Share/Save 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 [...]
More than 100 people gathered Thursday evening at a candidates’ forum to lay eyes on five of the six candidates running for the unexpired term of former Ward B councilman Phil Kenny. The special ward election will coincide with the general election on November 2.
Share/SaveAs the November 2 election date for the Ward B City Council seat comes closer, two candidate forums have been scheduled so far. The special election is the result of incumbent councilman David Donnelly having been appointed by the council to replace Phil Kenny, who resigned after pleading guilty to corruption charges. Donnelly is joined [...]
Share/Save- Ward B Special Election: Incumbent appointee David Donnelly and five others — Isaiah Gadsden, Raymond Skop, Earlin Thomas, Diane Verlingo and Esther Wintner — have filed petitions to run for the Ward B City Council seat in November’s special election. – Home Health Care Aide Fired: The Jersey City home health aide who is [...]
Share/SaveA coalition of Jersey City organizations and community activists are pitching in to raise money for victims of this month’s flooding in Pakistan as floodwaters continue to displace tens of thousands of people each day in that country. The groups are holding a fundraising event Sunday in Journal Square, where they will be collecting monetary [...]
Wednesday’s City Council meeting, the last evening meeting before the daytime summer schedule sets in, was long on both content and comment. Clocking in at around two and a half hours, the meeting saw several members of the public on hand to address the council on issues ranging from significant bond ordinances to the problems faced by the city’s homeless. The full council was present to consider seven first reading ordinances, three second reads and 39 resolutions.
In a letter submitted to the county Board of Taxation, Mayor Healy has announced that his administration will soon begin the process of a citywide property revaluation. If the board approves the plan, it will be the first revaluation in Jersey City since 1988.
In the months since the draft municipal budget was introduced in January, voices have been raised in protest at city council meetings, city services have been cut, workers have been laid off and pay raises for police and fire were nixed. But despite all these events, taxpayers can expect a tax increase this year if the budget is approved on Wednesday.
Disgruntled homeowners, frustrated by an impending property tax hike, are threatening to file mass tax appeals to force the administration to take notice of their protests. These protest appeals come on the heels of plummeting property values that are also driving increased appeal filings.
Anger, disbelief and high drama were in the air at Wednesday’s City Council meeting, which lasted a bit less than four hours and provided a forum for hundreds of community members to raise a hue and cry over the proposed municipal budget that was introduced at the Jan. 13 council meeting — a budget that includes a 25 percent property tax increase.
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