Mayor Andre Sayegh received a flurry of complaints – lack of recycling pick-up, homelessness, slow police response, and lack of general enforcement — from residents at first of his six town hall meetings on Tuesday night.
Community leader arrested in Paterson prostitution sweep
A local Haitian community leader was caught up in the city’s prostitution sweep last week.
City Council should vote on whether to hire aides, says Paterson law director
Members of the City Council should take a vote on whether to go ahead with the controversial plan to hire nine aides for $225,000, urged law director Farrah Irving in a memorandum on Friday.
School board president Oshin Castillo gets Paterson health director job
Mayor Andre Sayegh has hired school board president Oshin Castillo to serve as director of the Health and Human Services Department in the city.
Ethics complaint against Davila, Velez being contemplated by Paterson zoning board member
A member of the Board of Adjustment, a body that approves development projects by granting variances, is considering filing an ethics complaint against council president Maritza Davila and councilman Luis Velez.
Paterson seeks $250,000 in state grant funding to restore Van Houten House
The city is seeking $250,000 in state historic preservation grant funding to restore the fire-damaged Van Houten House, considered the oldest structure in Paterson, at Westside Park.
Paterson officials outline plan to curb uptick in street violence
After back-to-back shooting murders, mayor Andre Sayegh and public safety officials outlined a plan to curb street violence late Tuesday afternoon.