Over the past several months, Paterson has been targeting illegal nightclubs operating throughout the city, officials announced Thursday. “Operation After Dark” was launched in March after city officials began receiving numerous complaints about the illegal clubs, Paterson Mayor André Sayegh said during a press conference at Paterson City Hall. “In the past, we closed down nine notorious nightclubs, including the infamous Lava Lounge, which we referred to as a den of iniquity and house of ill repute,” Sayegh said during the press conference. “Today, the former site of the Lava Lounge is now a …