JANUARY 29, 2016, 12:18 PM LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2016, 12:33 PM
BY PETER J. SAMPSON
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
Joseph A. Ferriero, the former leader of the Bergen County Democratic Organization, has been given another two weeks of freedom as a judge considers whether to grant him bail pending appeal of his racketeering conviction.
The 58-year-old Hackensack lawyer had been scheduled to report to prison authorities next Tuesday to begin serving a nearly three-year sentence imposed last month by U.S. District Judge Esther Salas.
But Salas on Thursday pushed back Ferriero’s surrender date to Feb. 16 as she continues to review his motion to remain free on bail while he challenges his conviction for racketeering and fraud.