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Mike Hayes covers equity and access to opportunity in New Jersey. He joined WNYC and Gothamist in 2023. Before that, he worked as a freelance journalist writing about policing and criminal justice. He has written for ProPublica, CNN, HuffPost, BuzzFeed News and The Appeal. He is also the author of the book, “The Secret Files: Bill De Blasio, The NYPD, and the Broken Promises of Police Reform.” In 2019, he was a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists.
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ICE admits to using Roxbury, NJ warehouse site to process immigrants
The agency is under a court order not to use the site for detaining arrestees, but acknowledged it processed immigrants there on at least two occasions.
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Mike Hayes
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For a Democrat in a traditionally red NJ district, how to woo Republican voters
The first-time Democrat says it’s still “a toss-up race” between her and incumbent GOP Rep. Tom Kean.
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Mike Hayes
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NJ probe finds about 1,100 more problematic voter registrations
The Sherrill administration has been investigating New Jersey’s automatic voter registration since the governor revealed in July that up to 6,600 noncitizens had been registered to vote.
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Mike Hayes
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The most expensive congressional race in NJ history? This could be the one.
Money is pouring into the closely watched race between Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. and Democratic challenger Rebecca Bennett.
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Mike Hayes
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Mental health, affordability, stock trades. Here’s what you missed in Sunday’s NJ debate.
Republican Tom Kean, Jr. and Democrat Rebecca Bennett squared off for the first and likely only time before the midterms.
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Mike Hayes
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Kean and Bennett face off in high-stakes NJ midterm debate Sunday night
It’s the first — and likely, only — debate between the two swing-district candidates. Here’s what you need to know.
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Mike Hayes
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NJ Lt. Governor Dale Caldwell has resigned, Gov. Sherrill says
Caldwell is stepping down amid allegations he acted inappropriately with women while in office. He disputes the allegations.
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NJ governor asks Caldwell, her second in command, to resign
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said it is “in the best interest” for Garden State residents for Dale Caldwell to step down, after releasing a report that confirmed scathing allegations of inappropriate comments made by him.
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NJ fines data center $1 million for illegally powering facility with gas generators
Gov. Mikie Sherill said it was the largest fine handed out to a data center in state history.
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Mike Hayes
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Some NJ Republicans express concern over Kean’s chances of reelection
Recent polling shows Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. down 5 points ahead of the debate on Sunday.
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Mike Hayes
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More than 80 chickens rescued from abandoned truck in Brooklyn, activists say
Activists say the chickens are linked to a pre-Yom Kippur sacrifice custom practiced by a minority of ultra-Orthodox Jews.
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Mike Hayes
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NJ AG promises legal action if ICE is illegally detaining people at Roxbury warehouse
New Jersey’s attorney general’s office told a federal judge Tuesday night it is reviewing claims that the Trump administration is violating a court order.
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Mike Hayes
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