The High Line in Manhattan — a defunct elevated railway retrofitted into a dynamic public park — is a raging success. While said success is a complicated equation, for art lovers, one of the major attractions the High Line offers is a revolving schedule of temporary artworks in and around the park — for the [...]
To the Editor: I hope the city continues its efforts to preserve The Embankment along 6th Street. One of the things that helps make cities great is planning that acknowledges, preserves and fully realizes its extraordinary spaces — and our Embankment is certainly one of these. It’s the kind of space that distinguishes Jersey City [...]
The latest twist in the ongoing fight over the future of the 6th Street Embankment in Downtown Jersey City occurred Wednesday night, as the City Council unanimously rejected a settlement offer put forth by developer Steve Hyman, who owns the properties with his wife. “[The proposed settlement can] end the disputes and litigation that have [...]
As the legal fight over the future of Downtown Jersey City’s 6th Street Embankment continues on several fronts, the local advocates hoping to create a park on the property are holding a winter fundraising walk on another abandoned rail line they say holds promise of what a preserved embankment could be. The Embankment Preservation Coalition [...]
- Bonding for Retirement Payouts: Jersey City officials hope to bond for $9.3 million to cover payouts to retiring workers for unused sick, vacation and compensatory time, instead of $22 million as initially planned. The ordinance will be up for introduction at Wednesday’s City Council meeting. – NJ Transit Gets the ARC Tunnel Bill: The [...]
Jersey City and two nonprofit groups have filed an appeal of U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina’s September decision which said they don’t have legal standing in their joint effort to negate Conrail’s sale of the 6th Street Embankment to developer Steve Hyman. The city, the Embankment Preservation Coalition and the Rails to Trails Conservancy have [...]
- Bonding for Retiree Payouts: Jersey City wants to borrow $22 million to cover payouts for unused sick, vacation and compensatory time to city workers who are retiring. The city — like others across New Jersey — has seen a spike in retirements this year as the Christie administration and state legislators have pushed a [...]
In a dense 31-page ruling made public yesterday, U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina says Jersey City, the Embankment Preservation Coalition and the Rails to Trails Conservancy don’t have legal standing in their joint effort to negate Conrail’s sale of the 6th Street Embankment to developer Steve Hyman.
The latest turn in the ongoing fight over the future of Downtown Jersey City’s 6th Street Embankment began last night at a hearing before the Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA), as developer Steve Hyman makes another attempt to tear down the elevated rail line. The initial applications for Certificates of Appropriateness and Certificates of Economic [...]
In June, Superior Court Judge Maurice Gallipoli ruled that developer Steve Hyman was entitled to a new hearing before the city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) regarding his petition to tear down the 6th Street Embankment. The ZBA has scheduled a special meeting to hear the case Wednesday evening. Hyman’s initial applications for Certificates of [...]
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