Бывший директор агентства по развитию Джерси-Сити назначена новым корпоративным советником Хобокена

The City of Hoboken has named former Jersey City Redevelopment Agency Executive Director Diana Jeffrey as their new corporation counsel. By John Heinis/Hudson County View “Diana brings an exceptional combination of legal expertise, executive management experience, and a deep understanding of municipal government to the City,” Mayor Emily Jabbour said in a statement. “Diana has built a career helping local governments navigate complex legal issues, strengthen public institutions, and advance important priorities such as affordable housing, transparency, and responsible governance. Her broad experience handling legal matters in-house positions the City to continue delivering strong legal representation in a fiscally responsible manner. We are thrilled to welcome her to our team.” Jeffrey also served as general counsel for the JCRA, as well as assistant corporation counsel for the City of Jersey City. She left the JCRA in April after signing a roughly $325,000 separation agreement, as HCV first reported. “I am excited to join the City of Hoboken and grateful to Mayor Jabbour for the opportunity to serve this community,” added Jeffrey. “I look forward to working alongside the Mayor, City Council, department directors, and municipal employee to provide legal guidance and advance the City’s priorities. I am honored to be joining the team and eager to get started.” The transition also reestablishes a structure in which the city’s chief legal officer is in-house full-time. The City also thanks Arlene Quiñones Perez and Hannah Valente of DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole & Giblin LLP for their service as Hoboken’s Corporation Counsel and Assistant Corporation Counsel under the City’s outside legal services agreement. Jabbour said on Friday, August 14th that the city was ending their outside services agreement with Quiñones Perez, who was unanimously appointed (9-0) corporation counsel by the City Council in January and Hannah Valente, as only HCV reported. 3rd Ward Councilman Mike Russo pointed out that this came shortly after he began scrutinized DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole & Giblin LLP’s legal bills, going as far as to call the situation “an attempt to cover up a blatantly unethical back-room deal.” Jabbour hit back that Russo was spewing political nonsense and that Russo was still salty after losing to her in December’s mayoral runoff. Jeffrey assumed the role of Hoboken corporation counsel on Monday, August 17th. Editor’s note: This story was updated with new information.