Share/Save – Hudson County’s unemployment rate has skyrocketed in the last two years, from 5 percent in September 2007 to 6.7 percent one year later to 11.6 percent in September 2009. It is now higher than both the state and national averages. Jersey City’s 12 percent unemployment rate is not the highest in the county; [...]
Share/SaveAs part of the Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Bill recently passed by the U.S. Senate, the Jersey City Housing Authority is set to receive $300,000 for its Drug Elimination Program. The program has a dual purpose: to help make the most dangerous Housing Authority sites safer and to improve the relationship between residents and [...]
Share/Save The Jersey City Housing Authority (JCHA) was recently notified that it will receive an additional $1,469,266 in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, better known as the federal stimulus package. The money will go to various energy efficiency improvements at the five-building, 189-unit Holland Gardens complex on 16th Street in [...]
Share/Save- The corruption probe took a human and perhaps dark turn yesterday when Jersey City political consultant Jack Shaw was found dead in his Paulus Hook apartment. There is speculation and unconfirmed reports that the death may have been a suicide; we might not know for a few weeks if a toxicology report has to [...]
Share/Save- As we reported yesterday, Jersey City detective Marc DiNardo has succumbed to injuries he received during last week’s shootout on Reed Street. A funeral is planned for Friday. JCPD officers wore black bands and flags flew at half-mast to remember him, while a handful of residents held a prayer vigil at the site of [...]
Share/Save- Who needs a convenient bus route more: folks on public assistance or seniors? A&C Bus Corp. has sided with the seniors, who were up in arms after the company moved the “440 Shopper” bus from Broadway to Sip Avenue. The move came at the request of Housing Authority executive director Maria Maio, after the [...]
Share/SaveThe federal Housing and Urban Development has certified that the Jersey City Housing Authority (JCHA) scored 99 percent in its annual SEMAP (Section 8 Management Assessment Program) performance rating. This marks the highest score in JCHA history and the highest score this year among the state’s large city housing authorities. The SEMAP uses 14 indicators [...]
Share/Save All Photos: Steve Gold Wednesday night’s City Council meeting clocked in at around the 3.5 hour mark, as the council and the public wrestled with animal control and environmental issues, among other items. All nine council members were in attendance. Ward E councilman Steven Fulop left the meeting early. Animal Control Oversight The pair [...]
Share/Save- As money from the federal economic stimulus package began trickling into NJ this week, the Jersey City Housing Authority said it will use its $7.8 million as “triage,” including avoiding layoffs for 5 percent of its workforce. The city is also slated to get about $2.7 million for homelessness prevention and $1.7 million for [...]
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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