- Post-Irene Aid: Hudson County’s welfare director says the potential for fraud is great in the Hurricane Irene-related one-time food benefit program. Meanwhile, long lines have many would-be aid seekers getting quite frustrated. – ‘Untitled Jersey City Project’: During last night’s Emmy Awards, FX premiered the first teaser for a new dramatic series, Untitled Jersey [...]
- King Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud: After a federal court tossed out the most serious charges to which he had already pleaded guilty, Jimmy King yesterday admitted to a single count of mail fraud in connection with the largest federal corruption sting in New Jersey history. – HudCo Judge Sues State Over Pension/Benefit Changes: [...]
- State Investigating Test Erasures at JC School & Others: The state Department of Education (DOE) yesterday released an analysis compiled over the past three years that examined patterns of erasures on the state’s battery of standardized tests — including where they could be clues to tampering. As a result, it has sent 34 schools, [...]
- Outsourcing the Free STD Clinic: Officials with Horizon Health Center, which is set to take over Jersey City’s free STD clinic, told anxious City Council members yesterday they plan to offer “comprehensive” health care at the clinic. As we’ve reported, there are serious concerns that Horizon doesn’t offer the same level of care that [...]
- UBS Gets Tax Break to Keep Jobs in JC: New Jersey has awarded a $27 million tax break to UBS Financial Services Inc. to keep the company from moving 2,000 employees in Weehawken and Jersey City out of state. – Aid to Cities: Negotiations between Gov. Christie and legislators on restoring up to $139 [...]
- Aid to Cities: Democratic leaders and Gov. Christie’s office have opened the door to try to restore up to $139 million in aid for New Jersey’s poorest cities following a week of confusion among municipal officials over the cuts that came without warning. – Sentence Lengthened for Shooting: As a result of an appellate [...]
- Elwell Trial: A jury has acquitted former Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell of conspiracy and attempted extortion but found him guilty of bribery for accepting a $10,000 cash payment from an FBI informant posing as a corrupt developer. – Cunningham & Christie: State Sen. Sandra Cunningham takes exception to the idea that she’s lying in [...]
- UEZ Funding: After months of wait and see, New Jersey’s Urban Enterprise Zones (UEZs) face a future of surviving through penny-pinching and reduced services. Gov. Christie’s veto of line-items worth $1 billion from the Democrats’ budget, among them about $47 million allocated to the UEZs, leaves the zones with no state funds this year [...]
- Tax Bills: Last week Jersey City residents started receiving their most recent quarterly property tax bills in the mail, and some people don’t like what they see. – The State Budget & NJ’s Cities: The state’s cities may bear the biggest brunt of the Gov. Christie’s budget cuts. – School Vouchers: The controversial Opportunity [...]
- Eliu Rivera: Hudson County Freeholder Eliu Rivera has been hospitalized for several weeks and was in stable condition yesterday at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston. – City Worker Layoffs: Jersey City carried out a second round of employee layoffs yesterday, with roughly 40 persons in administration being shown the door. – Gang Criminality [...]
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