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Photos: Steve Gold City Hall’s council chambers were packed last night with supporters of the McGinley Square East Redevelopment Plan, including throngs of construction workers lining the back wall and a handful of representatives from St. Peter’s College, who all greeted the unanimously passed plan with loud applause. The months-long plan went through numerous revisions, [...]

Needing a crucial sixth vote at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting to override Mayor Healy’s veto, Ward E councilman Steve Fulop mustered only three in support of his ordinance requiring city seals on most city-owned vehicles. Still, some city-owned vehicles displaying the identifying seal will likely be spotted on the streets of Jersey City in [...]

Local officials and hospital leaders are mostly mum on serious allegations of fraud against a California-based company currently in negotiations to buy Christ Hospital, as many observers see the sale as the only way to keep the ailing hospital afloat.

The fourth time was indeed the charm for Ward E councilman Steve Fulop and three ordinances he’s been pushing since early 2010, with the City Council passing all of them into law shortly after noon on Wednesday. The Healy administration, however, says one of the three bills is “beyond the scope” of the council’s authority and is reviewing its legality.

Dear Editor: On Monday, May 23, 2011, I appeared before the Jersey City Municipal Council to ask that a resolution to eliminate the Jersey City Economic Development Corporation (JCEDC) sponsored by councilman Fulop and councilwoman Lopez either be withdrawn or voted down because it would not save the city any money nor streamline services; in [...]

Ward E councilman Steven Fulop’s push to eliminate Jersey City’s Division of Cultural Affairs and the Jersey City Economic Development Corporation (JCEDC) failed to find many takers among his fellow council members this week.

Dear Editor: Before the Jersey City Municipal Council casts its vote on the resolution to notify the Mayor that the Municipal Council intends to eliminate the Jersey City Economic Development Corporation (JCEDC) and receive approvals to consolidate JCEDC into the County of Hudson’s government, we would ask that it consider the following: Instead of putting [...]

As Jersey City continues to search for ways to tackle its ongoing budget crisis, two City Council members have unveiled a new plan for consolidating several city agencies into parallel county ones. But the administration says that the proposal won’t work, and maintains that it is already streamlining city government in situations where it makes more sense.

At nearly every City Council meeting, residents come to the podium to say they are on the verge of being pushed out of Jersey City by sky-high taxes. Often they are lifelong residents, and it is heartbreaking to hear them speak of being forced to leave the city they know and love. These people understand [...]

Statement of Mayor Healy Regarding Councilman Fulop’s Press Release on Merger of City EDC & Cultural Affairs with Hudson County Offices Once again, Councilman Fulop is illustrating his ignorance of our city’s rich and lengthy history. Jersey City is a city of the First Class, the most diverse city in the County, and the economic [...]