- 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 [...]
The public hearing on two planning initiatives that could reshape Jersey City’s West Side, which was initially canceled due to last week’s snowstorm, has been rescheduled. The meeting will now take place Tuesday, March 9, from 5 to 8 pm (the presentations begin at 6:30 pm), at New Jersey City University’s Gothic Lounge (2039 John [...]
Two planning and development initiatives that could reshape Jersey City’s West Side are currently getting underway, and Thursday night a number of agencies will hold a joint “open house” at NJCU for residents to learn about, and give input on, the projects.
The project that’s gained the most attention thus far is NJ Transit’s study of [...]
- The outside development audit the Healy administration called for in the wake of July’s federal corruption probe is being released today. It recommends that elected officials not be allowed to talk privately with anyone seeking development deals and that the city’s ethics code be strengthened. Mayor Healy has endorsed all of the report’s recommendations, [...]
- In a segment on development and corruption in New Jersey, Ward E councilman Steven Fulop talks about Jersey City’s particular issues with WNYC’s Brian Lehrer.
- A suit seeking $10 million has been filed by the Jersey City man who was left fighting for his life after a 19-year-old Bayonne driver allegedly hit him [...]
- The Jersey Journal uncovers an interesting connection: Officials connected to Crystal Point donated $7,500 to Mayor Jerramiah Healy’s council slate the same day the condo developer appealed to the council for a better tax abatement deal (which was ultimately granted). The developers say the donations weren’t made “with the intent of influencing the vote,” [...]
- “Multiple City Hall sources” tell Politicker that council president Mariano Vega*, who was arrested in last month’s corruption sting, is considering relinquishing his post as prez before the next council meeting (Sept. 9).
- Two contractors are suing developer Peter Mocco for $3 million he owes them for work done at the Liberty Harbor complex, [...]
- As we noted yesterday, a redevelopment pay-to-play ordinance was unanimously introduced by the City Council yesterday. It will be up for a final vote at the council’s next meeting on Sept. 9 (the Aug. 26 meeting is cancelled), unless the four-person committee tapped to look at the legislation decides to revise it substantially. If [...]
The most controversial item on today’s City Council meeting agenda was just unanimously introduced. The development pay-to-play ordinance would ban campaign donations from a developer to municipal officials while that developer is negotiating to be named the designated builder for a project in the city. A similar ordinance was defeated by the council by a [...]
- Mayor Jerramiah Healy says that he’s donating to charity any political contributions he’s received that were tainted by the FBI corruption sting. Right now, the mayor is lowballing the figure at $17,600 but he acknowledges that if money funneled through the Jersey City Democratic Committee that the sting targets said would go the mayor’s [...]
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