Former Hoboken Assemblyman Carmelo Garcia has received another postponement in his Newark bribery case, with a continuance granted yesterday through December 1st.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
The continuance, granted by U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo, is “to permit defense counsel the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation in this matter and to allow the parties to continue plea negotiations.”
The judge also noted that Garcia has a right to have this matter brought to trial within 70 days of the filing date.
The case has been delayed over a dozen times thus far, at least in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Garcia has received eight continuances since the beginning of 2022.
Garcia, also the former director of the Newark Department of Economic and Housing Development, is accused by federal prosecutors of soliciting corrupt payments in exchange for helping businessmen acquire and redevelop properties.
He was charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the city of Newark and the NCEDC of Garcia’s honest services facilitated by the use of interstate wire transmissions; 17 counts of honest services wire fraud; and four counts of use of interstate facilities to promote and facilitate bribery in violation of the Travel Act.
Two Newark businessmen face the same charges, while Garcia is also accused of three counts of receiving bribes in connection with the business of a federally funded local government and organization.
He is being represented by Robert G. Stahl, of Stahl Criminal Defense Lawyers, with offices in Westfield and New York City.
Garcia was indicted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Newark in October 2021 and he pleaded not guilty the following month. Since then, he has participated in motivational speaker gigs, as only HCV reported.
A former housing authority executive director in Hoboken and Irvington, Garcia served a two-year term as a state assemblyman between 2014 and 2015 after running on the Hudson County Democratic Organization line in 2013.
He choose not to seek re-election off the line and instead unsuccessfully sought the Hoboken 6th Ward council seat in November 2015.
A disgrace, our system is broken. Delayed a dozen times, eight continuances. There’s absolutely no valid excuse for even half that many delays. Hopefully good things come to those who wait, and this guy will end up being sent away.
Garcia is wearing what looks like very nice and expensive watch in the picture.
We can Thanks Stan and Jake for that loss
Getting rid of that dirtbag was a blessing for Hoboken.
Hope the criminal justice system puts him away for a long time.
He has forever put a stain on his family.
Which dirtbag?
Some moved, others got jobs and many were indicted
Carmelo was bragging that he had tapes on Brian. He’s going to ride that ignominious tape collection of his right into 2024.
He is sad pathetic little man always was bragging ranting about something to cover up his flaws.
He is the poster child for much of what is wrong with Hudson County politics.
I guess CG’s case is far more complex than Trump’s LOL!
Meanwhile – CG appears to be running for President having assumed the identity of Vivek Ramaswami.
Will be fun to know if there’s more than one tape with Zimmer’s real Mayor Stanley in a Hell’s Kitchen bar trying to make peace with Carmelo Garcia
Garcia won that case…
Zimmer soon after decides not to run…
Word on the street is that Garcia handed Zimmer and her husband to the feds years ago when Zimmer was still mayor. They’ve been singing their hearts out to save their hides for years. They wore wires and everything. The stuff is so explosive they’ve been moved into the witness protection program. More to come!
The only Mayor to move out of Hoboken … along with her arrogant groupies and political and patronage job seekers.
That’s pretty funny but if it was true, Dawn would have moved to China to fight global warming. Hey, why didn’t she go to China? She said she was giving up a third term to fight it.
If only she left and took Ravi and Bleepjay with her. Don’t these Regressives care about the damage China is doing to the world? Dawn lied.
If only that lunch with Garcia and Stan never happened, maybe 400k in HHA resources and litigation would have been spent on residents?
GOT ANY SHRED OF PROOF TO BACK YOUR SLANDER UP ?
NOT SLANDER
https://observer.com/2015/10/garcia-vs-grossbard-emails-point-to-hoboken-housing-authority-involvement/
““In my option the only way the procurement process can be realistically reformed is by immediately exercising the 120 day termination provision,” Grossbard wrote. “Unless and until you move to terminate, Carmelo has all the leverage, and he will never believe you are actually willing to terminate unless and until you actually do it.”
“The emails span from October 2012 to February 2014. Carmelo was terminated on August 4, 2014. The initial lawsuit on the matter was filed in August of 2013. On October 27, 2014, after he had already been dismissed from the HHA, Garcia filed a second lawsuit “containing new causes of action premised upon his discharge from employment,” according to the court documents. The second filing also included Dana Wefer as a defendant. Wefer, like Garcia, is currently running for Hoboken City Council. Current councilmembers Peter Cunningham and Jen Giattino—who is facing Carmelo to reclaim her seat in the sixth ward—are also listed as recipients on some of the emails.
Garcia came under fire for recording a conversation he had with Grossbard and former Senator Bernie Kenny. After the recording mess in Hoboken, Carmelo—who had been voted to represent LD33 in the New Jersey Assembly—was dropped from state Senator Brian Stack’s ticket and will not be further pursuing his assembly seat.
The Discovery end date is currently listed for October 29. According to an October 7, 2015 letter from the attorneys for Zimmer and Grossbard, Grossbard’s “deposition was highly contested.”
https://www.nj.com/hudson/2015/01/judge_tosses_assemblyman_garcias_lawsuit_against_hoboken_attorney_says_second_will_stick.html
https://www.slideshare.net/hctv/carmelo-garcia-vs-stan-grossbard
https://grafixavenger.blogspot.com/2017/12/hha-approved-settlement-to-carmelo.html
https://dokumen.tips/news-politics/carmelo-garcia-vs-stan-grossbard.html?page=1
https://hudsoncountyview.com/sources-hoboken-housing-authority-oks-700k-settlement-with-ex-director/
Typical Hudson Democrat antics. Top picks for whose next are Fulop followed closely by Guy.
I know all the details of the lunch meeting, the tapes and the 400K settlement.
That’s what I do. I drink, and I know things.
He was the smartest guy in G.O.T. and the lone survivor… LOL
You’re right, he really did go out with his head held high.
As opposed to you and your friends who moved out in the dark of night with your carpets and wares