In an August 23, 2023 letter, Voorhees (Camden County, NJ) Police Chief Louis Bordi’s attorney challenged three alleged ethics violations and $1,500 in fines, asserting that Bordi had been wrongfully accused of recommending a lieutenant promotion for his wife and the hiring of his son and nephew as police officers. In its July 28, 2023 […]
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Ex-Gloucester County township committeeman and fire commissioner fined $1,750 for ethics violations.
On July 28, 2023, after a four-year investigation, the Local Finance Board (LFB), the primary enforcer of the New Jersey Local Government Ethics Law (LGEL), levied fines totaling $1,750 against a former township committee member and fire commissioner based on voting to allocate public funds to a company he was employed by. According to its […]
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Rutgers Quietly Settles 2018 Lawsuit Alleging Professor’s Sexual Assault of Student for $375,000.
On April 13, 2023, Rutgers University quietly paid $375,000 to settle a 2018 lawsuit filed by a graduate student who claimed that a University professor “abused his position of authority to sexually assault and harass [her] ultimately coercing her into a seemingly ‘consensual’ relationship,” an allegation that the professor vehemently denies. The lawsuit was filed […]
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Ventnor City Settles Two Lawsuits For $2 Million Stemming From Tragic Suicide With Police-issued Glock Handgun.
In June and July of 2023, Ventnor City (Atlantic County, NJ) reached settlements in two separate lawsuits, each for $1 million. These lawsuits stemmed from a tragic incident in which a woman took her own life using a Glock handgun issued to her boyfriend, who then served as a sergeant with Ventnor City’s police department. […]
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1,582 Officials, Including Twelve Mayors, Fined $100 for Late Financial Disclosure Statement Filings.
The Local Finance Board (LFB), operating under the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, is responsible for enforcing the Local Government Ethics Law in counties and municipalities lacking their own ethics boards. (A list of counties and municipalities that have their own ethics boards is on-line here.) According to its June 14, 2023 meeting minutes, […]