Jersey City says it will move forward with property revaluation
Jersey City, here comes the reval. One day after the city lost a breach-of-contract case related to the long-stalled property revaluation, and nearly two weeks after New Jersey tax officials ordered the city to get a reval done by November 2017, the city announced it is moving ahead with the process. It will be the first citywide revaluation of properties since 1988. The city said it will soon begin the search for a firm to perform the work and expects to have chosen a company by the fall. The..>> view original3-alarm fire damages at least five homes in Jersey City
UPDATE: 10 displaced by Forrest Street fire A three-alarm blaze that started in a vacant home damaged at least five homes on Forrest Street in Jersey City last night and the blaze rekindled this morning -- hours after it was thought to be extinguished, authorities at the scene said. The blaze is believed to have started at 269 Forrest St. -- between Ocean Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive -- and spread to four attached buildings. The fire was reported just after 8 p.m. and was under control ..>> view originalRetired cop's '3 Percenters' suit against Jersey City heads to trial ...
A retired Jersey City police officer will face off against the city and his former colleagues Monday when his lawsuit -- claiming age discrimination, intimidation and harassment -- goes to trial in a Hudson County courtroom. Francis DeFazio was a member of the the police department's Emergency Services Unit in 2009 when, he says in the lawsuit, a group of fellow ESU members formed a "3 Percenters" clique and began to distance themselves from the rest of the squad. The lawsuit also names as de..>> view originalArrest made in fatal hit-and-run of Jersey City man
Shawniece Strothers (Essex County Prosecutor's Office) NEWARK รข€” A 24-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run that claimed the life of a Jersey City man April 9, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and Acting Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose announced Friday. Mahmoud M. Baza, 31, was crossing Mulberry Street at Market Street around 6:40 a.m. when he was hit. The driver fled the scene and abandoned the vehicle a few blocks away, authorities said. The..>> view originalJersey City youngsters take on 'Mini Mudder' obstacle course ...
Students from the Rafael De J Cordero School 37 in Jersey City were crawling, jumping, and running through Hamilton Park yesterday morning, but it wasn't just part of an average recess. Pre-K to 2nd grade students from the Erie Street school were making their way through a "Mini Mudder" obstacle course. While the idea for the course came from the Tough Mudder endurance race, the children's course was a bit more mild than the barbed wire and 15-foot drops of its namesake. The children's cours..>> view originalYour comments: Should Jersey City replace police officers with ...
A $.9.6 million security contract set for approval at Jersey City City Council meeting Wednesday was pulled before it could be voted on. (Journal file photo)Patrick Villanova | The Jersey Journal A proposal to replace police officers with security guards in places like Jersey City City Hall and community centers was pulled from consideration during Wednesday night's City Council meeting, The Jersey Journal reported. The $9.6 million plan would have put armed guards in City Hall, the municipa..>> view originalName new school for Jersey City native, esteemed educator | Letter
Jersey City Public Schools Department of Early Childhood Education Associate Superintendent Patricia Bryant, right, and Director Alysia Cole-Felder discuss the April 16 event celebrating the 20th anniversary of early childhood education in the district, T Jersey City Public Schools Department of Early Childhood Education Associate Superintendent Patricia Bryant is seen during a celebration of the 20th anniversary of early childhood education in the district, Thursday..>> view originalWoman celebrates 100th birthday with big Jersey City family
JERSEY CITY -- The secret to living to 100? "Try to treat everybody the way you wish to be treated," recently-turned-centenarian Pamela "Pansy" Stevenson said last Saturday at a birthday party with her large Jersey City family. "Help other people when they need it. Do good unto those who do evil unto you," the Queens, N.Y. resident added. Susan Lee, Stevenson's 57-year-old daughter, said her mother -- who officially turned 100 on April 7 -- has weathered many storms through the years, calling ..>> view originalPoll: Should Jersey City hire security guards to free up more police ...
A proposal to replace police officers with security guards in places like Jersey City City Hall and community centers was pulled from consideration during Wednesday night's City Council meeting, The Jersey Journal reported. The $9.6 million plan would have put armed guards in City Hall, the municipal court and unarmed guards at other locations, like the Mary McLeod Bethune Life Center. Police union officials and mother of slain Police Det. Melvin Santiago opposed the measure. Administration ..>> view originalJersey City council adopts law aimed at Hoboken bike share
A measure intended to block Hoboken bike-share users from using public Jersey City bike racks will soon be law. The City Council Wednesday night unanimously adopted a measure barring commercial bikes from being parked at public bike racks for more than two hours. Ward E Councilwoman Candice Osborne, who pushed for the ordinance, said it is a response to what she called Hoboken's Hudson Bike Share "monopolizing" bike racks in Jersey City. "While the sharing economy is great and something we wan..>> view original
Friday, April 15, 2016
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