Bayonne & Jersey City BOE trustees seeking LD-31 Assembly seats as independents
Bayonne Board of Education Trustee Mary Jane Desmond and Jersey City Board of Education Vice President Noemi Velazquez are seeking the two Assembly...

Bayonne Board of Education Trustee Mary Jane Desmond and Jersey City Board of Education Vice President Noemi Velazquez are seeking the two Assembly seats in the 31st Legislative District as independents. Bayonne Board of Education Trustee Mary Jane Desmond (left) and Jersey City Board of Education Vice President Noemi Velazquez are running as independents in the LD-31 Assembly race. By John Heinis/Hudson County View Desmond, also a former Hudson County deputy clerk and city councilwoman-at-large, returned to the school board in January after being the top vote getter in November with 4,307 ballots case in he favor, tallies from the county clerk's office show.