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 [...]
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 letter sent by the state’s Division of HIV, STD and TB Services questioning the city’s proposed agreement with private health facility Horizon has once again cast doubts on a plan to shutter the city-operated Preventative Medicine Clinic. In the letter, Assistant Commissioner Connie Meyers writes that Kelly’s “memo [to the state] does not mention [...]
A new ward map is expected to be submitted to the state by the end of January, says City Clerk Robert Byrne, despite Jersey City’s appeal of the 2010 Census count. Byrne acknowledges that if the appeal is successful it would significantly alter the map, but says the already-extended February 3rd deadline is forcing his [...]
When Bank of America shuttered their MLK Hub branch 18-months ago, citing the hard bottom-line realities of operating a branch with a low amount of deposits, residents in the area were left in what has been described as a “banking desert.” The problem presented a significant hurdle for the community, one with a sizable senior [...]
Councilwoman Richardson Outraged Over City’s Continued Dealings with Bank of America: Members of the Jersey City City Council expressed outrage last night that Bank of America remains a city customer 18 months after the council voted to drop the city’s accounts with the banking giant. Look for more on last night’s council meeting from JCI [...]
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 foreclosed home in Jersey City will soon be acquired and revitalized by the Jersey City Episcopal Community Development Corporation (JCECDC) thanks to a $75,000 grant from the people at Wells Fargo Housing Foundation. The grant for the two-story home comes as part of an effort to make affordable housing more attractive to first time [...]
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 [...]
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