- 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 last [...]
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.
- Struck Pedestrian is ID’ed: A senior citizen who was struck by a SUV and dragged 1,000 feet earlier this week has been identified as 82-year-old Rafael Rivera, and his family is now at his bedside at the Jersey City Medical Center. He remains in critical condition at the hospital, and the driver has been [...]
Over the past few decades, the United States has increasingly relied on detention as an immigration enforcement strategy, and the policy has led to the jailing of tens of thousands of immigrants — 355 of whom are housed in the Hudson County Correctional Center in Kearny. As part of a nationwide demonstration against the detention [...]
- PADNA Considers Another Appeal: An attorney for the Powerhouse Arts District Neighborhood Association (PADNA) says the group is considering an appeal to the state Supreme Court after a Superior Court rejected its appeal of the city’s 2004 amendment to a redevelopment plan last week.
- Man Found Stabbed to Death: A 68-year-old Jersey City man [...]
- Police & Fire Contracts Approved: The City Council last night approved contracts with five unions tonight, including the police officers, firefighters and fire officers, by a vote of 7 to 1. Ward C councilwoman Nidia Lopez cast the lone no vote. We’ll have more on this and everything else from the council meeting in [...]
- Men Fined for Dumping Waste: Four Jersey City men have been charged with illegally dumping 18 barrels of suspected industrial ink and solvents in a city lot last week, but the business that asked them to do it has not yet been charged — or named — by state investigators.
- Immigration Protest at Jail: [...]
- State Questions Police & Fire Contracts: The state is taking issue with contracts the city recently negotiated with its fire and police unions, calling them “simply too expensive.” The Department of Community Affairs requested information on the contracts last month before the council was set to vote on them; the city agreed to the [...]
- Nurses Get Contract: Over 300 nursing home employees at four nursing homes, including one in Jersey City, finally have a new four-year contract that calls for improved pay and raised base wages. The workers for Jersey City-based Omni Health System had been without a contract since 2007.
- Freeholders Question Detainee Phone Charges: Hudson County [...]
- Christie’s Proposed Budget Unveiled: Gov. Christie unveiled a Fiscal Year 2011 budget that relies almost entirely on spending cuts to close a deficit he asserts is approaching $11 billion. Among other things, Christie is calling for the layoffs of 1,300 state workers, closings of state psychiatric institutions, an $820 million cut in aid to [...]
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