Samuel Rivera

Samuel Rivera (1946 – May 1, 2020) was an American politician, the Democratic mayor of the U.S. city of Passaic, New Jersey, from 2001 until 2008. Rivera came to national attention on September 6, 2007, when he was indicted and arrested on charges of accepting bribes in exchange for agreeing to direct municipal contracts to an insurance broker{{cite news |first=Samantha |last=Henry |title=Broker cooperated with FBI |url=http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk1JmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTkzODYxJnlyaXJ5N2Y3MTdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5Mw Provided by Wikipedia