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State calls on Paterson officials to return $82,000 in overtime pay
Some of the same Paterson officials who received thousands of dollars in overtime for responding to Hurricane Irene were paid close to $30,000 in extra pay long before the storm — and now they must give all that money back. The state Department of Community Affairs ordered the reimbursement in a letter to city officials [...]
Ethnic parades in Paterson likely to be victims of city budget stress
BY JOEL SCHECTMAN AND ZACH PATBERG STAFF WRITERS The Record PATERSON — The city’s ethnic parades, a regional tradition for decades, have been called off or likely will be — or at best be relocated — this year because of budget woes. The Puerto Rican, Dominican and African-American parades, which attracted tens of thousands of [...]
Update: Paterson Boys Leadership Summit
Paterson—On Saturday April 9th, Paterson Board of Education Commissioner Kenneth L. Simmons held the first annual Boys Leadership Summit at International High School on Grand street. Several community leaders, entrepreneurs, activists, politicians, celebrities, and hundreds of high school and elementary school children woke up at the crack of dawn to attend this early Saturday morning [...]
Paterson council leaders object to revised city budget proposal
BY ZACH PATBERG The Record STAFF WRITER PATERSON – The city administration’s revised budget proposal once again met with strong objections this week from council leaders, who want the mayor to cut his staff before they approve a spending plan that raises taxes nearly 30 percent. Some on the council continued to reject the administration’s [...]
Experts critical of Christie’s transportation funding fix
Transportation experts on Friday criticized Governor Christie’s proposal to spend Port Authority money on state-owned roads and bridges, saying it amounts to using the bi-state agency as a “piggy bank” for projects outside of its control. FILE PHOTO Gov. Chris Christie “It sets a bad precedent because New York has the same fiscal problems,” said [...]
