Politics & Government

County Executive Hospitalized with Back Injury

Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan will be out of the office for the next several weeks while she rehabs from multiple stress fractures in her back.

Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan was hospitalized Friday with multiple stress fractures in her back and will cede her day-to-day governance duties to County Administrator Ed Trawinski for the next few weeks while recovering, according to a statement released Tuesday by Chief of Staff Jeanne Baratta.

For some time, Donovan has been undergoing treatment for chronic back pain, but her condition worsened last week and she was admitted to Hackensack University Medical Center for additional testing, Baratta said.

Trawinski, who also serves as a deputy mayor in Fair Lawn, will handle the office's day-to-day duties for the next several weeks while Donovan recovers at a rehabilitation facility, Baratta said.

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A 2011 Donovan appointee, Trawinski was previously a partner at the Florham Park-based law firm Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP. He served previously in the Kean Administration, as assistant state commerce commissioner.

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