A New Jersey elementary school is removing Sen. Bob Menendez’s name from its building after his conviction on federal bribery charges. A spokesperson for West New York Mayor Albio Sires confirms on Wednesday that the name will be down before the start of the school year in September.
FILE - Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., arrives at Manhattan federal court Oct. 23, 2023, in New York. WEST NEW YORK, N.J. — A New Jersey elementary school will remove Sen. Bob Menendez’s name from its building after his conviction on federal bribery charges.
A spokesperson for West New York Mayor Albio Sires confirmed on Wednesday that the name will be down before the start of the school year in September.earlier this month in a sweeping corruption trial during which he was accused of taking bribes of gold bars and cash from three New Jersey businessmen and acting as an agent for Egypt.from the Senate on Aug. 20, following a lifelong career in politics that started in Hudson County, where the school is located.
West New York’s Public School 3 was renamed for Menendez in 2013. The school will now restore its original name.The son of Cuban immigrants and an attorney by training, Menendez was a Union City, New Jersey, school board member at age 20 and later became the mayor of the city, about a mile from West New York.Senate Ethics Committee starts review of Sen. Bob Menendez’s conduct following bribery convictionHe went on to hold office in the state Legislature and the U.S.
Menendez faces the possibility of decades in prison. There is a sentencing hearing scheduled for Oct. 29, a week before Election Day. He has said he plans to appeal the convictions.
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