On Thursday, April 23, the five candidates for mayor gathered in a Downtown Jersey City school for a forum co-sponsored by the Downtown Coalition of Neighborhood Associations and Civic JC. Incumbent Jerramiah Healy and challengers Dan Levin, Lou Manzo, Harvey Smith and Phil Webb fielded questions from NJN News’ Desiree Taylor on taxes, crime, development [...]
The mayoral get-togethers are all done, but there are a number of forums for council candidates coming up this week.
- Monday, May 4, at 6 pm: A community coalition hosts a forum for Ward F council candidates at the Lincoln High School auditorium (60 Crescent Ave.).
- Wednesday, May 6, at 7:30 pm: The Hamilton Park [...]
- The Journal has a rundown of its April 15 editorial board forum in today’s paper, and has a series of videos online. There isn’t much new in terms of policy proposals here, but the videos are worth a watch.
- The New York Times has a story on the mayoral race, saying Mayor Healy “is [...]
The Jersey City Independent and the West Bergen/Lincoln Park Neighborhood Coalition are co-sponsoring a forum for Ward B City Council candidates on Thursday, May 7. All five candidates — Paul Catsandonis, Phil Kenny, Michael Manzo, Douglas Salters and Arthur Williams — have confirmed that they will attend.
Come out and hear from the candidates before casting [...]
Last Tuesday, four of the five mayoral candidates gathered at St. Peter’s College for a forum on housing issues put on by the Jersey City Affordable Housing Coalition and the Urban Studies and Public Policy program at the college. Mayor Jerramiah Healy declined to attend, and instead spoke before a meeting of the Van Vorst [...]
Photos: Steve Gold
At last night’s mayoral forum hosted by the Downtown Coalition of Neighborhood Associations and Civic JC, all five candidates discussed their plans for development, ethics, fiscal management, crime and transportation in front of about 150 people.
School Funding
Manzo wove tax abatements into his criticism of the new school funding formula imposed by the state [...]
- Monday, April 20, at 6 pm: The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance hosts a mayoral debate at the Mary McLeod Bethune Life Center (140 Martin Luther King Dr.).
- Tuesday, April 21, at 7 pm: The Jersey City Affordable Housing Coalition and St. Peter’s College’s Sociology and Urban Studies Department hosts a mayoral forum focused on affordable [...]
All photos by Steve Gold
Last night, the Martin Luther King Drive Merchants Association held a “Meet the Candidates” forum at the Mary McLeod Bethune Life Center. The event was rightly centered on problems and policies in Ward F, and close to 200 residents came out to hear what the candidates for that ward’s council seat [...]
- Developer Steve Hyman has unveiled new plans for the 6th Street Embankment, which do away with any parkland or light rail concessions and keep the walls of the structure intact. In addition, the housing element of Hyman’s new plan is to build fewer units but have them be more expensive — the plan calls [...]
On Tuesday, 11 of the 13 candidates for three At-Large seats on the City Council headed up to the Heights to take part in a forum presented by the Riverview Neighborhood Association. To go along with our written report on the event, we’ve got video of a number of candidates talking about specific issues, from [...]
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