Early this month, the city’s planning division released the Journal Square 2060 Redevelopment Plan, the latest long-range development blueprint for Journal Square and its surrounding area. Journal Square 2060, which covers a little less ground than the original Journal Square Redevelopment Plan (211 acres as compared to 244), but a great deal more than the [...]
- PADNA Considers Another Appeal: An attorney for the Powerhouse Arts District Neighborhood Association (PADNA) says the group is considering an appeal to the state Supreme Court after a Superior Court rejected its appeal of the city’s 2004 amendment to a redevelopment plan last week. – Man Found Stabbed to Death: A 68-year-old Jersey City [...]
The Superior Court’s Appellate Division yesterday handed down a ruling rejecting the Powerhouse Neighborhood Association’s (PADNA) appeal of a lower court’s decision upholding the City Council’s April 2008 decision to allow spot zoning in the area covered by the Powerhouse Arts District (PAD) Redevelopment Plan. PADNA had sued to stop the changes, but in April [...]
First came the Journal Square Redevelopment Plan, then the Journal Square Core Redevelopment Plan. And now, the Journal Square 2060 Redevelopment Plan. On Friday, the city’s planning division made public the latest of its long-range development blueprints for Journal Square and its surrounding area. The Journal Square 2060 Redevelopment Plan, which covers a little less [...]
The statewide smart growth group New Jersey Future today announced that the transformation of a Jersey City public housing project under the federal HOPE VI program has won a 2010 Smart Growth Award for Creative Neighborhood Affordable Housing. The development, which demolished the original 492-unit Lafayette Gardens public housing project and has replaced it with [...]
- The big news of yesterday was that planning aide Guy Catrillo and Health and Human Services deputy director Maher Khalil pleaded guilty to the federal corruption charges against them. In his plea, Khalil said he was passing the alleged $30,000 in bribes he took from a purported developer along to council president Mariano Vega* [...]
At tonight’s City Council meeting, council members voted 8-0-1 to adopt a redevelopment pay to play ordinance. At-Large councilwoman Willie Flood abstained from the vote; all other council members voted yes. For the blow-by-blow, check our Twitter feed.
The city’s law department has decided that the amendments agreed to last night are not substantial enough to require reintroduction, and the City Council will vote on the bill tonight. The public is currently speaking about the legislation. We’ll let you know what happens; for a blow-by-blow, you can check out out live Twitter updates.
Well, folks: there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that the arrests made on July 23 in connection with a wide-ranging federal corruption sting appear to have issued a wake-up call to Chilltown politicians and residents; rallies have been held, resignations have been called for, committee rules have been altered and an [...]
This Wednesday, the City Council will resume meeting and take up the redevelopment pay-to-play ordinance that was introduced in August. Ward E councilman Steven Fulop, who introduced the legislation, is calling on the community to come out to City Hall prior to the meeting to show support for the reform. The One Jersey City team, [...]
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