Spectra’s Public Hearing: Crowds of supporters and opponents gathered at Ferris High School last night to voice their opinions at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s public hearing about Spectra Energy’s controversial proposed natural gas pipeline route through parts of Jersey City. The proceedings were reportedly rowdy; expect a full report from JCI later today. High [...]
A developer’s rendering of the proposed new-look McGinley Square. The shot above is Montgomery Street looking east from Bergen Avenue; the shot below at right is a proposed pedestrian mall that would run east-west from Jordan Avenue to Tuers Avenue, in between Montgomery and Mercer Streets. The McGinley Square East Redevelopment Plan was unanimously introduced [...]
A developer’s rendering of the proposed new-look McGinley Square. The shot above is Montgomery Street looking east from Bergen Avenue; the shot below at right is a proposed pedestrian mall that would run east-west from Jordan Avenue to Tuers Avenue, in between Montgomery and Mercer Streets. Jersey City officials say they have heard residents’ concerns [...]
A developer’s rendering of the proposed new-look McGinley Square. The shot above is Montgomery Street looking east from Bergen Avenue; the shot below at right is a proposed pedestrian mall that would run east-west from Jordan Avenue to Tuers Avenue, in between Montgomery and Mercer Streets. The West Bergen/Lincoln Park Neighborhood Coalition and Bergen Communities [...]
A developer’s rendering of the proposed new-look McGinley Square. The shot above is Montgomery Street looking east from Bergen Avenue; the shot below at right is a proposed pedestrian mall that would run east-west from Jordan Avenue to Tuers Avenue, in between Montgomery and Mercer Streets By changing the designation of the area covered by [...]
As Jersey City continues to revise the McGinley Square East Redevelopment Plan, activists across the city continue to blast the administration for even considering the use of eminent domain for the project. While the latest revision — which was pulled at the August 10 City Council meeting — expressly stated that “no property located within [...]
Editor’s Note: This letter was sent to the members of the City Council Saturday morning, and its author agreed to share it with JCI as well. Whenever you see the threat of eminent domain used to pressure homeowners to sell their property to another private individual, or face the threat of a government taking your [...]
Jersey City’s Planning Division today released the latest draft of the McGinley Square East Redevelopment Plan, and one key element that was in prior versions is missing: eminent domain. The plan raised the ire of many local residents last week when letters went out to area homeowners saying their homes could be taken by eminent [...]
A week after a letter sent to McGinley Square homeowners said Jersey City was reserving the right to take their homes via eminent domain for an in-the-works redevelopment plan, city officials say today that eminent domain is off the table for the plan, and they have scheduled public information meetings about it for this week [...]
- Hudson Cradle to Close: Hudson Cradle, a nonprofit organization in Jersey City that has served nearly 500 at-risk infants over the past 20 years, will shut its doors July 8. – Eminent Domain Award Upheld: An appellate court has affirmed a September 2008 jury decision that awarded $18.6 million to the former owners of [...]
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