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Sayegh’s controversial One Paterson group holding $1,000 per person fundraiser

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Mayor Andre Sayegh’s controversial One Paterson group is hosting a $1,000 per person fundraiser in Wayne next month.

Sayegh’s group is holding the outdoor cocktail reception with cigar and music at the North Jersey Country Club on July 16, according to a flyer and reservation form sent to potential donors.

Fundraiser is for “honoring” Sayegh, who became mayor of Paterson in 2018 following a landslide victory over his five opponents.

Attendees can give $1,000 to be a co-host or $2,500 to be a host.

Fundraiser is being hosted amid the coronavirus pandemic. Both the venue and the organization will put in place measures to ensure the safety of attendees.

“We’re going to practice social distancing the way everybody else is, the way the venue requires it. So, it’s all been vetted through restaurant protocols,” said William Pascrell, III, president of One Paterson.

Pascrell is the son of Rep. Bill Pascrell.

According to its mission statement, One Paterson “seeks to enhance the quality of life for all who live, work and play in our city. Working with our neighbors, local businesses, the Mayor, his administration and the City Council, OnePaterson strives to create a vision for a safe, thriving, and prosperous Paterson.”

Sayegh has refused to disclose who is giving to his nonprofit organization. He has said the board of One Paterson has voted not to disclose names of donors. Some of his critics have used the lack of disclosure to assert some firms that are receiving business from the municipal government may be giving to the mayor’s organization.

A local pay-to-play law bars businesses seeking professional contracts from making a reportable contribution to the mayor or council members campaigns. However, those businesses can donate to the mayor’s group without the risk of losing municipal business.

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  • Ablej

    you see they love paterson so much they are hosting a big shindig in wayne because I guess the people that are gonna rob our tax dollars are afraid to come to paterson

  • John Brown

    I have better things to spend $1000 on.
    Than to put it into his pockets

  • http://Patersontimes.com Limbaugh

    He is full of …. What a good way to show it’s love for Paterson and some people still believe him now that the pandemic has “slowed down” you see how worse is the City? There is not government in Paterson.

  • http://www.Newjerseypulse.com New Jersey Pulse News Opinions

    I warned Paterson, he is greedy for money and power and so are the people from outside Paterson who what's the contracts and properties to push out the residents to make the city their own but folks have to learn the hard way.
    HE IS A CROOK AND SO ARE SOME OF HIS WEALTY BACKERS AND BEFORE PATERSON SEE IT THE DAMAGE WILL BE DONE.
    TO BAD NO ONE HAS THE GUTS TO GO GET THE 3,500 SIGNATURES TO RECALL HIM NOW.
    So I guess Gov. Murphy will be his guest so the can get past the social distancing law.
    I will contact the Wayne government and ask them about this see what they say. All of us have to follow the law but he does not.

    • DemocrapSocialistsSuck

      He's also Florio's bitch. He'll be in prison soon as he doesn't follow his master's orders just like what happened to Joey.

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