The Hoboken Reporter is reporting a possible scandal in Hoboken involving a waterfront contract, and as a result two officials were asked to leave. This was confirmed by the paper's sources last week. Stay tuned for more on this.Rumor Confirmed:
Sources confirmed last week that two other top city officials were recently asked to retire by State Fiscal Monitor Judy Tripodi because of their involvement in an allegedly mishandled contract. Sources said one of the officials, a city director, said he would not stay on as a consultant if he retired. The other official flatly turned down the request to retire, sources said.
The mishandled contract pertained to city contributions for a section of the waterfront walkway at Maxwell Place. According to sources, the city may be responsible for a much larger portion of the funding because of the way the contract was worded.
Also, the allocation of the funds for the project was allegedly never approved by the City Council, sources said.
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