Posts Tagged ‘city-owned property’

Thursday Morning News Roundup

By Jon Whiten • Dec 10th, 2009 • Category: Blog

- The 9-month-old Jersey City boy stabbed multiple times in a brutal assault that claimed his mother’s life in a Downtown apartment building Tuesday is now listed in critical but stable condition after undergoing surgery. Authorities are looking for a man who lives in the building that they’ve spotted on a video; he is not [...]



The Mailbag: On the Parking Authority Building Purchase

By The Mailbag • Nov 30th, 2009 • Category: Blog, News, Politics

Editor’s note: Sometimes we receive traditional letters to the editor rather than comments on stories. We will begin sharing them every once in a while in “The Mailbag.”
This week’s letters both concern the City Council’s vote last week to move forward with the purchase of the Parking Authority’s building on Central Avenue, despite calls from [...]



Monday Morning News Roundup

By Jon Whiten • Nov 30th, 2009 • Category: Blog

- The Reporter has more on the Friends of Liberty State Park’s loss in court last week, and what it means for the group’s ongoing fight against the “Empty Sky” 9/11 memorial being built in the park.
- The City Council’s vote to move forward with the purchase of the Parking Authority building shows that the [...]



Council Report: Buying the Parking Authority Building, T&M’s Contract is Cleared and More

By Jon Whiten • Nov 27th, 2009 • Category: Featured, News, Politics

If the council members thought they’d be able to breeze through Tuesday’s pre-Thanksgiving City Council meeting, they were sorely mistaken.



Disposal Fail: Chromium-Contaminated Barrels Languished on Site Owned by Jersey City

By Jon Whiten • Jun 26th, 2009 • Category: Featured, News

At 824 Garfield Ave., the Jersey City Incinerator Authority stores salt for roads in the winter. But new tests show toxic materials have been stored there for several years as well. How did they get there, and why didn’t the city notice them until yesterday?



Council Report: The Budget, Cutting a Deal on Affordable Housing and Lyndon LaRouche

By Jon Whiten • Mar 13th, 2009 • Category: Featured, News, Politics

At Wednesday night’s City Council meeting, the main topic on the agenda was the city’s Fiscal Year 2009 budget, but there were also eight ordinances signed into law, four ordinances introduced, a bunch of resolutions passed and … a couple of Lyndon LaRouche supporters.



Council Report: JSQ Redevelopment, the Embankment, Food Trucks and a Firehouse Sale

By Jon Whiten • Feb 13th, 2009 • Category: Featured, News, Politics

Despite having 25 scheduled speakers in the public comment portion, Wednesday’s City Council meeting clocked in at a svelte 1 hour 47 minutes. Seven ordinances were introduced, two were voted into law, and a handful of citizens spoke on a few different topics.