Laying down the law: Rubino retiring after 27 years at Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office

There aren’t many people in law enforcement who would dust off a 40-year-old quote from former New York City Mayor Ed Koch to illustrate a point. Gene Rubino, the executive assistant Hudson County prosecutor, is not your average law enforcement member. “Ed Koch said ‘Public service is the noblest of professions, when done honorably and well,’” Rubino said this week, reciting a line from a commencement speech Koch made in 1984. “I’ve always tried to live up to that.” Those who work with him inside and outside the prosecutor’s office...