Elections

PATERSON, NJ- The Paterson Board of Education is set to get two new faces in January, following what is expected to become an “official” tally of the November 6 election on Wednesday. While ballots cast in polling places across Paterson put current Commissioner Vincent Arrington and Eddy Pichardo on top of their rivals, sources familiar with both campaigns, as well as the counting ...

PATERSON, NJ - With the education fate of nearly 30,000 students and control of an almost $600 million budget up for grabs, voters went to the polls in droves on Tuesday to elect five of the nine members of the Board of Education.

The members of the newly reconstituted board will officially take their seats in January and play an outsized role in the transition back to local control of ...

PATERSON, NJ - According to unofficial results 6th Ward Councilman Al Abdelaziz has been re-elected to complete the term of his predecessor, Mayor Andre Sayegh.

Saying that he was “humbled and honored,” Abdelaziz, first appointed to the seat by his colleagues on the Paterson City Council, said the victory “belongs to every resident of our community, and to all who ...

PATERSON, NJ - Stressing that voters still had over an hour to get to the polls, Mayor Andre Sayegh told TAPinto Paterson that he was “encouraged” by the strong voter turnout he had seen across the city on Tuesday.

“There appears to be momentum that carried over from May,” Sayegh said referring to the local election earlier this year that propelled him to ...

PATERSON, NJ- With the clock ticking down on Election Day 2018 campaign workers across Paterson got a boost on Tuesday with a visit from New Jersey’s First Lady Tammy Murphy.

Murphy wasn’t just in Paterson for the photo op, she told TAPinto Paterson, instead she was on the campaign trail to secure every vote possible in the critical mid-term election that has been described as a ...

PATERSON, NJ - Despite the steady rain both candidates in the lone city council race on today’s ballot said activity has been brisk at voting sites across the 6th Ward.

Courting voters just before they entered the polling place at the Southside Branch Library Al Abdelaziz, appointed by his current colleagues to the seat when his predecessor, Andre Sayegh, vacated it to assume ...

Polls are open until 8:00 p.m.