Share/Save The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week announced that Jersey City has been awarded $400,000 in federal brownfields grants to clean up and redevelop two sites, at Dwight and Ocean Avenues and on the site of what will eventually become Berry Lane Park. The Berry Lane Park project, which the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency [...]
Share/SaveThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will receive $74 million for harbor deepening and environmental restoration of waterways adjacent to Jersey City. The funds, announced yesterday by U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, are part of $161.5 million being allocated for similar projects across New Jersey. The bulk of the money — $73 million — will go [...]
Share/SaveTwo weeks ago we reported that a redevelopment project in Ward F and traffic-flow improvements all over Hudson and Bergen Counties were at risk of losing more than $12 million in federal funding because of Congressional Republicans’ budget plans. According to Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Bob Menendez, that risk has been averted, with the money [...]
Share/SaveA redevelopment project in Ward F and traffic-flow improvements all over Hudson and Bergen Counties are at risk of losing more than $12 million in federal funding, according to Sen. Frank Lautenberg. New Jersey’s senior senator today criticized Congressional Republicans for these and other cuts included in the House’s version of the “Continuing Resolution” to [...]
Share/SaveJersey City will receive a $8,158,925 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Grant to hire 64 new firefighters, federal officials announced yesterday. The money, which comes through FEMA’s Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program, will help the department maintain staffing levels that have been decimated in the past year due to firefighters who [...]
Share/SaveThe Jersey City Fire Department (JCFD) has received $178,080 through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program. The department will use the grant money to purchase equipment, according to Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Bob Menendez, who announced the funding yesterday. “When the alarm sounds, New Jersey firefighters should know they [...]
Share/Save- JCPD Budget: The Jersey City Police Department is trying to cut $8 million from its budget without laying off police, after the Healy administration last week asked the department’s leader, chief Tom Comey, to reduce the $93 million budget by about 8.6 percent. – Arrest in Fatal Stabbing Case: The hunt for the man [...]
Share/Save Local elected officials accept the DOT/HUD grant check on Garfield Avenue The federal Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that two major projects in the Jersey City area will receive a total of $12,281,426 in TIGER II grant funding, as part of nearly $600 million being allocated to 75 infrastructure projects nationwide. The larger [...]
Share/SaveDr. Elizabeth Ramirez has been approved for a $176,000 Small Business Administration loan made available via the recently enacted Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010, Sen. Frank Lautenberg announced today. Ramirez, who has an obstetrics and gynecology practice in the Heights, is one of 39 New Jersey small business owners highlighted by the [...]
Share/Save- Wilbeck Cleared to Run for Assembly Seat: Beating back a legal challenge from the Hudson County Democratic Organization, independent candidate Denis Wilbeck will be on the ballot in November to challenge 31st District Assemblyman Jason O’Donnell for his seat. – Christie Blocking ARC Tunnel Meetings? Sen. Frank Lautenberg says Gov. Christie has refused to [...]
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