Dear editor: I am writing to encourage all Jersey City voters to support Dan Levin for City Council this coming November. While there are many capable candidates running for the At-Large council positions – including the incumbents Velazquez and Ahmad, I feel strongly that Dan Levin is the first and best choice for voters to [...]
Left to right: Dan Levin, Sue Mack and Nabil Youssef (Photos provided by candidates, except Levin photo by Steve Gold) We’re eight weeks from the filing deadline, but Jersey City’s November special election for two At-Large seats on the City Council is beginning to get more crowded. Former mayoral candidate Dan Levin, longtime Board of [...]
Longtime good-government advocate Dan Levin says he is “exploring a run” for one of two At-Large seats on the City Council that will be up for grabs in a November special election. Levin, who unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2009, told supporters today in a fundraising email that he is considering a run in order [...]
Jersey City paved the way for a more egalitarian use of the city’s transportation infrastructure by establishing a Complete Streets policy at the last City Council meeting, by a unanimous 9 to 0 vote. The policy, which calls for “roadways that enable safe and convenient access for all users,” represents the planning community’s rethinking of what — and whom — a road should be designed for.
Jersey City took another step this week towards the sale of the Jersey City Police Department (JCPD) headquarters on Erie Street, approving an ordinance to adopt the 8 Erie Street Redevelopment Plan to guide the development the JCPD building and an adjacent surface parking lot.
As Jersey City tries to sell the historic JCPD headquarters on Erie Street, a neighborhood group contends the deal is being done far too hastily and in a less-than-transparent manner, an allegation the Healy administration and the agency likely to oversee the redevelopment both flatly reject. The group’s claim that the estimated sale price is “alarmingly low” also raises questions about whether the property should be designated in need of redevelopment.
A proposal to sell and redevelop the JCPD headquarters on Erie Street and an adjacent parking lot was held up at last week’s City Council meeting by Ward E councilman Steven Fulop, who argues that the city needs to retain the adjacent site and build a city-owned parking deck there to serve the area’s bars and restaurants — an option city officials say they too are considering.
“This is not an easy time for mayors or council members,” Healy said. “It is a time to make difficult decisions, including some that will be unpopular.”
While the final vote on the controversial proposal to merge the Jersey City Incinerator Authority (JCIA) and the Department of Public Works (DPW) is currently on hold, questions persist about whether one council member should be voting on the issue at all.
While the news last week that Jersey City was going to consider a ban on most plastic bags has garnered considerable attention, the actual proposal is quite limited in scope and would apply to very few businesses in the city. Under the proposed bill, which is set to be introduced at this week’s City Council [...]
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