Dear Editor, I’m writing this letter to express my concern about the ordinance to remove Council President Brennan. On Wednesday, the council voted 5 to 4. Council members David Donnelly, Nidia Lopez, Steven Fulop, Rolando Lavarro and Viola Richardson voted in favor while Michael Sottolano, Bill Gaughan, Peter Brennan and Michele Massey voted against. It [...]
The long awaited Entertainment Ordinance that further distances Jersey City from the town in Footloose passed at Wednesday night’s City Council meeting 7-0-2, with Council President Peter Brennan and Ward C Councilwoman Nidia Lopez abstaining (both Brennan and a relative of Lopez own Entertainment Ordinances). The law will now allow live music in restaurants until [...]
Calling the decision to strip Council President Peter Brennan of his presidency “illegal” and “arbitrary,” Mayor Jerramiah Healy has announced that he will be vetoing the newly approved law.
A new majority faction on the City Council emerged at Wednesday night’s meeting when an ordinance was introduced to cut short Council President Peter Brennan’s term as president at a vote of 5-3-1. The law would also change the length of future terms from four years to two years going forward, but the crux of the issue is the direction of current Council leadership, which Ward C Councilwoman Nidia Lopez, the bill’s sponsor, had described as “lacking vision.” Along with the votes came sharp rebuke of Corporation Counsel Bill Matsikoudis’s memo questioning the legality of the ordinance, a legal opinion most of the Council said failed to address the question put before him.
A legal memo written by Corporation Counsel Bill Matsikoudis to the City Council finds that Ward C Councilwoman Nidia Lopez’s proposed ordinance to end Council President Peter Brennan’s term as Council President in the middle of his term would “not likely pass judicial muster.” Although Matsikoudis acknowledges that there is no exact judicial precedent to [...]
Jersey City Council President Threatens Lawsuit Over Proposed Presidential Switch: A recent movement to oust Jersey City Councilman-at-Large Peter Brennan as City Council president may have hit a legal wall. Two Former Jersey City Project Managers Face Charges of Shaking Down Construction Firms and Suppliers for $385,000: Two men who once worked as a project [...]
Ward C Councilwoman Nidia Lopez says she’s fed up with the “unprofessionalism” in the way the Council is being led — from Council President Peter Brennan’s “lack of time” in the office to a lack of vision for the city’s needs — and is proposing an ordinance that will shorten the length of the council [...]
Jersey City Council Faction Seeks to Oust Council President: Ward C Councilwoman Nidia Lopez is seeking to oust Councilman at large Peter Brennan as council president two years before his term is up and replace him with Councilwoman at large Viola Richardson. Look for more from JCI later today. PSE&G Wins Special Incentives for Transmission [...]
Remains Found Near Beach are Likely Shannan Gilbert’s: After a yearlong search, police on New York’s Long Island said Tuesday they believe they have discovered the skeletal remains of a Jersey City prostitute whose disappearance sparked an investigation into a possible serial killing spree. Property of Christ Hospital May be Sold to Alabama-Based Real Estate [...]
Five months after the City Council tabled an ordinance expanding city oversight of food truck vendors because it was deemed to be an “unfair burden” on businesses, a revised version of the ordinance will be presented at tonight’s City Council caucus meeting.
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