OT: RU alum (Jersey City Deputy Mayor) DUI arrest video released, he’s still running for West Orange Mayor

[CatManTrue]

These politicians have a lot of nerve.

Did anyone know this guy as an undergrad? He seems like a real piece of work.

Humiliating video shows high-ranking NJ official’s DUI arrest amid mayoral bid: ‘I’m the f–king deputy chief of staff’

A high-ranking Jersey City official running to be a town mayor has been reassigned after humiliating footage.

nypost.com

 

[RUforester72]

Right. He’ll get elected. Then they’ll name the library after him. It’s NJ!

 

[RUtix4me]

Deputy Chief of staff. Not deputy mayor.

 

[newell138]

These politicians have a lot of nerve.

Did anyone know this guy as an undergrad? He seems like a real piece of work.

Humiliating video shows high-ranking NJ official’s DUI arrest amid mayoral bid: ‘I’m the f–king deputy chief of staff’

A high-ranking Jersey City official running to be a town mayor has been reassigned after humiliating footage.

nypost.com

He's no Westfield DUI MILF, thats for sure

 

[kupuna133]

I’ve seen people burn other to the ground in these drunken videos. This guy voluntarily burned himself to the ground.
1)admitted an affair
2) committed multiple crimes of bribery
3) threw his boss/mentor under the bus
4) threw the leader of the democratic party in his county under the bus
5) and comes across as grade A douche nozzle.
Im sure I left a couple out but man this guy needs to lay off the sauce and close his mouth when he knows he’s being recorded.

 

[NotInRHouse]

I’ve seen people burn other to the ground in these drunken videos. This guy voluntarily burned himself to the ground.
1)admitted an affair
2) committed multiple crimes of bribery
3) threw his boss/mentor under the bus
4) threw the leader of the democratic party in his county under the bus
5) and comes across as grade A douche nozzle.
Im sure I left a couple out but man this guy needs to lay off the sauce and close his mouth when he knows he’s being recorded.

Fulop moved to NY now. He's the head of a business group there.

 

[NotInRHouse]

These politicians have a lot of nerve.

Did anyone know this guy as an undergrad? He seems like a real piece of work.

Humiliating video shows high-ranking NJ official’s DUI arrest amid mayoral bid: ‘I’m the f–king deputy chief of staff’

A high-ranking Jersey City official running to be a town mayor has been reassigned after humiliating footage.

nypost.com

Where does it say he went to RU? Though I guess if true, NJ.com will be on the case...

 

[CatManTrue]

Where does it say he went to RU? Though I guess if true, NJ.com will be on the case...

I googled for more information and saw he graduated from RU in 2010.

 

[kupuna133]

Fulop moved to NY now. He's the head of a business group there.

And he was his boss and mentor.

 

[Caliknight]

Shocker. People of certain sensibilities love to have rules for thee but not for me. This is a surprise to no one.

 

[NotInRHouse]

And he was his boss and mentor.

Well, would be an interesting political mentor since he quit politics and left the state.

 

[kupuna133]

Well, would be an interesting political mentor since he quit politics and left the state.

So a mentor no longer qualifies as a mentor if they change roles? And the NGO Fulop is running is one of the largest political machines in NYC. So he is still very much a “politician”. Just not an elected official.

 

[NotInRHouse]

So a mentor no longer qualifies as a mentor if they change roles?

I would say yeah, pretty hard to be a mentor if they totally abandon the topic they were mentoring in for something not really related.

 

[kupuna133]

I would say yeah, pretty hard to be a mentor if they totally abandon the topic they were mentoring in for something not really related.

The NGO Fulop is running is one of the largest political machines in NYC. So he is still very much a “politician”. Just not an elected official.

 

[NotInRHouse]

The NGO Fulop is running is one of the largest political machines in NYC. So he is still very much a “politician”. Just not an elected official.

I have never seen any pols run that organization or come from it.

 

[kupuna133]

I have never seen any pols run that organization or come from it.

It’s one of the most powerful business organizations in the country. Very political. It’s a defacto lobbying organization.

And don’t understand how moving back to the private sector and across the river disqualifies someone from being a mentor.

 

[NotInRHouse]

It’s one of the most powerful business organizations in the country. Very political. It’s a defacto lobbying organization.

And don’t understand how moving back to the private sector and across the river disqualifies someone from being a mentor.

Probably because it's not the same career? Business organizations don't control taxes, budgeting and laws. At least not that job, in the way someone did as mayor. Also, NJ is insanely provincial, moving to NY you may as well move to Timbuktu in terms of influence.

 

[kupuna133]

Probably because it's not the same career? Business organizations don't control taxes, budgeting and laws. At least not that job, in the way someone did as mayor. Also, NJ is insanely provincial, moving to NY you may as well move to Timbuktu in terms of influence.

So a mentor (trusted advisor) needs to stay in the same role, career and live in the same state for someone to maintain that relationship and title? Politicians no longer influence policy, budgets, taxes or law running NGO’s or leave elected office? People that leave politics can no longer be looked on for advice? Strange view point.

 

[NotInRHouse]

So a mentor (trusted advisor) needs to stay in the same role, career and live in the same state for someone to maintain that relationship and title? Politicians no longer influence policy, budgets, taxes or law running NGO’s or leave elected office? People that leave politics can no longer be looked on for advice? Strange view point.

If they're a career mentor, yeah, they need to be in that field. If an engineer leaves to become a stripper, should young engineers contact him or her about how to move up in their firm? I wouldn't. I especially wouldn't try to attribute the engineer getting a DUI to the stripper.

 

[kupuna133]

If they're a career mentor, yeah, they need to be in that field. If an engineer leaves to become a stripper, should young engineers contact him or her about how to move up in their firm? I wouldn't. I especially wouldn't try to attribute the engineer getting a DUI to the stripper.

So if your logic holds true once a person leaves an elected office they can no longer offer advice to a person they once employed? Thats crazy. So every governor, president, senator etc… no longer is able to act in said position?
And if an engineer leaves to become a stripper they are still an engineer.
You claim to be a lawyer if my memory serves. You clerk for a judge. That person leaves their judgeship and is now running an NGO. Would you no longer access their legal mind?

Also Fulop has greater ability to influence Tri state and national policy , law etc… from this role than he ever would have been able to as mayor of Jersey City.

 

[Knight Shift]

Reminiscent of Mo Greene, and look what happened to him.

 

[Shelby65]

Horrible optics yes. He could have punched his wife in a casino instead and still be revered around these parts #27

 

[Retired711]

Can we at least spell "Rutgers" correctly on a Rutgers sports board?

 

[NotInRHouse]

So if your logic holds true once a person leaves an elected office they can no longer offer advice to a person they once employed? Thats crazy. So every governor, president, senator etc… no longer is able to act in said position?
And if an engineer leaves to become a stripper they are still an engineer.
You claim to be a lawyer if my memory serves. You clerk for a judge. That person leaves their judgeship and is now running an NGO. Would you no longer access their legal mind?

Also Fulop has greater ability to influence Tri state and national policy , law etc… from this role than he ever would have been able to as mayor of Jersey City.

They can. Where's the evidence here? Seems like it's just sad politicking, desperation to try to link a NJ pol to a non-pol in another state.

I wouldn't ask someone who has a non-legal job for legal advice, no. The law changes, and how would they know what's happening? Lawyers have to maintain continuing education. Someone who let their law license lapse would not be doing that. Their advice would be crappy. The law changes everyday. There are something like half of JDs in the US in non-JD required fields. Would you ask a JD who went on to be an investment banker or a politician or a business owner to write your will or handle your real estate purchase?

There is no "tri state Policy." As someone who has worked in both states, and in a policy role in both, one doesn't care what the other does. NJ isn't even in the same federal circuit as NY, for one. NJ remolded its lawbook on the federal rules decades ago. NY never did. NY is an outlier in many things, it was the last state to adopt no fault divorce, it's still the only state to not give judges full discretion on bail, on and on. If you knew the law, you'd know this.

These things are obviously not evident to someone who thinks he's scoring a political point. Fulop lost the primary, badly, to the current gov who won a tremendous landslide (which the genius brigade insisted she wouldn't even win). Idk who could care less about this, Fulop who doesn't even live in NJ, can't run for office, wouldn't win, and is now blamed by the current JC mayor for the deficit, or everyone else who beat his brains out in the last office he ran for. You think you're owning, and you're not.

Do enjoy, however, the SCOTUS ruling against Wall on affordable housing. Warmed my heart!

 

[kupuna133]

They can. Where's the evidence here? Seems like it's just sad politicking, desperation to try to link a NJ pol to a non-pol in another state.

I wouldn't ask someone who has a non-legal job for legal advice, no. The law changes, and how would they know what's happening? Lawyers have to maintain continuing education. Someone who let their law license lapse would not be doing that. Their advice would be crappy. The law changes everyday. There are something like half of JDs in the US in non-JD required fields. Would you ask a JD who went on to be an investment banker or a politician or a business owner to write your will or handle your real estate purchase?

There is no "tri state Policy." As someone who has worked in both states, and in a policy role in both, one doesn't care what the other does. NJ isn't even in the same federal circuit as NY, for one. NJ remolded its lawbook on the federal rules decades ago. NY never did. NY is an outlier in many things, it was the last state to adopt no fault divorce, it's still the only state to not give judges full discretion on bail, on and on. If you knew the law, you'd know this.

These things are obviously not evident to someone who thinks he's scoring a political point. Fulop lost the primary, badly, to the current gov who won a tremendous landslide (which the genius brigade insisted she wouldn't even win). Idk who could care less about this, Fulop who doesn't even live in NJ, can't run for office, wouldn't win, and is now blamed by the current JC mayor for the deficit, or everyone else who beat his brains out in the last office he ran for. You think you're owning, and you're not.

Do enjoy, however, the SCOTUS ruling against Wall on affordable housing. Warmed my heart!

I don’t even know what your first paragraph means. And from my initial post I had Fulops back in this scenario. The whack job threw him under the bus.

Your second and third paragraphs are even less logical. The group that Fulop represents is not specifically a NYC business group. It represents some of the largest organizations in the region,country and world. This is a group that lobby’s NYC, New York State, NJ, CT And fed to initiate and support policy and legal change for its members.

Why do you have such a hard time staying on topic? Why do you change the narrative with every post? Thee are no policy created to meet the needs of the population of the NYC metropolitan population? Or businesses represented in that region? Okay.

A mentor is someone that is a trusted advisor. Someone you go to for advice. Why would that advice only be limited to politics or law? I called on many people that I consider to be mentors for things outside of their “title” or “occupation,”. Some of my best business advice came from someone that never set foot in a business environment.

 

[Virginiarufan]

I googled for more information and saw he graduated from RU in 2010.

Is where he graduated from relevant? Why list it? What’s your motive?

 

[CatManTrue]

Is where he graduated from relevant? Why list it? What’s your motive?

It didn’t seem fair that others are showing DUI body cams of shirtless moms from Westfield when some of our own prominent alumni are making even bigger mistakes.

While running for political office, no less!

 

[Retired711]

It didn’t seem fair that others are showing DUI body cams of shirtless moms from Westfield when some of our own prominent alumni are making even bigger mistakes.

While running for political office, no less!

Thanks for editing the title of your thread.

 

[CatManTrue]

Thanks for editing the title of your thread.

Not gonna lie… that was a bit embarrassing But my huge thumbs make typos all the time on this tiny iPhone spleen

 

[Retired711]

Not gonna lie… that was a bit embarrassing But my huge thumbs make typos all the time on this tiny iPhone spleen

There's no reason to be embarrassed about a typo. Anyway, you're ahead of me -- I'm too old to know how to use my thumbs on an iphone screen; I have to hunt and peck.

 

[NotInRHouse]

I don’t even know what your first paragraph means. And from my initial post I had Fulops back in this scenario. The whack job threw him under the bus.

Your second and third paragraphs are even less logical. The group that Fulop represents is not specifically a NYC business group. It represents some of the largest organizations in the region,country and world. This is a group that lobby’s NYC, New York State, NJ, CT And fed to initiate and support policy and legal change for its members.

Why do you have such a hard time staying on topic? Why do you change the narrative with every post? Thee are no policy created to meet the needs of the population of the NYC metropolitan population? Or businesses represented in that region? Okay.

A mentor is someone that is a trusted advisor. Someone you go to for advice. Why would that advice only be limited to politics or law? I called on many people that I consider to be mentors for things outside of their “title” or “occupation,”. Some of my best business advice came from someone that never set foot in a business environment.

OK. So what's a NJ policy he's lobbying on, since this is a totally real thing?

 

[kupuna133]

OK. So what's a NJ policy he's lobbying on, since this is a totally real thing?

He represents the largest business group in NY if not the country. You don’t think that group is lobbying 24/7 for their constituents? Not just NYC or NY state residents that make up their constituency. But their residents and members that live and operate in. the NYC metro area. There are plenty of members of that group that have minimal infrastructure or head counts in NyC.
Saw their gov relations director at a fundraiser for SCutari at Citi field.

 

[NotInRHouse]

He represents the largest business group in NY if not the country. You don’t think that group is lobbying 24/7 for their constituents? Not just NYC or NY state residents that make up their constituency. But their residents and members that live and operate in. the NYC metro area. There are plenty of members of that group that have minimal infrastructure or head counts in NyC.
Saw their gov relations director at a fundraiser for SCutari at Citi field.

You are making the claim, so surely you can tell me which issues they're lobbying NJ on?

I follow Fulop on social media, and it's all about NYC now, unless it's taking credit (some cases fairly) for things that happened in JC when he was mayor or disputing Solomon's claims about he left things (again perhaps sometimes fairly).

 

[kupuna133]

You are making the claim, so surely you can tell me which issues they're lobbying NJ on?

I follow Fulop on social media, and it's all about NYC now, unless it's taking credit (some cases fairly) for things that happened in JC when he was mayor or disputing Solomon's claims about he left things (again perhaps sometimes fairly).

So your entire case is you follow Fulop on social media. What claim? Kind of like your claim that Fulop can no longer be a mentor because he moved and is no longer an elected official?
One issue I know they are heavily involved is fintech/data security initiatives in NY metro area specifically in NJ

 

[Retired711]

I don't know if this helps, but it's how Fulop's new employer describes itself:

About the Partnership for New York City

The Partnership for New York City represents the city’s business leaders and largest employers. We work with government, labor, and the nonprofit sector to promote economic growth and maintain the city’s prominence as a global center of economic opportunity, upward mobility, and innovation. The Partnership Fund for New York City is the Partnership’s investment arm. The Fund invests in entrepreneurs and innovators in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors who contribute to building a more vibrant and inclusive New York City economy. Visit pfnyc.org to learn more.https://pfnyc.org/news/partnership-...ts-next-president-and-chief-executive-officer

The New York Times described the group this way in reporting on Fulop's appointment:

"David Rockefeller formed the group as a voice of the business community following New York City’s fiscal crisis.

"Today, the partnership represents more than 300 companies, including some of the biggest firms in finance, media, real estate and technology like Google, JPMorgan Chase and Verizon. Collectively, the companies employ more than a million people in the city."

The outgoing leader was described in the Times story as "a power broker who has shaped mayoral administrations, public policy and the influence of New York’s business class."https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/nyregion/steven-fulop-partnership-for-new-york-city.html

 

[kupuna133]

I don't know if this helps, but it's how Fulop's new employer describes itself:

About the Partnership for New York City

The Partnership for New York City represents the city’s business leaders and largest employers. We work with government, labor, and the nonprofit sector to promote economic growth and maintain the city’s prominence as a global center of economic opportunity, upward mobility, and innovation. The Partnership Fund for New York City is the Partnership’s investment arm. The Fund invests in entrepreneurs and innovators in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors who contribute to building a more vibrant and inclusive New York City economy. Visit pfnyc.org to learn more.https://pfnyc.org/news/partnership-...ts-next-president-and-chief-executive-officer

The New York Times described the group this way in reporting on Fulop's appointment:

"David Rockefeller formed the group as a voice of the business community following New York City’s fiscal crisis.

"Today, the partnership represents more than 300 companies, including some of the biggest firms in finance, media, real estate and technology like Google, JPMorgan Chase and Verizon. Collectively, the companies employ more than a million people in the city."

The outgoing leader was described in the Times story as "a power broker who has shaped mayoral administrations, public policy and the influence of New York’s business class."https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/nyregion/steven-fulop-partnership-for-new-york-city.html

Yep

 

[NotInRHouse]

So your entire case is you follow Fulop on social media. What claim? Kind of like your claim that Fulop can no longer be a mentor because he moved and is no longer an elected official?
One issue I know they are heavily involved is fintech/data security initiatives in NY metro area specifically in NJ

You are claiming he is involved in NJ politics. There is no evidence for that. He left the state, doesn't work in politics, and ran a terrible campaign that generated no interest. And that somehow, he is a mentor to another politician despite all that. Makes no sense.

 

[NotInRHouse]

I don't know if this helps, but it's how Fulop's new employer describes itself:

About the Partnership for New York City

The Partnership for New York City represents the city’s business leaders and largest employers. We work with government, labor, and the nonprofit sector to promote economic growth and maintain the city’s prominence as a global center of economic opportunity, upward mobility, and innovation. The Partnership Fund for New York City is the Partnership’s investment arm. The Fund invests in entrepreneurs and innovators in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors who contribute to building a more vibrant and inclusive New York City economy. Visit pfnyc.org to learn more.https://pfnyc.org/news/partnership-...ts-next-president-and-chief-executive-officer

The New York Times described the group this way in reporting on Fulop's appointment:

"David Rockefeller formed the group as a voice of the business community following New York City’s fiscal crisis.

"Today, the partnership represents more than 300 companies, including some of the biggest firms in finance, media, real estate and technology like Google, JPMorgan Chase and Verizon. Collectively, the companies employ more than a million people in the city."

The outgoing leader was described in the Times story as "a power broker who has shaped mayoral administrations, public policy and the influence of New York’s business class."https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/nyregion/steven-fulop-partnership-for-new-york-city.html

None of that seems to mention New Jersey.

 

[kupuna133]

You are claiming he is involved in NJ politics. There is no evidence for that. He left the state, doesn't work in politics, and ran a terrible campaign that generated no interest. And that somehow, he is a mentor to another politician despite all that. Makes no sense.

Never said that at all. You are claiming. I said it is a large business group that represents the business and political interests of their members in the NY metropolitan region(which NJ is part of),federally and globally. And you said he can no longer be a mentor because he is no longer his employee and now operates outside of the realm of public office. Which entirely makes zero sense.

 

[NotInRHouse]

Never said that at all. You are claiming. I said it is a large business group that represents the business and political interests of their members in the NY metropolitan region(which NJ is part of),federally and globally. And you said because he can no longer be a mentor because he is no longer his employee and now operates outside of the realm of public office. Which entirely makes zero sense.

"The Partnership for New York City represents the city’s business leaders and largest employers. We work with government, labor, and the nonprofit sector to promote economic growth and maintain the city’s prominence as a global center of economic opportunity, upward mobility, and innovation. The Partnership Fund for New York City is the Partnership’s investment arm. The Fund invests in entrepreneurs and innovators in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors who contribute to building a more vibrant and inclusive New York City economy."

Weird. Not ONE mention of "metropolitan" nor "region." Your claim that it represents anything outside of NYC is plainly false.

So the idea that a NYC business representative is going to be mentoring a NJ politician is definitely a LOL moment. Granted of the political reaching that goes on on this board it's not top 10 but still lacks any sense.