Jersey City’s Planning Division has received state Office of Smart Growth grants to conduct a study about how best to implement Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) in the city, and a series of three public meetings on the process begins tonight.
TDR is a planning device used to preserve historic structures while continuing to allow a [...]
- Cardwell Still on MUA Board: In spite of a City Council resolution seeking his removal, longtime political operative Joe Cardwell, who was arrested on corruption charges last summer, is still sitting on the Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority board. His attorney argued that Jersey City should wait for the completion of Cardwell’s trial before [...]
- County Open Space Funding Cut: The Hudson County freeholders have approved a resolution setting the open space tax this year at roughly one-tenth of a penny, which should raise $695,215 — only enough to cover the debt service on current projects.
- Bedridden Woman Left Alone to Die: A 33-year-old bedridden and mentally disabled [...]
- New Jersey has a new governor governor-elect: Republican Chris Christie beat Gov. Corzine in yesterday’s election, with independent Chris Daggett finishing a distant third. The Ledger says Christie’s run was buoyed by July’s federal corruption probe that ensnared dozens of (mostly Democratic) politicians. The Record has matching pieces: How Christie Won, and How Corzine [...]
The original Park(ing) Day in San Francisco. Photo: Rebar/Andrea Scher
Originally created by a San Francisco art and design collective in 2005, Park(ing) Day has grown into an annual global event where artists, activists, and citizens collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spots into temporary public parks. Last year, there were nearly 60 such temporary parks [...]
- Mayor Healy is apparently worried about the plan afoot — pushed by the City Council — to have the Parking Authority refund everyone who has been illegally booted since January 2005. Healy says “we should be cautious with reimbursements for past errors,” while Parking Authority director Mary Spinello tells the Journal that booting records [...]
- Jersey City has been allocated the lion’s share of this year’s county open space trust fund dollars. The county Open Space Recreation and Historic Preservation Trust Fund Advisory Board responded to Jersey City’s request for $10.19 million for 16 proposed projects with a recommended grant of $1.68 million for nine projects.
- NJ Transit will [...]
- Jersey City police have arrested and charged a 19-year-old Bayonne man in connection with the gruesome June 13 hit and run on Marin Boulevard at 6th Street. Meanwhile, the 52-year-old victim of the incident has come out of his induced coma, and is now considered in stable condition.
- If you live at 317-343 Fairmount [...]
Continuing columnist Earl Morgan’s cynicism from yesterday about the most recent City Council meeting, the Journal today editorializes that “there is a very small window of opportunity to get the city administration to act on your cause,” whatever it may be, since “the May 12 municipal election is fast approaching.”
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Forgive us for not wanting to [...]
At Wednesday night’s City Council meeting, the main topic on the agenda was the city’s Fiscal Year 2009 budget, but there were also eight ordinances signed into law, four ordinances introduced, a bunch of resolutions passed and … a couple of Lyndon LaRouche supporters.
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