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New Jersey Supreme Court temporarily leaves attorney general in charge of Paterson police

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s top court on Thursday agreed to temporarily pause a lower court decision that determined the attorney general overstepped his authority when he took control of the Paterson Police Department. The Supreme Court of New Jersey’s temporary pause means Attorney General Matt Platkin’s officer in charge will remain in control of the department, the attorney general …

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Bill Pascrell Jr., long-time New Jersey congressman, dies at 87

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., a 14-term incumbent and a fixture in his hometown of Paterson for more than four decades, died Wednesday. “It is with deep sadness that we announce that Bill Pascrell Jr., our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away this morning,” a statement posted on Pascrell’s X account said. President Joe …

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Bill Pascrell, fiery New Jersey Rep., dies at 87

It’s the second time this year a sitting New Jersey lawmaker has died in office. William James Pascrell Jr. was born on Jan. 25, 1937, and grew up in Paterson, New Jersey, the city founded by Alexander Hamilton that collapsed into poverty and violence with the end of industrialism. Mohamed T. Khairullah, New Jersey’s longest-serving Muslim mayor, ran against Pascrell …

New Jersey’s attorney general said Monday that his office has taken control of the police department in the state’s third-largest city, Paterson, less than a month after officers there fatally shot a well-known crisis intervention worker during a tense standoff. During a phone interview later Monday, Platkin said it wasn’t a single case that led to his office’s takeover of …

An international symposium on the role of Silk Road in the development of China and United States in culture, art, industry and commerce since the 18th century will be held this week in Paterson, New Jersey -- the US "silk city" in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. "Across Time and Space: The Silk Road and the Silk City," …