July 27, 2007 - 2:19pm

Press Release

ALLEN LETTER REQUESTS CORRUPTION PROBE REVIEW

By wmurray

7/27/2007

Hon Herbert S. Friend, Acting Chairman

Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards

Dear Honorable Judge Friend,

In light of recent information in the media about Senator Joseph Coniglio being the target of a criminal investigation regarding his dealings with the Hackensack University Medical Center, I am concerned that the Joint Committee on Ethical Standards did not have enough information when they considered the complaint Mayor Lonegan filed with the committee regarding Senator Coniglio.

Is there a process in which we can reconsider or reopen a complaint when new information arises? Even better if we could spend more time gathering information we could make a more informed decision.

It is difficult to make an informed decision without all the facts and even more difficult to know if we have all the relevant information we need. We must, as a committee, improve our thoroughness.

I believe you should poll the committee to assess their interest in reopening the Lonegan complaint. In addition, a review of the By-Laws with an eye toward improving the ability to revisit complaints I believe is in order.

Thank you for your diligence in this matter.

Sincerely,Senator Diane Allen

cc: JLCES members

Albert Poroni

Marci L. Hochman

WMURRAY can be reached via email at WMurray@njleg.org.

Related topics: Joint Committee on Ethical Standards, Diane Allen, Joe Coniglio

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