Brian Stack

A press release issued today by the Hudson County Democratic Organization, which is backing Assemblyman (and West New York Mayor) Sal Vega for State Senate against Assemblyman (and Union City Mayor) Brian Stack, is worth reading:

WEST NEW YORK - Their two immigrant towns stand back to back above the New Jersey Turnpike, where New York doesn't exist without a "West" in front of it, where one-time factory workers belonged not just to a union but to a city.

West New York and Union City.

Assemblyman (and West New York Mayor) Silverio "Sal" Vega and Assemblyman (and Union City Mayor) Brian P. Stack appear to have little in common other than pride in their respective cities, the Bergenline business district that cuts through both their territories, and the fact that they're from the same party, which actually in Hudson County more likely than not means division, which happens to be exactly what it means in this case.

For what Vega and Stack do share in earnest is an intense, mutually exclusive thirst for the Upper Legislative House in that other river town -- Trenton. Now that longtime State. Sen. (and Hudson County Democratic Chairman) Bernie Kenny is retiring, the two politicians are committed to a full bore, mano-a-mano contest in the Democratic Primary.

STACK SEEKS TO COMBAT 'WOLF PACK' RAMPAGES
Says State Needs Tougher Measures against Street Gangs

(UNION CITY) - Calling the recent rash of "wolf pack" attacks in Jersey City "appalling and unacceptable," Assemblyman Brian P. Stack today called for enactment of legislation that would give police new tools to fight criminal street gangs across the state.

STACK SEEKS MANDATORY PRISON TERMS FOR ASSAILANTS OF SENIOR CITIZENS

(JERSEY CITY) - Expressing outrage over recent brutal attacks against senior citizens  in New York and New Jersey, Assemblyman Brian P. Stack today announced that he will aggressively seek passage of legislation that would require mandatory prison terms for depraved individuals who assault elderly residents.

The West New York Police Department Tuesday, March 20, arrested Gerald Lange of West New York - identified by the Associated Press as the Hudson County Freeholder and West New York Commissioner - on a charge of aggravated assault.