Responding to public allegations made by State Senator and Union City Mayor Brian Stack at a Judiciary Committee meeting in Trenton last week, North Bergen Mayor Nick Sacco is issuing the following statement:

“…Brian Stack once again falsely accused me of being behind an Investigative Reporter who has made startling accusations about him. For the 100th time, I have never had any contact or involvement with Leroy Truth. The real truth is that Stack is desperately trying to cover up his outrageous waste of millions of dollars in state aid that is cheating every New Jersey taxpayer.

“Union City has a population of 68,500 people. Their schools receive $226 million in state school aid and they spent one billion state tax dollars building one high school. The state gave Union City $42 Million in special Transition Aid last year – up $23 Million from 2020. This is supposed to be a temporary aid program for emergencies, not a Brian Stack Bailout Fund. It’s clear that Stack is wasting much of this state money on unnecessary patronage jobs that do nothing but build his political power.  

“Every member of the legislature should explain to their own constituents why they continue to support and enable Brian Stack’s Union City Political Waste Machine. Every taxpayer in New Jersey is being abused and it must stop now.”