Newark Mayor Ras Baraka insisted that Newark's water supply is safe for residents after a contractor failed to replace lead ...

A construction company whose CEO and foreperson were arrested for their roles in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with the Newark Lead Service Line Replacement (LSLR) Program, had a ...

A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the dangers of lead in tap water, President Joe Biden is ...

Another person accused of defrauding the city of Newark is Latronia Sanders, JAS's foreperson who oversaw crews replacing lead pipes, according to the criminal complaint. They "deliberately ...

A company hired to replace 18,000 dangerous lead water pipes in Newark billed the city for $10.2 million while using misleading photographs, federal authorities announced Thursday. The CEO of JAS ...

(Getty Images) Two officials with a construction company that was hired to replace lead pipes in Newark misled city officials and intentionally left lead pipes that transported drinking water into ...

(Getty Images) Two officials with a construction company that was hired to replace lead pipes in Newark misled city officials and intentionally left lead pipes that transported drinking water into ...

A contractor hired to replace lead pipes throughout Newark faked the work, put residents’ lives at risk and charged the city $10 million for the job, federal investigators said Thursday.

NEWARK, N.J.-- A contractor hired to replace lead pipes in Newark, New Jersey lied about doing the work after signing a $10 million deal with the city, according to federal prosecutors.