With most of the vote in, it looks like the two incumbent City Council members who faced runoff elections today have won, meaning that the council will continue to be chock full of Mayor Healy supporters. Healy’s team won the election for each council seat, save for Ward E, where incumbent Steven Fulop easily beat [...]
In the May 12 election, the race for Ward F’s City Council seat was one of two in which the leading vote-getter failed to cross the 50 percent-plus-one threshold required for outright victory. Incumbent Viola Richardson received the most votes — around 40 percent of the total — with Ron-Calvin Clark finishing second in a [...]
- In the course of outlining his agenda for his next term (see next item), Mayor Healy told the Journal he’d like to make legal the thousands of illegal apartments in the city to increase the tax base. But city planning director Bob Cotter says the move might put huge strains on his department — [...]
- A 27-year-old man was shot in the back on Monday night in Greenville at later died at the Jersey City Medical Center.
- Two Jersey City cops were arrested in separate incidents at the Jersey shore over Memorial Day weekend. Brian McGovern was charged with simple assault, while Kevin Cieslak was charged with a DWI [...]
Remember: City Hall is closed today, and there is no street sweeping. Trash collection proceeds as usual. Enjoy your Memorial Day.
- Ward F City Council candidate LaVern Webb-Washington, who fell just two votes short of second place (and the chance to enter a runoff with incumbent Viola Richardson), will challenge the results in Superior Court. [...]
- One runoff race for the City Council seems to be set after provisional ballots were tallied, but another will likely involve a recount. In Ward A, incumbent Michael Sottolano will face off against Rolando Lavarro, who edged out Andre Richardson by 30 votes. In Ward F, however, only one vote separates second-place finisher Ron-Calvin [...]
At the campaign party for Lou Manzo’s slate, held at Puccini’s on West Side Avenue, the mood was somber for some and hopeful for others. At one point last night, it was looking like At-Large candidates Joseph Cassidy, Betty Outlaw and Lori Serrano might make a runoff for their seats, although it later became clear [...]
Shouts, hugs and handshakes filled Casino in the Park Tuesday night as supporters of Mayor Jerramiah Healy relished their candidate’s victory. With 30,657 votes cast, Healy won — and avoided a runoff — with 52.9 percent of the vote. Absentee and provisional ballots have yet to be tallied.
- The Journal has a rundown of its April 15 editorial board forum in today’s paper, and has a series of videos online. There isn’t much new in terms of policy proposals here, but the videos are worth a watch.
- The New York Times has a story on the mayoral race, saying Mayor Healy “is [...]
All photos by Steve Gold
Last night, the Martin Luther King Drive Merchants Association held a “Meet the Candidates” forum at the Mary McLeod Bethune Life Center. The event was rightly centered on problems and policies in Ward F, and close to 200 residents came out to hear what the candidates for that ward’s council seat [...]
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