Quid Pro Quoboken
A lawsuit filed by former Hoboken Health Director Leo Pellegrini and first reported by Hudson County View alleges, among many other things, that after Hoboken’s cannabis board approved a medical dispensary called Nature’s Touch, Bhalla said that he got an “extremely upset and very angry” phone call from Fulop and decided to kill its application “because Mayor Fulop’s wife was going to get the medicinal cannabis retail location” nearby. The lawsuit states, “in exchange, Mayor Fulop promised he would give Mayor Bhalla’s law firm contract work.” Read full article POLITICO