Joseph Rakowski is an American Democratic Party politician who served as Acting Mayor of

Jersey City, New Jersey Jersey City is the List of municipalities in New Jersey, second-most populous

. He became acting mayor when he was elected to serve as City Council President of Jersey City. Rakowski was the third person to hold the office in the same year.

Biography

During his four-month term of office, Rakowski worked with

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and

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Robert J. Del Tufo to address a problem where trucks full of garbage were being driven from

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and their full trailers abandoned. Rakowski did not seek to complete the unexpired term as mayor in the

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that was held during his tenure. He was succeeded by

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