For Immediate Release: October 1, 2024 Office of the Attorney General – Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General Office of Alternative and...

NJ Spotlight News | September 29, 2024 On Chat Box, David Cruz and Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter (D-Passaic) discuss the need to address...

A legislative package has been approved by a committee to address issues uncovered in a state disparity study. David Matthau, WHYY | ...

Dana Filippo, New Jersey Monitor | September 23, 2024 Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter (D-Passaic) speaks about a legislative package...

By Ritney A. Castine | Mosaic guest columnist Updated: Sep. 10, 2023, 12:56 p.m.| Published: Sep. 09, 2023, 6:30 a.m. Vigil on...

Bobby Brier, Mental Health Writer | July 20, 2023 | Law & Public Safety Paterson police killing and department takeover spur attorney...

By TAYLOR JUNG, SOCIAL JUSTICE WRITER | JUNE 26, 2023 | LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY, MORE ISSUES, SOCIAL Critics point out that social-justice...

By SOPHIE NIETO-MUNOZ - JUNE 24, 2023 9:29 AM Lawmakers accused cannabis regulators of pulling strings to reinstate the license of a...

By Ted Goldberg There's bipartisan support for adoption of that age in criminal cases New Jersey is one of 24 states that does not have a...

Younger wrongdoers need rehabilitative services — not a criminal record, legislators say By Dana DiFilippo - June 12, 2023 Several...

JOANNA GAGIS, SENIOR CORRESPONDENT | JUNE 2, 2023 | LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY, MORE ISSUES The bill would also establish a Community Crisis...

By Rev. Timothy Adkins-Jones, Rev.Weldon McWilliams IV, Rev. John Taylor Three faith leaders say the state’s most vulnerable communities...

Yesterday, following impassioned testimony after testimony, Assembly Bill 5326 advanced out of the Law and Public Safety Committee....

By DANA DIFILIPPO- MAY 19, 2023 The Rev. Charles Boyer, pastor of Greater Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church in Trenton and founding director of...

By By A.Z. Johnson | Ajohnson@Trentonian.com | Tracey Syphax introduces Mayor Reed Gusciora at a press conference Tuesday at City Hall....

For Immediate Release: May 3, 2023 Office of the Attorney General – Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General TRENTON – Attorney General...

By MARK J. BONAMO A group of legal heavyweights, along with government and advocacy groups, came to Newark to examine redlining - a...

Governor Murphy and AG Platkin Announce Recipients of $15M in Grant Funding for Violence Intervention and Prevention Work 32...

For Immediate Release Contact Richelle Terese richelle@sandsj.org Trenton to Washington D.C.: SandSJ Sends Policy Director to discuss...

For Immediate Release Contact: Richelle Terese Richelle@sandsj.org On Monday, the Legislature will hold hearings on several bills that,...