- NJ Transit Fare Hikes May be ‘Adjusted’: NJ Transit’s executive director says that the amount of the proposed fare hike will likely be lowered. “At this time, a 25-percent increase is an extraordinary, extraordinary burden, so we’ll take that into consideration,” Jim Weinstein says, adding that the adjustment won’t likely be huge. Still, he [...]
- 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 [...]
Jersey City Assemblywoman Joan Quigley announced today that she’s re-introduced state legislation to expedite the payment of accidental pension death benefits for the families of fallen police and firefighters. Quigley introduced the bill after it was revealed that the widow of slain JCPD detective Marc DiNardo spent months fighting the state government bureaucracy before receiving [...]
- The outside development audit the Healy administration called for in the wake of July’s federal corruption probe is being released today. It recommends that elected officials not be allowed to talk privately with anyone seeking development deals and that the city’s ethics code be strengthened. Mayor Healy has endorsed all of the report’s recommendations, [...]
Legislation sponsored by Jersey City Assemblywoman Joan Quigley that seeks to expedite the payment of accidental pension death benefits for the families of fallen police and firefighters was approved by a 77 to zero vote today in the state Assembly. The bill stems from the nearly three-month-wait endured by the widow of JCPD detective Marc [...]
The full state Assembly will consider legislation next week designed to expedite the payment of accidental pension death benefits for the families of fallen police and firefighters. The bill (A-4300), which is sponsored by Jersey City Assemblywoman Joan Quigley, was drafted in response to the nearly three-month wait that the widow of former JCPD detective [...]
- Former deputy mayor Leona Beldini is facing a slew of additional charges related to the federal corruption probe. Beldini, who is accused of promising to help a federal informant secure building approvals for a development project in exchange for $20,000 in illicit campaign contributions to Mayor Healy, is now charged attempted extortion and accepting [...]
- The Reporter has more on the Friends of Liberty State Park’s loss in court last week, and what it means for the group’s ongoing fight against the “Empty Sky” 9/11 memorial being built in the park. – The City Council’s vote to move forward with the purchase of the Parking Authority building shows that [...]
- A 29-year-old Jersey City man jumped to his death off the New Jersey Turnpike extension yesterday. – Officials at the Jersey City Medical Center are seeking the public’s help to identify an 89-year-old Asian woman suffering from dementia who walked into the hospital early on Wednesday. – NJCU students, faculty and staff react to [...]
- In a segment on development and corruption in New Jersey, Ward E councilman Steven Fulop talks about Jersey City’s particular issues with WNYC’s Brian Lehrer. – A suit seeking $10 million has been filed by the Jersey City man who was left fighting for his life after a 19-year-old Bayonne driver allegedly hit him [...]
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