- Outsourcing the Free STD Clinic: Officials with Horizon Health Center, which is set to take over Jersey City’s free STD clinic, told anxious City Council members yesterday they plan to offer “comprehensive” health care at the clinic. As we’ve reported, there are serious concerns that Horizon doesn’t offer the same level of care that [...]
- UBS Gets Tax Break to Keep Jobs in JC: New Jersey has awarded a $27 million tax break to UBS Financial Services Inc. to keep the company from moving 2,000 employees in Weehawken and Jersey City out of state. – Aid to Cities: Negotiations between Gov. Christie and legislators on restoring up to $139 [...]
- Aid to Cities: Democratic leaders and Gov. Christie’s office have opened the door to try to restore up to $139 million in aid for New Jersey’s poorest cities following a week of confusion among municipal officials over the cuts that came without warning. – Sentence Lengthened for Shooting: As a result of an appellate [...]
- SEC Looking into Jersey City Hedge Fund: Yorkville Advisors, which recently reported $864 million of assets under management, has disclosed to investors that it provided information to the Securities & Exchange Commission at the direction of securities regulators. – Decapitated Body Remains Unidentified: Homicide detectives have not yet been able to identify the decapitated, [...]
- 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 [...]
- 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 [...]
- 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 [...]
- As the City Council prepares to have its caucus meeting today, there are questions about whether or not council president Mariano Vega will keep his job. He no-commented the Journal last week when asked about the push — led by Ward E councilman Steven Fulop — to have him resign his post. Ward A [...]
- The Harvey Smith campaign is blasting developer Steve Hyman’s latest plan for the 6th Street Embankment, saying it “makes a mockery of our city’s legacy and dismisses the heroic efforts of groups like the Embankment Preservation Coalition.” – The Star-Ledger‘s resident curmudgeon Paul Mulshine once again takes Jersey City to task for receiving special [...]
- The state is proposing to stop requiring performance audits in the future for municipalities like Jersey City that receive extra financial aid from the state due to their fiscal distress. The current set of audits will begin being released to the public next week. Meanwhile, Jersey City remains the target of conservatives’ rage on [...]
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