Good question.
Ricardo Kaulessar has the answer in his Jersey City Reporter cover story this weekend. The link occurred when Central Jersey developer Solomon Dwek was introduced to a Jersey City official.
According to the FBI, Dwek allegedly offered $20,000 to Jersey City building inspector John Guarini in July 2007, after Dwek was allegedly introduced to Guarini by his associate, Moshe “Mike” Altman, a Union City developer. The money was allegedly offered to Guarini to help get approvals for purported development projects that Dwek and Altman were working on in Jersey City.
Subsequently, according to various complaints, Dwek was introduced to various Jersey City political types, high and low, saying he wanted help to get his projects built.
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