Calling the decision to strip Council President Peter Brennan of his presidency “illegal” and “arbitrary,” Mayor Jerramiah Healy has announced that he will be vetoing the newly approved law.
After a resident living just east of Lincoln Park awoke to find his car propped up on cinder blocks and missing all four wheels — a brazen crime made worse by the fact the car was parked in the man’s driveway at the time — a neighborhood’s concerns over the level of crime in Jersey [...]
With only three months to spare, Jersey City has finally approved a budget for 2011, with the City Council voting unanimously Tuesday night to amend the final changes to a budget first introduced in March. The $490,497,380 spending plan will not include a property tax increase over 2010, according to the Healy administration. The vote [...]
The Port Authority’s unprecedented request for a $1 billion-a-year toll and fare hike would raise bridge and tunnel tolls, which were just increased from $6 to $8 three years ago, to $12 next month and to $14 in 2014, and would hike PATH fares next month from $1.75 to $2.75.
Saying he was sympathetic to the “trepidation” felt by residents, Steven Rubinstein, the principal tax assessor for Realty Appraisal, sought to address first and foremost what most of the public’s questions boiled down to: “Why would the city undertake a revaluation at this time?”
Jersey City last night stepped away from a plan to lease 95 parking spots on Columbus Drive from the Jersey City Parking Authority amid questions about just who owns the rights to the coveted spaces.
With the April 1 deadline to file a tax assessment appeal approaching, a few community groups are bringing Jersey City tax assessor Eduardo Toloza to a public meeting this week to discuss the process, as well as available property tax deductions for seniors and veterans. “A property tax appeal allows you to show reason why [...]
Photo: Steve Gold The City Council last night gave final approval to an ordinance indefinitely freezing the annual cost-of-living salary increases that are given to 16 high-ranking Jersey City employees. The council voted for the proposal by a 7 to 1 tally, with Council President Peter Brennan voting against, and At-Large councilwoman Willie Flood absent. [...]
Jersey City’s Riaz Wahid and Jennifer Fasulo, a NYC social justice activist who died in August, will take top honors as Local Activists of the Year at the Jersey City Peace Movement’s (JCPM) annual Peace and Progress Honors award ceremony this weekend. Wahid is well-known for his work with JCPM, particularly in the area of [...]
The Jersey City Peace Movement (JCPM) has scheduled a candlelight vigil in memory of Anthony Asciolla, the homeless man who was better known around the McGinley Square neighborhood as Rambo. Asciolla died late last month after reportedly being hit by a truck. The group, which does street-level outreach to Jersey City’s homeless, will be joined [...]
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