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A former Newark deputy mayor, who also once served as a state Assemblyman in Hudson County, admitted Wednesday that he conspired with two city business owners to obtain bribes, federal prosecutors said. Carmelo G. Garcia, 49, of Hoboken, pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiracy to defraud the city of Newark and the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation, known as the NCEDC. He pleaded guilty also to honest services wire fraud, and receiving bribes in connection with the business of a federally funded local government and organization, according to a release from the U.S. Attorne…

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