- No Teacher Contract: The school board failed last night to ratify a teachers union contract that had been negotiated over a 15-month period and agreed to by the administration. Meawhile, the New Jersey School Boards Association is pushing to skip the customary public votes on local school budgets this year, as one way of [...]
- School Aid Down $23 Million: The Jersey City school district will lose $23 million, or 4.9 percent, of state school aid, according to figures released by the state Department of Education yesterday. The district will still receive nearly $449 million in state aid. “It could have been worse,” Board of Education member Gerald McCann [...]
- Paying Millions to Retirees: A total of 58 city employees have retired since July 1 of last year, to a tune of $5.36 million before taxes. Many of the employees are retiring before pending state legislation caps payouts for accrued sick leave.
- Manzo: Corruption Sweep a Political Tool: Former Assemblyman and five-time mayoral candidate [...]
It’s the Ides of March — the hour of Caesar’s reckoning. The perfect day to believe there are knives under the togas, to allege plots of political assassination. Some eight months after his arrest in a bribery sting, this is the date that former Assemblyman/political journeyman Lou Manzo has chosen to confront his assailants.
- Guy Heading to Prison: Former city worker and Ward E City Council candidate Guy Catrillo reports to the Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution in South Jersey today; he’s the first person swept up in the federal corruption probe to head to prison, where he will spend 18 months.
- Storm Wreaks Havoc: Emergency services in [...]
- City Floats More Bonds: The City Council has approved the issuance of $7.9 million in bonds to pay for residents’ successful property tax appeals. While the council was nearly unanimous in approving the bill (Ward E councilman Steven Fulop voted no), many residents criticized the practice of taking on extra debt. (For more on [...]
- NJCU Students and Faculty Rally: More than 50 people rallied in NJCU’s administration building yesterday, urging the university to open up its budget process, freeze tuition and refrain from furloughs and layoffs. The group also decried Gov. Christie’s recent cut of higher education funding.
- Kenny Corruption Sentencing Postponed: Former Ward B councilman Phil [...]
- Jail Changes Detainee-Visit Policy: The Hudson County jail has changed its policy on visitation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees after complaints from immigrant rights groups.
- Pension on Hold for Firefighter Arrested in Corruption Sting: The state Treasury Department has put the pension application of retired firefighter and former City Council candidate Michael [...]
- The state Division of Pensions and Benefits will reportedly conduct an investigation into the two high-paid city employees who retired, cashed in huge one-time pension payouts, and came back on the city payroll. Meanwhile, the trio of state bills designed to reform the pension system were unanimously approved by the state Senate yesterday; they [...]
- Local, state and federal cops say they disrupted a violent drug network with a six-month operation dubbed “Operation Wetlands.” The investigation came to a head with early morning raids yesterday that reportedly netted 46 people, including the 18-year-old Jersey City man who was shot in the face by an undercover cop earlier this year.
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