By Jessica Remo, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

UNION — State Senate President Stephen Sweeney called on Kean University today to ditch a minister it hired to probe allegations of racial discrimination and mismanagement and replace him with an independent investigator.

“We strongly believe that it is critically important that the allegations and controversy surrounding racial injustice and mistreatment at Kean University are addressed thoroughly and fairly with an independent investigation,” Sweeney and Sen. Sandra Cunningham, chair of the Senate Higher Education Committee, said in a joint statement late Friday.

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