- Hurricane Irene: As we reported yesterday, Jersey City officials may call for an evacuation of the city, but won’t make that determination until Saturday. Meanwhile, the storm has weakened slightly to a Category 2 storm as it approaches the East Coast. And the MTA may shut the NYC subway down. – HudCo Corrections Officers [...]
- PATH Fare & Toll Hike: Why haven’t most state Democrats come out swinging against the Port Authority’s proposed PATH fare and toll hikes? Politicker says it is due to labor pressure and a little political hedging. – McGinley Square: The Jersey City Planning Board has approved a recommendation that the City Council adopt the [...]
- $ for Affordable Housing: A grant from New Jersey Department of Community Affairs will provide Jersey City with $1.7 million to create affordable housing units intended to stabilize neighborhoods hard hit by home foreclosures. – JC Firm Lays Off 6% Off Staff: Jersey City-based Knight Capital Group has eliminated about 6 percent of its [...]
- JC’s State Aid App Rejected: Jersey City’s rejected application for state aid contained “inaccurate” information that the state found “troublesome,” according to a state official. – HudCo Can’t Collect $ from State: The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that Hudson County can’t collect millions of dollars it claims the state owes for housing [...]
- St. Anne’s School: In order to avoid being closed, the Catholic St. Anne’s School in the Heights, which is $350,000 in debt, must raise tuition by $500, raise $100,000 by Sunday, May 15 and skip a 2 percent salary increase for teachers. – Dwek, Demellier, DeGise & Green: Earl Morgan looks at the case [...]
- Smith to Claim Entrapment: In a court filing Friday, an attorney for L. Harvey Smith notified a federal judge he will argue that a government informant’s dealings with Smith warrant an entrapment instruction to the jury in Smith’s upcoming trial. He will be the first to use that tactic at trial. – JCFD: Jersey [...]
- Hoboken Joins Opposition to Spectra: Hoboken has joined the fight against a proposed natural gas pipeline that would run through Jersey City to Manhattan, via an October 1 letter from mayor Dawn Zimmer to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Meanwhile, Spectra Energy has hired a research firm to conduct a phone survey in order [...]
- Judge Says DiNardo Widow Can’t Sue: A state Superior Court judge has ruled that the widow of slain Jersey City Police Detective Marc DiNardo can’t file a $10 million lawsuit, saying that Mary DiNardo waited too long to file a notice of claim against the city, the JCPD, Chief Tom Comey and unnamed police [...]
- Apparent Murder-Suicide on Storms Avenue: A recently engaged Jersey City couple was found dead in an apparent murder-suicide yesterday morning — and the woman’s 15-year-old son made the bloody discovery. – Medical Contract at Jail Hits Another Snag: Approval of a new five-year medical services contract at the Hudson County jail stalled once again [...]
The story told by immigration advocates is one of a flexible jail administration, forced to contend with a situation that is ideal for no one and dispiriting for the people held in its custody.
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