Court Opinion

ID: 9728421
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 14:07:25.019539+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:48.518325
License: Public Domain

COLEMAN, J.,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I concur in the Court’s determination in Point III of its opinion that petitioner Gerald McCann is barred by the Faulkner Act, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-166, from becoming a candidate for the office of Mayor of the City of Jersey City. I disagree with the Court’s conclusion in Point II that the New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice’s disqualification provision, N.J.S.A. 2C:51-2d, does not similarly bar him from running for the office of Mayor. I would, therefore, affirm the judgment of the Appellate Division barring his candidacy under both statutory schemes substantially for the reasons expressed by Judge Petrella in his well-reasoned opinion.