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- Developer Steve Hyman has unveiled new plans for the 6th Street Embankment, which do away with any parkland or light rail concessions and keep the walls of the structure intact. In addition, the housing element of Hyman’s new plan is to build fewer units but have them be more expensive — the plan calls for building 12 multi-million dollar houses on top of the embankment, rather than 600 or more, as he originally proposed.

- Former aides to Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone will take questions from a state grand jury next Thursday in the probe into possible check forgery.

- The state Supreme Court says a Jersey City teacher who was taken to a hospital after another teacher said she had threatened her students may sue the school board for “defamation” and causing “emotional distress.”

- The man who was 17 years old when he allegedly took part in last year’s “shopping cart” killing in the Heights is being tried as an adult. He appeared in Central Judicial Processing Court yesterday, and will be transferred from juvenile detention to the Hudson County Jail.

- There were two City Council candidate forums last night — one for Wards C & D and one for Ward F. Topics of note at the Ward F forum were economic growth, crime prevention and affordable housing, according to the Journal. JCI was at both forums — look for our reports later today.

- More than 600 volunteers will help renovate and repair 16 buildings tomorrow as part of the Rebuilding Together Jersey City program.

- Hudson County Community College has been awarded a $10,000 federal College Access Challenge Grant, which will be used to expand the college’s Financial Aid Workshops, to inform more students and families about potential financial aid opportunities, and to offer personal assistance with Free Application for Federal Student Financial Aid (FAFSA) forms.

- The Jersey City Reporter‘s Ricardo Kaulessar has won the “story of the year” award from the Garden State Journalists Association.

In statewide news:

- Gov. Corzine says school districts across the state will share $609 million in federal stimulus money that they can begin to spend as soon as this summer to preserve jobs and invest in education reform.

- The Treasury Department says the state’s March revenue collections came in $80 million short of what Gov. Corzine had forecasted for the month when he reset state revenue projections for the new budget.

- A new report from U.S. PIRG says corporations with offshore accounts add $4.49 billion to the New Jersey tax burden.

- Judges say that three potential Republican gubernatorial hopefuls — Brian Levine, David Brown and Christian Keller — do not have enough valid signatures to make the ballot. That leaves three GOP candidates standing: Chris Christie, Steve Lonegan and Rick Merkt.

- The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities says it has approved spending proposals from five utilities to build $956 million worth of infrastructure and add some 1,300 new jobs to the state.

- The New York Times is further cutting back its New Jersey coverage.