In order to provide community members with an opportunity to learn about the impact of federal healthcare reform, the Urban League of Hudson County has organized a roundtable discussion on the subject.
The event will take place Monday at the Urban League’s headquarters at 253 Martin Luther King Drive in Jersey City. A light breakfast will [...]
After more than a year of discussion and revision, the city’s redevelopment plan for Journal Square was approved by the City Council at its Wednesday meeting.
Jersey City business administrator Jack Kelly is facing criticism for working outside Jersey City from Ward E councilman Steven Fulop, who is asking Mayor Healy to remove Kelly from his position.
A new state report raises concerns about the uses and abuses of municipal tax abatements in New Jersey, echoing and validating concerns raised in Jersey City over the past several years by citizens, elected officials and policy watchdog groups.
Bucking swirling rumors and June news reports, Jersey City’s top attorney Bill Matsikoudis says he intends to stay in his job “at least until the end of the year.”
Early in the summer, word on the street was that Matsikoudis was leaving his post, but Matsikoudis says he never finalized those plans. Acknowledging that there are [...]
Wednesday’s City Council meeting was both long and contentious. Marked by several council members changing their votes, as well as dozens of residents addressing the council, the nearly four-hour meeting saw votes on 11 first reading ordinances, six second reads and 46 resolutions. The full council was present for the meeting, along with about 100 [...]
Photo of last year’s Jersey City fireworks by Steve Gold
For millions of Americans, the Fourth of July means fireworks. But this year, cash-strapped municipalities, Jersey City among them, have canceled their annual displays. The administration says it saved $238,000 by canceling this year’s event, allowing it to put $100,000 towards other cultural events this summer.
But [...]
Thursday’s City Council meeting, the first of the 2011 fiscal year, also marked the beginning of the council’s summer hours, when caucuses and meetings are held at 10 am. It was a regular meeting of the council although there was no caucus and it didn’t take place at the usual time. About a dozen people, most of them city employees, were present to observe the proceedings as the council considered four resolutions; no ordinances were considered.
Wednesday’s City Council meeting, the last evening meeting before the daytime summer schedule sets in, was long on both content and comment. Clocking in at around two and a half hours, the meeting saw several members of the public on hand to address the council on issues ranging from significant bond ordinances to the problems faced by the city’s homeless. The full council was present to consider seven first reading ordinances, three second reads and 39 resolutions.
Despite the heat and humidity, thousands of spectators gathered in Liberty State Park on Saturday and Sunday to take in the latest leg of the Red Bull Air Race, a worldwide traveling competition that stopped in Jersey City this weekend for this year’s fifth set of races.
This weekend’s big winner was the United Kingdom’s [...]
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