News – New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney

25 Feb

Division on Civil Rights Takes Enforcement Action against Housing Providers for Non-Compliance with the Fair Chance in Housing Act

TRENTON – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has issued 59 Notices of Violation to housing providers around the State for allegedly violating New Jersey’s Fair Chance in Housing Act (FCHA) by asking criminal history-related questions on housing applications that are...

23 Feb

Hundreds of Drug Disposal Bags to be Distributed to Hospice Care and Other Facilities to Fight Opioid Misuse and Diversion

NEWARK – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, the New Jersey Coordinator for Addiction Responses and Enforcement Strategies (“NJ CARES”), and the Division of Consumer Affairs (“DCA”) are announcing that 80 hospice and long-term care facilities will receive drug disposal bags. The bags will provide the facilities with a safe and easy...

1 Feb

N.J. civil rights division probing claim of anti-Latino bias in municipal court, judiciary says

The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights has launched an investigation into claims of discrimination in a Cumberland County municipal court, a state judiciary spokesman confirmed. Millville Municipal Court Judge Jason Witcher has repeatedly stated that Latino defendants are being denied the opportunity to appear virtually for hearings and are instead...