PATERSON — Basking in the court order invalidating the state attorney general's takeover of the Police Department, Mayor ...

The state attorney general took control 21 months ago. He will appeal the ruling to the NJ Supreme Court. The state can ...

New Jersey's Attorney General assumed control of the Paterson Police Department in 2023 amid turmoil, criminal charges and protests.

Paterson’s 11 slayings were the fewest since 2004, mirroring national trends for cities. But sexual assaults, robberies, and ...

The New Jersey Supreme Court has put a hold on an appeals court decision to put the Paterson Police Department back under ...

New Jersey’s top court has agreed to temporarily pause a lower court decision that determined the attorney general ...

Rosita Diaz, 57, was found unresponsive on a bench in a holding cell after being arrested on a drug charge two years ago.

An appeals court says New Jersey’s top law enforcement official overstepped his authority last year when he took control of ...

Lawyers for the two sides will file briefs to the state Supreme Court, which will decide whether to let Platkin stay in charge as the fight plays out.

Mayor Andre Sayegh's chief of staff, Habib Kader, sent an email to other Paterson employees saying he was leaving.