Share/Save – As we noted last night, the advisory Animal Control Committee was introduced by the City Council by a narrow vote. Also on the council’s agenda last night: sweetening a waterfront tax abatement, parking reform and more. We’ll have our full report tomorrow. – The CREATE Charter School has been banned from sports competition [...]
Share/SaveThe legislation to create an advisory committee for the Animal Control division was the hottest topic at tonight’s City Council meeting, with it being passed by a 5-4 vote for introduction. It will be up for adoption and a public hearing at the next council meeting, in two weeks. It was a contentious vote, with [...]
Share/Save- Primary elections are today. Polls are open from 6 am-8 pm. – Another new ordinance to create oversight of the city’s Animal Control division will be introduced at Wednesday’s City Council meeting. Ward E councilman Steven Fulop, who has been pushing for the reforms, and the city’s legal department worked out the legal concerns [...]
Share/Save Photos: Steve Gold Turnout was relatively light at Wednesday’s meeting of the City Council, the first regular meeting since late April. About 25 people were in the audience for the meeting, which lasted a little less than two hours. Among them was newly elected Ward C councilwoman Nidia Rivera Lopez. Council president Mariano Vega [...]
Share/SaveAfter a little time off, the City Council will reconvene tonight at 6 pm, but one ordinance that was passed on first read at the last meeting will not be voted on this evening. The legislation creating an Animal Control Commission that would “develop and track measurable objectives to ensure a competent Animal Control program” [...]
Share/Save All Photos: Steve Gold Wednesday night’s City Council meeting clocked in at around the 3.5 hour mark, as the council and the public wrestled with animal control and environmental issues, among other items. All nine council members were in attendance. Ward E councilman Steven Fulop left the meeting early. Animal Control Oversight The pair [...]
Share/Save- The state department of health and senior services says the two Animal Control officers who dumped Daisy the cat in Lincoln Park were only following official city policy. Check out the letter here. – An 18-year-old has been charged in Tuesday’s killing of a 17-year-old boy in Greenville. – Newark mayor Cory Booker came [...]
Share/Save- Today is election day for three seats on the Jersey City Board of Education. Polls are open from 2-9 pm. To find your polling place, click here. To see the JCI questionnaires of eight of the 12 candidates, click here, here and here. – The two animal control oversight ordinances introduced by Ward E [...]
Share/Save Wednesday’s City Council meeting began with a formal swearing-in ceremony for newly-appointed Ward B Councilman Phil Kenny, who had a sizeable crowd of family and supporters there to cheer him on. He thanked Mayor Healy and his new colleagues on the council for appointing him after former councilwoman Mary Spinello stepped down, and for [...]
Share/Save- The City Council met last night, and a number of people spoke on behalf of Ward E Councilman Steven Fulop’s ordinances that would create an Animal Control Commission and an Animal Control Ombudsman. Both of those ordinances were introduced at the meeting, though several council members said they had “concerns” with both pieces of [...]
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