 10 days after his arrest. U.S. Magistrate Judge André Espinosa told prosecutors that the swiftness of their decision to drop the charge “suggests a worrying misstep by your office.”“An arrest, particularly of a public figure, is not a preliminary investigative tool.

2 weeks ago | newjerseymonitor.com | Sophie Nieto-Munoz

With Gov. Phil Murphy set to leave office in eight months, the future of his administration’s push to prevent local police from assisting with civil immigration enforcement is in doubt. Since 2019, an Attorney General’s Office directive has prevented this kind of cooperation between New Jersey law enforcement and federal immigration agents. But Republicans running in June 10’s primaries want to ax that order, and at least one of the six Democrats in the race does, too.