- Where are the Cities in the Charter School Backlash? New Jersey’s fierce debate over charter schools has had a distinctly suburban feel of late, leading NJ Spotlight to ask: why? – SEC Sanctions JC Exchanges: The Securities and Exchange Commission has sanctioned Jersey City-based Direct Edge Holdings and two electronic exchanges it operates for [...]
- Lawsuit Settlement: Jersey City is set to shell out $15,000 to settle a claim by a disabled city worker who says she was denied a handicapped parking space and then disciplined for complaining about it. – HCCC Expansion: Hudson County Community College officials are holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony tomorrow for the school’s newly opened [...]
- Port Authority: The Port Authority will re-evaluate the 10-year, $25 billion capital plan that prompted the agency to dramatically raise PATH fares and tolls in order to prioritize projects and scale back those that do not produce revenue — a month after that plan was approved. – Mistrial in Murder Case: The murder trial [...]
- 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 [...]
Hudson County Community College (HCCC) today confirmed that legendary hip-hop artist Common (at right) and actress America Ferrera will take part in the college’s 2011-2012 Lecture Series. Common, who is also an actor, author and advocate who founded the Common Ground Foundation, will appear at HCCC’s Journal Square campus on Thursday, September 29 at 6:15 [...]
- CCTV Cameras to Move: Jersey City is relocating its CCTV operations from the Parking Authority building on Central Avenue to the year-old Public Safety Communications Center on Bishop Street, about a year after a city official said such a move would come at “extraordinary costs” to the city. The CCTV relocation, scheduled to happen [...]
Regulations that force cable companies to provide public-access programming as a public service would have been stripped away as part of a proposal making its way through Trenton, but opposition from Jersey City officials and residents has already led to some revisions that may have helped preserve public access programming.
- JCPD Negotiations: The union representing police officers now says the statement it sent out yesterday, saying it had agreed to one of the key demands of the Healy administration, is not correct, and that it does not support the “pay lag” proposal as currently presented. – Homicides: The Journal has its annual rundown of [...]
Towards the end of an episode of HBO’s prohibition-era drama Boardwalk Empire, the camera pans to Mayor Frank Hague bouncing two topless women on his lap, as one pours wine down his gullet. Hague is portrayed as a stereotypical political boss — a strong-arming, tough negotiator with rich tastes who likes his booze and women plentiful, and his envelopes fat. On the contrary, Hague was a teetotaler.
- Furloughs: The Public Employment Relations Commission last week ruled in two separate cases that municipalities should have negotiated furlough days with labor unions; Jersey City is reviewing the ruling to see how it may impact the city’s furlough plan, which is now in its second year. – O’Donnell & Christie: As he celebrated his [...]
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