Local government Trenton, New Jersey
1 local government
1.1 mayor , council
1.2 interim mayor 2014
1.3 mayor s conviction , removal office
local government
the city of trenton governed within faulkner act, formally known optional municipal charter law, under faulkner act (mayor-council) system of municipal government mayor , seven-member city council. 3 city council members elected at-large, , 4 come each of 4 wards. mayor , council members elected concurrently on non-partisan basis four-year terms of office part of may municipal election.
mayor , council
as of 2017, mayor of trenton eric jackson. members of city council council president zachary chester (west ward), council vice president verlina reynolds-jackson (east ward), alex bethea (at-large), marge caldwell-wilson (north ward), duncan harrison jr. (at-large), phyllis holly-ward (at-large) , george muschal (south ward), serving terms of office ending june 30, 2018.
interim mayor 2014
from february 7 july 1, 2014, acting mayor george muschal retroactively assumed office on date due felony conviction of tony f. mack, had taken office on july 1, 2010. muschal, council president, selected city council serve interim mayor finish term.
mayor s conviction , removal office
on february 7, 2014, mack , brother, raphiel mack, convicted federal jury of bribery, fraud , extortion, based on details of participation in scheme take money in exchange helping approvals develop downtown parking garage part of sting operation law enforcement. days after conviction, office of new jersey attorney general filed motions have mack removed office, state law requires removal of elected officials after convictions corruption. initially, mack fought removal of him office on february 26, superior court judge ordered removal , actions taken mack between february 7 , 26th have been reversed muschal. previously, mack s housing director quit after learned had theft conviction. chief of staff arrested trying buy heroin. half-brother, authority elevated @ city water plant, arrested on charges of stealing. law director resigned after arguing mack on complying open-records laws , potential violations of laws prohibiting city contracts big campaign donors.
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