Mayor Andre Sayegh’s administration hired public works director William “Billy” Rodriguez’s brother for an $80,000 engineering job raising concerns about nepotism.
Judge rules mother of man brutally attacked by two Paterson police officers can pursue wrongful death case
A federal judge ruled in favor of the mother of a man, who died by suicide nearly two years after two police officers brutally beat him in a hospital room, can pursue a wrongful death case.
Hackensack man, who claimed Paterson cops beat him in ER, getting $75,000 in settlement
A Hackensack man, who filed a lawsuit against the city alleging police officers beat him at the emergency room, is getting $75,000 in settlement.
Paterson paying $150,000 to settle public works employee’s sexual harassment lawsuit
Municipal officials agreed to pay $150,000 on Tuesday night to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a public works employee.
Paterson adopts flat-rate billing for residential sewer users
After months of battling with mayor Andre Sayegh’s administration over the sewer utility, the City Council late last week adopted a measure to bill residential users using a flat rate system.
Paterson naming a section of Vreeland Avenue to Jamaica Way
Municipal officials are naming a two-block section of Vreeland Avenue to Jamaica Way in recognition of Jamaica American contributions to the city.
Paterson gets almost $800,000 to purchase police bodycams
A grant from the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office will allow Paterson to equip most its police officers with bodycams.