Hudson County will receive $8,559,645 in federal money from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Bob Menendez announced today.
As part of more than $24 million being doled out around the state, Hudson County is set to get $4,083,473 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, $4,311,069 from the HOME [...]
- More on School Turnaround $$: The $4.5 and $4.3 million in federal School Improvement Grant money that Fred W. Martin Number 41 School and Snyder High School are receiving, respectively, is going to be used to turn both into arts schools. Snyder will reportedly take over Jersey City Arts High School and become the [...]
- Bedbugs at Goldman? Employees who work in Goldman Sach’s waterfront office tower have been moved from certain floors and ordered out of the building at times because exterminators have been in checking and spraying for bed bugs, two separate sources at the firm tell ABC News.
- Tax Preparer Sentenced: A Jersey City tax preparer [...]
- Pay-to-Play Issues Cloud Contract’s Future: The Jersey City Redevelopment Agency could void a multimillion-dollar contract for a City Hall annex because the developer violated the city’s pay-to-play law when it donated $1,500 to Ward E councilman Steven Fulop. Fulop and a company representative both maintain that the donation did not come from the company [...]
- Recall Process Begins: A three-person committee says it has filed the papers to begin a recall effort against Mayor Healy, City Council President Peter Brennan, At-Large councilman Mariano Vega* and At-Large councilwoman Willie Flood. City Clerk Robert Byrne says he hasn’t seen the letter yet; he’s in charge of reviewing and approving it before [...]
A handful of organizations from Jersey City joined more than 100 across the state today in stating their opposition to proposed legislation to be considered by the Senate Thursday that they say would reduce housing availability in New Jersey and ask many more affordable towns to do more than wealthier enclaves.
The groups expressed their [...]
- Murder Charges Added in Apparent Carjacking Case: Murder charges were filed yesterday against the man and woman already accused of carjacking and kidnapping a Hudson County man who disappeared from an Atlantic City casino and was found stabbed to death in a farm field on Sunday. The man, 47-year-old Martin Caballero, worked as a [...]
Officials gathered today at the A. Harry Moore public housing development on Jersey City’s West Side to herald the $9.7 million HOPE VI grant.
- Woman Evicted from Public Housing: A 25-year-old mother of two is facing eviction from the Booker T. Washington housing complex after last year’s arrest of her 20-year-old brother, who lives with her. The Healy administration and Ward E councilman Steven Fulop had worked to try to have the eviction overturned, saying the brother’s disorderly [...]
The Jersey City Housing Authority (JCHA) and Healy administration officials will unveil the latest part of the long-term redevelopment of the Lafayette Gardens/Morris Canal area Tuesday, May 25.
The apartment buildings, known as Ocean Pointe, are located at 461 Ocean Ave. and include 59 affordable units set aside for senior citizens and over 5,000 square [...]
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