Share/Save – Security Tightened: Hudson County residents will see a heightened police presence following the killing of Osama bin Laden, but there are no specific threats and the state’s alert level has not been raised. – 9/11 Fountain in JSQ: Councilwoman Nidia Lopez has sent a letter to United Water asking for financial assistance to [...]
As the fallout from the city’s budget problems continues to wreak havoc on the budget of the Jersey City Free Public Library, a large number of residents turned out at Wednesday’s public budget hearing to support the library system, and now four council members are threatening to hold up Jersey City’s 2011 budget unless the administration backs off its plan to cut library funding.
There’s a new twist for those following the controversial Certified Products contract that ignited a months-long he said/he said spat between Ward E councilman Steven Fulop and Mayor Jerramiah Healy, with the inflammatory rhetoric heating up and Fulop threatening legal action unless the contract is rescinded.
In voting down the ordinance, council members said they were concerned about breaking promises to retirees, both from a moral and legal perspective. But the Healy administration fired back Thursday, issuing a release chastising by name those who voted ‘no’ and saying the proposal would have saved the city about $3.2 million this year and each subsequent year and that rejecting it will “result in higher taxes and more layoffs.”
About 200 parents and a dozen children filled the pews in Jersey City’s council chambers last night, wearing yellow shirts saying “Our Kids Are Not Worth Less,” a show of support for a resolution being considered that would demand the state ” create a more equitable formula” for funding urban charter schools.
Share/SaveA state appellate court has tossed a lawsuit seeking to remove Ward C councilwoman Nidia Lopez from her seat on the grounds that she wasn’t a Jersey City resident because the initial complaint wasn’t filed within the required 30 days. While the case was dismissed on a technicality, the appellate court says it would have [...]
The Healy administration’s plan for the Jersey City Incinerator Authority to absorb the Department of Public Works was introduced to the City Council by a 6-2 vote Wednesday night, but plenty of city workers showed up to protest the plan, and a number of council members expressed reservations about the proposal’s lack of detail.
Share/Save- West Bergen Branch Still Open: Despite the plan to close the West Bergen branch of the Jersey City Free Public Library on October 1, the branch remains open as library leadership works with the city to find additional funding. The other two branches slated to close over the next two months — Marion and [...]
After more than a year of discussion and revision, the city’s redevelopment plan for Journal Square was approved by the City Council at its Wednesday meeting.
Share/Save- Gas Pipeline Hearing in Bayonne: Speakers yesterday told federal regulators they do not want a proposed natural gas pipeline that Spectra Energy wants to run through Bayonne’s Bergen Point, and later through Jersey City, on its way to Manhattan. Jersey City’s meeting is tomorrow. – Budget Cycle Change: The City Council is set to [...]
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