John V. Kenny was mayor of Jersey City from 1949 to 1953. In 1971, he was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and convicted, along with the then-mayor Thomas J. Whelan and former City Council president Thomas Flaherty, in federal court of conspiracy and extortion in a multi-million dollar political kickback scheme on city and county contracts. Kenny suffered a heart attack and died on June 2, 1975, in Jersey City.

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  • John V. Kenny was mayor of Jersey City from 1949 to 1953. In 1971, he was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and convicted, along with the then-mayor Thomas J. Whelan and former City Council president Thomas Flaherty, in federal court of conspiracy and extortion in a multi-million dollar political kickback scheme on city and county contracts. Kenny suffered a heart attack and died on June 2, 1975, in Jersey City.
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