Share/Save – New Looks for Two Schools: As a result of failing to meet federal education benchmarks for several years, Middle School 41 and Snyder High School have been restructured to become art institutes, using federal turnaround grants. The goal, school officials tell the Journal, is to have the Fred W. Martin Center for the [...]
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.
Although Jersey City’s City Council last week narrowly approved issuing about $7.6 million in bonds to acquire the contested 6th Street Embankment, developer Steve Hyman says he has no interest in selling the city the land. Instead, he says he will continue fighting in court for his right to develop the property.
Share/SaveAs the negotiations between Jersey City and developer Steve Hyman over a potential purchase of the 6th Street Embankment continue to plod along, the city is exploring taking the land via eminent domain. In a letter sent to Hyman’s attorney last week, a real estate appraiser from Livingston-based Value Research Group says his firm has [...]
Share/Save- 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 [...]
Share/Save- The newest half-mile stretch of the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway, which connects Caven Point to the public boat launch in Liberty State Park, was opened yesterday. I gave the walkway a spin on my bike as the rain started to come down yesterday afternoon, and it’s definitely a good addition. From LSP, the path [...]
Share/Save- The Jersey City Redevelopment Agency (JCRA) yesterday acknowledged that earlier in the week a cartoon making fun of people concerned with eminent domain was posted on the blog of its executive director. “It appears that this agency was victimized by this city’s penchant for political mischief,” Bob Antonicello writes. “The lesson learned is that [...]
Share/Save photo by Steve Gold Wednesday’s City Council meeting was a doozy: Clocking in at 4 hours 5 minutes, the meeting was almost an hour longer than the last two combined. But I suppose that’s to be expected when you have a proposal to change the very nature of a roughly 244-acre swath of land [...]
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