Although this Wednesday’s council meeting was not as packed as the last two were, a relatively large crowd of about 200 were present in council chambers for at least part of the five-hour proceeding as the council considered nine first-read ordinances, 13 second reads and 27 resolutions.
This evening, local and statewide school-choice advocacy groups as well as local pols are inviting the public to “raise awareness [and a glass] on the state of schools in Jersey City.”
Jersey City Families for Better Schools (JCFBS), Ward E councilman Steven Fulop and Newark-based advocacy group Excellent Education for Everyone (E3) will be joined [...]
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With JC Fridays back in town today, there is plenty of good stuff going on. While you can see the full event listings on the JC Fridays website, there are [...]
Mayor Healy has recently been joined by other local elected officials in opposing a natural gas pipleline extension being proposed by Spectra Energy. The path of the pipeline, which would add about 16 miles of new pipeline to two of Spectra’s existing lines in the region, would bring up to 800 million cubic feet of [...]
In an email sent to constituents today, Ward E councilman Steven Fulop asked Jersey City residents to nominate Chilltown as a test community for an ultra high-speed broadband network being developed by internet giant Google.
Google is looking for cities of 50,000 to 500,000 people in which to test the network, which it hopes will [...]
The proposed municipal budget was once again the star of the show at Wednesday’s council meeting, drawing a rowdy crowd of 500 or so to the council chambers — dozens of whom spoke out in protest of what is likely to turn out to be a hefty tax hike. But there was plenty more going on as well.
After last week’s snowpocalypse canceled a City Council meeting for the first time since 1996, a special meeting was arranged for Wednesday evening to handle time-sensitive business that needed to be addressed before the next regularly scheduled meeting on Feb. 24. The thin agenda made for the shortest council meeting in recent memory, clocking in at a mere 29 minutes. There was no public hearing portion of the meeting, and only about 15 community members were in attendance.
As the administration and City Council grapple with Jersey City’s budget woes, the city is sitting on a pile of debt that’s nearly as large as its yearly revenue stream — a collection of municipal bonds totaling nearly $500 million. What does this mean for Jersey City’s long-term financial health? And how does it affect the current budget crunch?
Hundreds of seasonal and provisional employees will be terminated on Feb. 26 as the administration attempts to rein in a proposed budget that has many residents fuming about a potential 25 percent property tax hike.
As part of a flurry of cost-cutting and open-government bills to be introduced by Ward E councilman Steven Fulop for a first reading at the next City Council meeting, city-owned cable station JC1TV would be required to televise city council meetings.
The proposed ordinance would mandate that JC1TV broadcast all city council meetings “gavel to gavel” [...]
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