When voters return to the polls for the June 11 runoff, they will have the option of giving Mayor-elect Steve Fulop clear support on the Council, or not. While Council members, once elected, have a tendency to go their own way — eventually — Fulop maintains it’s important to have their support right out of [...]
The nation’s Toxic Substances Control Act will be greatly expanded to protect the environment and public health thanks to a modernizing amendment that will require chemicals be better monitored for adverse affects. Sponsored by U.S. Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and David Vitter (R-LA), the bill would further ensure transparency in the chemical review process and [...]
Mayor-elect Steve Fulop has a list of 27 names who have put in their papers for early retirement starting on June 1 and going through the end of the year, including that of Police Chief Tom Comey and three of his deputy chiefs, with an estimated payout of $5 million in unused compensation days. “The [...]
There will be one more opportunity to hear from the remaining runoff candidates in both Ward C and Ward D when SpeakNJ, in conjunction with JCPAC and Hudson County TV, hold the final debate of the election season. Set for Friday, May 31, at 7 pm in St. Anne’s Church (255 Congress Street), three out [...]
If Ward C Council candidate Rich Boggiano liked his chances two months ago when he was facing a field of four candidates – two of whom were part of big money mayoral tickets — his campaign says he likes them even more now, when he faces a runoff against just one candidate: incumbent Ward C [...]
As the final leg of the election season sorts itself out in the June 11 runoff, Mayor-elect Steve Fulop has begun the process of transitioning into his newly elected position with the help of two familiar faces: State Senator Sandra Cunningham and Freeholder Bill O’Dea. Fulop is set to take over for Mayor Jerramiah Healy [...]
We know mayor-elect Steve Fulop will have at least one ally on the City Council with Ward E Councilwoman-elect Candice Osborne’s outright victory May 14, but with three weeks until the June 11 runoff election, what is less clear is who will fill out the remaining eight seats. But that mystery is solving itself. In [...]
Jersey City residents who have not yet registered to vote can still do so in time to cast a ballot in the June 11 Council runoff race, when all Council positions but the Ward E seat remains up for grabs by the top two finishers on May 14. Unregistered residents should stop by City Clerk [...]
The latest decision in an eight-year long legal battle by civil rights groups looking to replace New Jersey’s voting machines is expected this summer, when the state’s Appellate Courts will determine whether the machines’ potential flaws constitute a violation of the right to vote. The case, known as Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, Stephanie Harris, Coalition for [...]
Your recycling bin runneth over with campaign literature. Happy, smiling candidates imploring you for a vote — or, as the case often is, criticizing that other guy — still blow in streets of Jersey City. While the candidacies of the also-ran mayoral and Council hopefuls may seem a distant memory in your mind, they don’t [...]
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