Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Cory Booker says community collaboration is the secret to Newark's progress, in this series sponsored by Grape-Nuts.
About this sponsorship: In honor of the 60th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s historic ascent of Mount Everest, Patch and Grape-Nuts are teaming up to highlight those who inspire people around them to climb their own mountains. As the mayor of Newark, New Jersey’s largest city, Cory Booker says he understands the importance of leadership. But he especially acknowledges the importance of inspiring and engaging local leaders to assist in achieving community goals. Q. PATCH: What is the biggest challenge you’ve taken on? A. BOOKER: Leading Newark is the greatest challenge of my life, but it’s not a policy challenge. I’m proud we’ve notched victories — fought to improve education, create jobs and cut crime. But the challenge has been the…
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Booker to HuffPo Live: "When I go out and campaign next year for myself as a gubernatorial candidate or for another gubernatorial candidate should I decide not to run..."
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
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Sunday, August 12, 2012
Platform committee, co-chaired by Newark Mayor Cory Booker, backs issue for first time
The national Democratic party's platform committee, co-chaired by Newark Mayor Cory Booker, voted Saturday to endorse same-sex marriage for the first time. In a meeting in Detroit this weekend, the committee also called for the repeal of the 1996 law that recognizes marriage as between a man and woman, saying that it supports the "movement to secure equal treatment under law for same-sex couples," the Associated Press reported. Booker told Bloomberg Businessweek that while the committee's action to endorse same-sex marriage was "very significant," the top issue in the presidential campaign would be the economy. "At the end of the day, it'll maybe repel some and attract others to be more engaged," Booker told the Associated Press. "This …
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Booker said at a Democratic County Committee event in Fair Lawn Wednesday that although he's focused on running Newark for now, he's strongly considering seeking higher office in the future.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker is having the time of his life leading his city's urban revitalization, but it hasn't kept him from strongly considering a run at higher office when his term expires in 2014. That's what the rising Democratic star told a partisan audience of about 200 on Wednesday night at a Fair Lawn Democratic County Committee event at the Fair Lawn Community Center. "I came [to Newark] and said I was going to do a mission," said Booker, responding to an audience question about his future political aspirations. "But I'll tell you this, I'm strongly considering the options at the end of my term." Booker said he has his eyes set on either the governor's seat or the U.S. Senate seat currently held by 88-year-old Frank Lautenberg. If…
Friday, June 29, 2012
Newark Mayor Cory Booker charged up crowd during an otherwise ho-hum council reorganization meeting.
The appearance of Newark Mayor Cory Booker to support township council members Marie Strumolo Burke and John Notari spiced up an otherwise uneventful annual reorganization meeting Thursday afternoon. The charismatic mayor appeared at a packed Belleville Town Hall decorated with flowers and filled with the family and friends of council members. Booker said Strumolo-Burke fed him, "the best eggplant parmigiana I ever had," and he talked about the many Belleville people whose roots come from Newark, and the value of local public service. "Local government workers deserve the most credit," he said. "They keep our neighborhoods safe, and that is truly what our democracy is all about, protecting the heritage of great towns like Belleville." …
Monday, June 11, 2012
Ferry Street celebration caps three-day Portugal Day festival
Hundreds of residents poured onto Newark's Ferry Street Sunday for the annual Portuguese Parade, capping the three-day festival honoring the country. The cultural blowout, which stretched along all of Ferry Street in the city's Ironbound and ended at Peter Francisco Park, featured traditional dancing and folks in Old World garb, appearances by community organizations and politicians like U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), state Sen. M. Teresa Ruiz (D-29), Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura and Newark city councilmembers, including East Ward Councilman Augusto Amador, whose office co-sponsored this year's festival with União de Clubes Luso-Americanos de NJ (UCLANJ). Jack Casimiro, owner of Power Concrete Co. in …
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
State's largest celebration rolls through Newark on Memorial Day weekend
Newark's Broad Street was bursting with stunning skydivers, giant dinosaurs, spirited dancers and more Sunday for the 46th annual African-American Heritage Parade, the biggest cultural celebration in the state. The two-and-a-half hour parade, which spanned from Lincoln Park to Mulberry Street and Edison Place, was dedicated to the late Rep. Donald M. Payne Sr., with brother and former state Assemblyman William D. Payne serving as grand marshal. The longstanding parade, organized by the African-American Heritage Parade Commission, is the premier event of the four-day festival held every year at Weequahic Park. "Every child must know of the contributions that African Americans have made to make this country what it is," said Payne. This year…
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Mayor and governor have fun with their images
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Just because they're the state's two most prominent politicians doesn't mean they don't have a sense of humor. The office of Gov. Chris Christie released a lighthearted video co-starring Newark Mayor Cory Booker recently as a peripatetic go-to guy, riffing off his now national-scale image as a man of action following his rescue of a neighbor from a burning building several weeks ago. As the Democratic mayor of the state's largest city is depicted doing everything from coming up with a spare guitar for Bruce Springsteen to catching a falling baby, a faux-frustrated Christie hisses "Booker!" The video was produced for the New Jersey Press Association's Legislative Correspondent's Club show. Click on the video above to see the Cory and Chris…
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Mayor and governor have fun with their images
Just because they're the state's two most prominent politicians doesn't mean they don't have a sense of humor. The office of Gov. Chris Christie yesterday released a lighthearted video co-starring Newark Mayor Cory Booker as a peripatetic go-to guy, riffing off his now national-scale image as a man of action following his rescue of a neighbor from a burning building several weeks ago. As the Democratic mayor of the state's largest city is depicted doing everything from coming up with a spare guitar for Bruce Springsteen to catching a falling baby, a faux-frustrated Christie hisses "Booker!" The video was produced for the New Jersey Press Association's Legislative Correspondent's Club show. Click on the video above to see the Cory and Chris…
Friday, March 2, 2012
Students at Belmont-Runyon School receive three books on Dr. Seuss' birthday
Students at Belmont-Runyon School kicked off Read Across American Day in the sweetest way – with a surprise visit from "Cake Boss" star Buddy Valastro, who unveiled a colorful cake created just for the Newark school. Donning tall, red and white-striped hats, dozens of young students honored the late Dr. Seuss on his birthday Friday during the day that celebrates reading nationwide. Students received a slice of the cake, delivered from the famed Carlos Bakery in Hoboken, and a choice of three books through the initiative "My Very Own Library." "If you work hard, read and reach for your goals, you can accomplish anything," said Valastro, who credited the students as inspiration for his creative confection. The presentation of the elaborate …
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