Jersey City Cop Accuses Mayor Of Using Cannabis Firings To Boost His Gubernatorial Ambitions
A new lawsuit accuses Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop of using his stance against police officers’ off-duty cannabis use as a political ploy to boost his 2025 gubernatorial campaign.
Attorney Michael Rubas, representing Mackenzie Reilly, a police officer terminated after testing positive for cannabis in August 2023, filed the suit in Hudson County Superior Court.
Rubas argues that Fulop’s actions are a “ruse done solely to bring attention to him and to assist his gubernatorial campaign.”, reported New Jersey Monitor.
Reilly’s Case
After being suspended without pay in March 2023, Reilly was officially fired in August, in what the complaint describes as an “arrogant and condescending” order that disregarded the state constitution, the marijuana legalization law, and the attorney general’s memo.
The …