Loading ...Paterson Marks Milestone with Election of First Arab-American Mayor
SOURCE: NORTH JERSEY BY: HANNAN ADELY Andre Sayegh, who was elected mayor of Paterson in a landslide on Tuesday, will be the first Arab-American to lead the city, which has had a thriving Middle Eastern immigrant community since the late 1800s, when Syrians came to work in the textile mills that lined the Passaic River. Sayegh’s heritage — he … Continued