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More than one member of Chris Campos’s family reportedly saw arrest as part of a federal investigation into bank and wire fraud based out of Manhattan’s US Attorney’s Office earlier this month.
Based on individual sources, former fourth ward City Councilman Chris Campos along with his wife and one brother were also arrested in a car loan scheme alleging bank and wire fraud back on March 9th. Of the three, only Chris Campos was listed among four alleged suspects in the Manhattan release by the Department of Justice US Attorney’s Office. Chris Campos was not available in a call earlier and the Department of Justice in Manhattan’s Southern District was not immediately available for comment.The car scheme as outlined by the Southern District of New York’s US Attorney Preet Bharara and the FBI alleged the announced defendants took out loans under false pretenses purchasing more than 200 vehicles involving at least 20 straw buyers.
The following story comes courtesy of Jeannette Josue of the Hudson County View:
The Hoboken City Council moved forward with a proposed $107 million budget, which up $4.2 million in spending from last year – mainly due to healthcare costs for city employees and capital improvements for the city.
For the complete story, please see the Hudson County View:
http://hudsoncountyview.com/hoboken-council-moves-forward-proposed-107m-budget-up-4-2m-from-2015/
The Mile Square City made some news but it was more like the news next door as West New York is rumored to be moving former Hoboken Democratic Chair Jamie Cryan from parking director to Business Administrator.
The move comes with an increase in pay from $90,000 to $120,000 according to a report on the Hudson County View.
Update: HCV reports it’s no longer a rumor and filed this video report.
Observer Highway and rush hour traffic has been a feature of much commentary among those making noise here in the Stable in recent days.
Tonight’s City Council meeting will see the introduction of this year’s budget. Once again, it’s exploding health insurance costs in the seven figure range the dilemma.
Previous years have seen savings squeezed out of every corner of the budget but this year’s increases will likely see the need for a one or two percent municipal tax increase.
Also on the agenda, extending the PILOT for Clock Towers but income verification may be part of the new equation in Hoboken.
The 9-11 Memorial is aiming for final commission and construction this year. Let’s hope.
It’s one week since the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York announced it broke up an alleged bank fraud conspiracy snaring four participants including Hoboken’s Chris Campos and the tension in Hoboken is palbable.
200 leased car vehicles were the claimed booty before the federal sting took down the operation with arrests last Wednesday.
There’s been murmuring about the whereabouts of Carmelo Garcia who has reportedly interfaced with the media he’ll interview only to disappear back into the ether saying nothing about his “brother” Chris, his hand selected choice as Chief of Staff to his former NJ Assembly seat.
To the surprise of few, Mayor Dawn Zimmer is running for a third term in 2017.
The announcement however did come with some surprise with the timing in a podcast on NJ.com’s “The Backgrounder.”
Another surprise, the mayor shared her family has ties to Joisey, south Jersey as a matter of fact.
Here’s the full hour long podcast:
Hudson Superior Court orders Lane Bajardi and Kim Cardinal Bajardi to pay the piper for SLAPP-suit
| Lane Bajardi exits court after ordered to make payments for SLAPP-suit |
BREAKING: Hudson County View published its story with court video of Friday’s hearing in Superior Court where Lane Bajardi is ordered to pay 25% of his income to a SLAPP-suit victim of the frivolous lawsuit by him and his wife, Kimberly Cardinal Bajardi.
More than a year after the NJ First Amendment case was thrown out of court mid-trial, Judge Barry Sarkisian issued a court order in Hudson Superior Court Friday afternoon Lane Bajardi and Kimberly Cardinal Bajardi must make payments to one of the defendants consisting of 25% of his net income.
The arrest by the FBI of former Hoboken City Councilman Chris Campos for alleged multi-million bank and wire fraud dovetails across the Hudson with federal investigation into the Hoboken Housing Authority under his controversial friend and former head of that agency, Carmelo Garcia.
The public may find it intriguing the US Attorney’s Offices involved are the NY Southern District in Manhattan, (as high profile as it gets) and Newark, NJ where lots of churn has gone on with Hoboken but seen little in the way of results since 2009 when former mayor and convicted felon Peter Cammarano was nabbed in a massive statewide federal sting under former management.
