Mayor Brandon Johnson is making more prime space for his progressive base with a new hire. Johnson created a new role to bring community organizer Kennedy Bartley into his administration. Starting Tuesday, Bartley will serve as managing deputy of external relations, tasked with working more closely with the unions, activist organizations and neighborhood groups that […]
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NJ attorney general taps Paterson activist as community liaison for Police Department
PATERSON — Teddie Martinez, an activist who has been outspoken for years against police misconduct, has been hired by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office as community liaison between Paterson residents and city cops. Martinez previously worked for the Paterson Healing Collective violence intervention group, but he was fired last year in a dispute with […]