After more than a year of discussion and revision, the city’s redevelopment plan for Journal Square was approved by the City Council at its Wednesday meeting.
A coalition of Jersey City organizations and community activists are pitching in to raise money for victims of this month’s flooding in Pakistan as floodwaters continue to displace tens of thousands of people each day in that country.
The groups are holding a fundraising event Sunday in Journal Square, where they will be collecting [...]
A new state report raises concerns about the uses and abuses of municipal tax abatements in New Jersey, echoing and validating concerns raised in Jersey City over the past several years by citizens, elected officials and policy watchdog groups.
In spite of a sorely needed vision and plan for the future of Journal Square, the latest version of the Journal Square 2060 Redevelopment Plan remains deficient.
The plan is for our true downtown and the heart of the city, but it fails to reconcile its goal of pedestrian-friendly street life with its requirement for minimum [...]
While the 2013 mayoral election is still three years away, Ward E councilman Steven Fulop is already building up a war chest as he aims to move up Jersey City’s political ladder.
Fulop currently has $283,199 $251,560 on hand, according to 2010 Quarter 1 filings with the state Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC). His campaign has [...]
In a letter submitted to the county Board of Taxation, Mayor Healy has announced that his administration will soon begin the process of a citywide property revaluation. If the board approves the plan, it will be the first revaluation in Jersey City since 1988.
In the months since the draft municipal budget was introduced in January, voices have been raised in protest at city council meetings, city services have been cut, workers have been laid off and pay raises for police and fire were nixed. But despite all these events, taxpayers can expect a tax increase this year if the budget is approved on Wednesday.
After last week’s volatile City Council meeting, where hundreds of angry residents protested a proposed municipal budget that would impose a 25 percent property tax increase on them, and what with Gov. Christie taking aim at special municipal aid as one of his first acts in office, the Healy administration may feel that it’s stuck [...]
As the federal corruption probe continues to widen, the City Council saw a bit of a shakeup today, with Ward B councilman Phil Kenny pleading guilty to taking bribes and Council President Mariano Vega* saying he’d relinquish his presidency — a move that this news organization thinks is just not quite enough.
Wednesday’s city council meeting, the last of the summer, was a tame affair compared to the sturm und drang of the July 29 meeting. Clocking in at a mere 90 minutes, the meeting addressed six first-read ordinances, four second reads, and 52 resolutions.
Council president Mariano Vega* was absent from the meeting. Reached by phone [...]
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