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Due to maintenance issues, Jersey City Council tables 20-year tax abatement
After a lengthy discussion with a tenant and the property owners of Ocean Towers, the Jersey City Council tabled an ordinance that would have...
Jersey City Council takes first step to move 2017 municipal elections
After a non-binding referendum narrowly won at the polls last week, the Jersey City Council approved the first reading of a measure that would...
Jersey City Councilman Boggiano: ‘I’d like to probably run for mayor’...
Jersey City Ward C Councilman Rich Boggiano says that depending on what's next for the Steven Fulop administration, "I'd like to probably run for...
Jersey City Council approves JCIA’s merger with Department of Public Works
After over three months of discussion, the Jersey City Council approved a measure merging the Jersey City Incinerator Authority with the city's Department of...
Jersey City being sued by good gov’t group over ‘unreasonable’ City...
The Jersey City Council acted in an "arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable" fashion when they adopted a resolution approving a redevelopment plan for City Hall,...
Jersey City BOE is infringing on religious civil rights, Muslim parent...
The Jersey City Board of Education’s decision to keep the holiday Eid Al-Adha off this year's closure list is an infringement on constitutional rights,...
Councilman Yun concerned for Jersey City after council grants 20-year tax...
An amended ordinance reducing a 30-year tax abatement to a 20-year tax exemption for KRE Urban Renewal could still hurt Jersey City in the...
Protest to reinstate ex-Jersey City Rec Director Ryan Strother barely makes...
After days of promoting a protest to call for the reinstatement of former Jersey City Rec Director Ryan Strother prior to last night's Jersey...
Alston: Fulop ‘conceded to political pressure’ by firing Rec Director Strother
Former Assembly candidate Bruce Alston says that Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop "conceded to political pressure" when he fired Recreation Director Ryan Strother, who...
As Jersey City adds police body cameras, ACLU calls for more...
Just before the Jersey City council approved a $1.2 million contract for police body cameras, the ACLU expressed their concerns about the statewide initiative...
