Jersey City would like to remind residents that the city’s local Heat Ordinance, which requires that landlords maintain a temperature of at least 70 degrees Fahrenheit between the hours of 6am and 11pm, and at least 65 degrees Fahrenheit between 11pm and 6 am, remains in effect through April 30th. “Everyone has the right to [...]
The Jersey City Fire Department will add approximately $1 million of life-saving gear – both for firefighters and potential victims – thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The grant will go towards ”turnout gear,” which is protective firefighting safety gear, as well as thermal imaging cameras that are used to [...]
Calling the decision to strip Council President Peter Brennan of his presidency “illegal” and “arbitrary,” Mayor Jerramiah Healy has announced that he will be vetoing the newly approved law.
If the word “gala” brings to mind a moneyed crowd in ball gowns and tuxes demurely sipping champagne, “Jersey City gala” might suggest something else: A group diverse in age and occupation wearing Princess Beatrice hats, tutus, soldier suits and other “black-tie creative” outfits, eating, drinking and having a blast. In other words, Snow Ball. [...]
With Police Director Sam Jefferson announcing he will be retiring as of February 1st, Ward E Councilman Steve Fulop has proposed the lines of communication between fire and police officials and the mayor’s office be streamlined into a newly-formed Department of Public Safety. According to Fulop, the head of this department would be responsible for [...]
A recent article by the Jersey City Independent discussed the perception that some people have that crime in Jersey City is on the increase despite the ongoing and verified statistics to prove otherwise. Normally, we find the Independent to be truly that – a breath of fresh air for its balanced and fair reporting, however, [...]
President Barack Obama, calling a decision made by Congress to set a timetable for the Keystone XL pipeline construction “arbitrary,” rejected the bid’s proposal, citing the need to continue environmental studies. The pipeline, a $7 billion project undertaken by TransCanada to bring the tar sand oils of Canada to refineries along the Gulf of Mexico, [...]
In what critics of Spectra Energy’s gas pipeline are hailing as good news, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has been forced to push back the date they will issue the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) after Spectra Energy amended the pipeline’s path 27 times. The controversial pipeline’s path would take it through 16 miles of [...]
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Closings and Transportation Schedules: Here’s a listing of some of the closings and transportation schedule changes you can expect today. Hudson County Declares Cold-Weather Emergency: As temperatures plunged into the mid-teens Sunday night, Hudson County Office of Emergency Management declared a cold weather emergency and opened a shelter in Union [...]
A new majority faction on the City Council emerged at Wednesday night’s meeting when an ordinance was introduced to cut short Council President Peter Brennan’s term as president at a vote of 5-3-1. The law would also change the length of future terms from four years to two years going forward, but the crux of the issue is the direction of current Council leadership, which Ward C Councilwoman Nidia Lopez, the bill’s sponsor, had described as “lacking vision.” Along with the votes came sharp rebuke of Corporation Counsel Bill Matsikoudis’s memo questioning the legality of the ordinance, a legal opinion most of the Council said failed to address the question put before him.
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