Mayor Cory Booker

A Newark Police Department cruiser. (Credit: CBS 2)

Counselors On Hand At Two Newark Schools After Separate Incidents

Counselors will be available at two schools in Newark a day after a student was gunned down and a school was put under lockdown.

2013/05/16

Booker, Buono Team Up To Call For Gun Control In New Jersey

Newark Mayor Cory Booker and Democratic New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono have teamed up to urge state lawmakers to pass gun control legislation.

2013/05/13

Cory Booker (credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Bing)

Booker Mulls Mandating Armed Guards, Curfews For Newark Businesses After Recent Violence

The mayor vetoed a measure last year that would have mandated late-night establishments have armed guards, citing the cost to local businesses.

2013/03/27

Newark Offers Free Help For Those Filing Tax Returns

You may be starting to receive those W-2 forms in the mail, which means the tax filing season has begun. Qualified residents in Newark can get some free help.

2013/01/27

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (file/Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Quinnipiac Poll: 68 Percent Of NJ Voters Believe Christie Deserves Re-Election

Wednesday’s poll showed the New Jersey Republican’s positives outweigh his negatives among Democrats, independents and women.

2013/01/23

Cory Booker (credit: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images Entertainment) Sen. Frank Lautenberg (credit:Kris Connor/Getty Images)

N.J. Sen. Lautenberg Takes Digs At Newark Mayor Booker In Interviews

U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) said Tuesday that Newark Mayor Corey Booker is entitled to run next year for the seat he now holds, but has not yet revealed his own plans.

2013/01/22

Booker Says It’s ‘Premature’ To Say For Sure That He’ll Run For Senate

Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker said Sunday that it was “premature” to say definitively that he will run for a U.S. Senate seat next year.

2013/01/13

Experts: Booker Expected To Run For U.S. Senate If Not Governor

Experts expect Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker will run for U.S. Senate if he decides not to run for governor against Republican Gov. Chris Christie.

2012/12/18

Newark Mayor Cory Booker (file / credit: Mayor's Office)

Newark Mayor Booker Completes His Food Stamp Challenge

Newark Mayor Cory Booker has completed his challenge to live on food stamps for a week.

2012/12/11

Court Overturns Newark City Council Appointment That Sparked Melee

A judge on Tuesday ruled that Newark Mayor Cory Booker did not have the authority to cast a vote to fill a vacant City Council seat last month.

2012/12/11

Newark Mayor Booker Continues Food Stamp Challenge, Notes Difficulty Of Finding Healthy Food

Mayor Booker said he has quickly learned that it is hard to eat healthy on what averages out to just over $4 per day in food.

2012/12/06

Mayor Booker's breakfast featuring salad with chickpeas on Wednesday. (credit: Cory Booker via Instagram)

Mayor Booker’s 1st Food Stamp Diet Lesson: Plan Better

The Newark mayor said he forgot to buy caffeine products when he shopped Saturday for his week-long challenge.

2012/12/05

Chris Christie and Cory Booker. (credit: Michael N. Todaro/Getty Images)

Christie, Booker Take Jabs At Each Other Ahead Of Potential Gubernatorial Matchup

Mayor Cory Booker is reportedly considering challenging Gov. Chris Christie for governor in 2013.

2012/09/05

Newark anti-violence rally (credit: Sonia Rincon, 1010 WINS)

Newark Residents Express Frustration Over City Violence At Rally

Demonstrators shut down several small intersections and then converged on a major one at Broad and Market streets, stretching yellow tape from one end of the crosswalk to the other to block the four-way traffic.

2012/08/31