Editor’s note: This was sent via email to all three Rahway mayoral candidates on Thursday night:
Tag Archives: Samson Steinman
City unveils ‘parklet’ downtown
A pedestrian-only East Cherry Street? Check. A parklet/pop-up cafe? Check. Signage to offer up some inclination of development projects? Check. Rahway Rising seems to be ahead of the curve a bit when it comes to downtown initiatives. 😛
Mayor overhauls Redevelopment Agency
Call it the Labor Day Massacre: In a span of 24 hours, Interim Mayor Samson Steinman almost completely overhauled the Redevelopment Agency.
Three-way race for mayor
The emergence of an Independent candidate for mayor has created what looks like a three-way race for mayor after this week’s primaries. Continue reading Three-way race for mayor
State of the City 2014
Note: The full State of the City remarks can be viewed here.
Redevelopment took a back seat to parks upgrades and other initiatives related to the arts during the 2014 State of the City address last night.
Change would nix broadcast of public comment
The City Council will consider changes tonight that would stop the broadcast of council meetings just before the meeting’s public comment session.
Continue reading Change would nix broadcast of public comment
New city administrator to be appointed
The City Council is scheduled to approve the appointment of a new city administrator at a special meeting on Wednesday at 6:45 p.m., before its pre-meeting conference at 7 p.m.
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City Council appoints Giacobbe to 6th Ward seat
The City Council appointed Raymond Giacobbe, Jr. to the 6th Ward City Council seat vacated by Samson Steinman after he was appointed interim mayor.
The governing body unanimously approved the appointment at a special meeting tonight by a vote of 6-0, with Councilman Robert Bresenhan and Nancy Saliga absent. The Democratic Committee met earlier to present three nominees to the City Council. In addition to Giacobbe, the two other nominees were William Rack, chairman of the Redevelopment Agency, and Sally O’Brien.
Giacobbe, 34, is co-owner of Power & Fitness Health Club on St. Georges Avenue. He takes over the 6th Ward seat that originally was won by Steinman in 2012. The remaining two years of the term up for election in November 2014, at the same time that the mayor’s seat and three at-large seats will be up in their regular rotation. He is a third-generation Rahway family in Rahway and his grandfather, Rafael “Ray” Giacobbe served on the City Council in 1960s, according to former Mayor James Kennedy.
The 6th Ward covers the Milton Lake neighborhood as well as the area around the high school on Madison Avenue. For a look at boundaries, check out this wicked awesome map.