Share/Save – JC Cops Faces Child Abuse Charges: A 44-year-old off-duty Jersey City police officer was arrested on child abuse charges yesterday after he allegedly offered to pay for a room for a 16-year-old girl in exchange for oral sex. – JC Women Honored: Twenty-seven Jersey City women were honored during last week’s 12th annual [...]
Share/Save- Early Release Program Under Fire After JC Murder: Two Republican lawmakers plan to introduce a bill to repeal the automatic early release of nonviolent offenders six months prior to the end of their prison sentence. The move comes after an inmate who’d been freed early was charged with shooting a man to death in [...]
Share/Save- Christie Puts JC Murder at Legislator’s Feet: Gov. Christie took aim at Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman Wednesday over a bill the assemblywoman sponsored two years ago that allowed for the early prison release of certain convicted criminals. On March 5, Rondell Jones allegedly murdered a 21-year-old Newark man in Jersey City, just six weeks [...]
Share/Save- Former County Worker Wins Whistleblower Suit: A former Hudson County Youth House worker has been awarded $406,000 after claiming he was wrongfully fired for being a whistleblower about potentially dangerous juveniles being released into the community on home detention. – School Construction: The new rules are finally public for school construction in Jersey City [...]
Every county in New Jersey has set aside a room just like this one; a court guided by the idea that it is more cost-effective, efficient, and humane to treat drug users for their addiction than it is to incarcerate them.
Share/SaveUPDATE, Friday January 7 at 10:25 AM: An earlier version of this News Roundup stated that the Jersey City Medical Center was a for-profit hospital. It is not, and the story has been updated to reflect this fact. We apologize for the error. – Transportation Plan: Gov. Christie has proposed a five-year renewal of the [...]
Share/Save Former Second Chance workers protest their fate at a May 2010 City Council meeting (Photo: Shane Smith) UPDATE, January 10 at 9:10 am: We have obtained more information about how long this grant will fund the jobs for, and have updated the story to reflect the information. The short but tumultuous history of the [...]
Share/Save- Cop Layoffs: After waiting a day to continue negotiations, the Healy administration on Friday submitted its plan to lay off 82 officers and seven other employees from the JCPD after failing to reach an agreement with the union. – Port Authority Budget: The Port Authority’s 2011 preliminary budget calls for 200 job cuts and [...]
The Friends of the Lifers Youth Corp. this week played host to “Entrepreneurship and the Formerly Incarcerated,” where attendees learned that starting a small business is sometimes a safer bet than looking for work if you have a criminal record.
Share/SaveThe Jersey City Housing Authority (JCHA) has scheduled a public hearing next week on its “One-Strike” policy, which allows the agency to evict residents who have been charged with certain crimes, as well as the families of those residents. The hearing is part of the agency’s review of the policy to ensure that it keeps [...]
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