- Jail Changes Detainee-Visit Policy: The Hudson County jail has changed its policy on visitation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees after complaints from immigrant rights groups.
- Pension on Hold for Firefighter Arrested in Corruption Sting: The state Treasury Department has put the pension application of retired firefighter and former City Council candidate Michael [...]
- City Car Policy Questioned: Mayor Healy is looking to reduce the city’s municipal auto fleet by 20 percent to help cut costs; Ward E councilman Steven Fulop takes it a step further and says all take-home city vehicles need to be axed.
- Budget Hearing Tonight: Remember, the public hearing on Jersey City’s Fiscal [...]
- Jersey City public schools have approved a contract with the city that calls for modest raises and a move to a less expensive health insurance plan. The contract now has to be voted on by the City Council.
- Federal officials says “she doesn’t deserve to spend the rest of her life behind bars,” before [...]
- The defense team of suspended deputy mayor Leona Beldini wrapped up its cross-examination of FBI informant Solomon Dwek yesterday; he was forced to admit he had not given one penny to Beldini. MORE: Check out the Ledger Live video from the Medical Center Luncheonette, where David Cruz talks corruption with host Brian Donohue. And [...]
- The county freeholders have voided a five-year contract with Correctional Health Services (CHS) for medical services at the county jail and juvenile detention center, but the county is keeping CHS on the job for now. The move comes in the wake of a lawsuit filed by another health provider that alleged the contract went [...]
- Today is the federal holiday honoring the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. City office and the parking authority are closed; here are some celebrations in the area.
- Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York is urging federal officials not to close immigration detention operations at the Varick Federal Detention Facility in [...]
- Freeholder Bill O’Dea is putting forward a resolution that would sever the contract for health services at the county jail, but the item might get tabled before it has the chance to be voted on. The contract in question was the subject of a lawsuit alleging that the county had violated state pay [...]
- At-Large councilman Mariano Vega* was indicted on federal corruption charges yesterday after being arrested in the late-July sweep. The eight-count indictment adds the charge of lying to federal investigators to the charges Vega* was arrested for, namely, taking $30,000 in bribes from a FBI informant. He tells the Journal he intends to “clear his [...]
- A Costa Rican woman who is wanted for murder in that country, but was arrested in the U.S. last year, has filed a federal lawsuit over negligent health services at the Hudson County jail, where she remains as she awaits extradition to stand trial. The woman alleges she didn’t have access to a doctor [...]
- Teachers at Liberty Academy Charter School in the Heights refused to work yesterday morning; they are upset over a change in health insurance costs that they say was sprung on them without discussion.
- Judge Maurice Gallipoli heard arguments yesterday in Hudson County pay to play case; a contract for medical services at the [...]
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