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City, Reliable Recycling Locked in Litigation

by Kelly Nicholaides

5 months ago | 0

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Although the city is suing Reliable Recycling over claims of pollution such as noxious fumes and dust following years of neighbors’ complaints, the facility is far from being shut down, officials ...

Shared Services Proposal Draws Political Ire

8 months ago | 0

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A move to share non-profit cultural and economic development departments with similar county departments drew political and public ire before being defeated. The City Council voted down two r...

Anti-Youth Violence Crusader Speaks Out

8 months ago | 1

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Ward F resident Debby Walker told elected officials she woke up at 12:30 a.m. when she heard the gunshots. “I heard ‘pop, pop, pop.’ It turned out that the victim was my girlfriend’s son,” said...

Residents: Don’t Cut Library, Health Clinic Funding

by Kelly Nicholaides

9 months ago | 0

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During a budget hearing, residents packed City Hall and pleaded with elected officials not to cut funding for libraries and outsource the city’s free STD/HIV clinic. The city introduced a $477 mill...

Mariano Vega sentenced to 30 months

9 months ago | 0

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Former Councilman Mariano Vega was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his role in a corruption scandal that ensnared 46 people in Hudson County in June 2009. Vega was accused of takin...

City Council Unveils $477M budget

by Kelly Nicholaides

10 months ago | 0

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The City Council introduced a $477 million 2011 municipal budget with no municipal tax increase, at the March 9 meeting. Using $15 million in surplus and saving $8 million from layoff and union con...

Apple Tree House Restoration Plans Advance

by Kelly Nicholaides

10 months ago | 0

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The historic Apple Tree House should be fully restored and open to the public by April 2012. The City Council passed a resolution, 8-0, requesting $600,000 in Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) funding ...

Adopt A Lot Program Expands

by Kelly Nicholaides

10 months ago | 0

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Legislators are seeking to clean up city-owned, blighted parcels and open spaces that have become eyesores, scattered with litter, weeds and debris. The City Council unanimously passed an ...

Flood retires; new Council member appointed

by Kelly Nicholaides

11 months ago | 0

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Mayor Jerramiah Healy has appointed Kalimah Ahmad to replace former Councilwoman-at-Large Willie Flood, who retired last week, citing the need to focus on her family and health. At the February 9 C...

Former BA’s Employer Nets $3.2 Million Revaluation Contract

by Kelly Nicholaides

11 months ago | 0

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The City Council voted 5-2 to award a $3.2 million contract for a citywide property revaluation to Realty Appraisal—a move that drew criticism because the company employs Jersey City’s former busin...

City Moves to Limit Lifetime Health Benefits

by Kelly Nicholaides

12 months ago | 0

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All new employees hired by the city who wish to retire with city-paid health benefits for life must work at least 25 years in Jersey City, thanks to an ordinance adopted by the City Council on J...

City Administrators’ Wages Frozen

by Kelly Nicholaides

12 months ago | 0

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Jersey City’s approximately 20 top administrators will not get annual cost of living increases. The City Council voted 7-1 on January 12, 2011 to freeze wages—by adopting an ordinance ending ye...