Judge rules against Jersey City in reval contract case
JERSEY CITY — Jersey City has lost the breach-of-contract case filed by the assessment firm hired in 2011 to oversee the long-stalled citywide property revaulation, with the judge presiding over the case using the decision to slam Jersey City's "unfair" tax system. Hudson County Superior Court Judge Francis B. Schultz ruled this afternoon that the city showed bad faith when Mayor Steve Fulop stopped the reval in 2013 and ordered the city not to pay West New York firm Realty Appraisal Co. the r..>> view originalJersey City council adopts law aimed at Hoboken bike share
JERSEY CITY — A measure intended to block Hoboken bike-share users from using public Jersey City bike racks will soon be law. The City Council last 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 somet..>> view originalWitness says 12-year-old Jersey City boy was killed in cold blood
JERSEY CITY -- A witness to the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Gywan Levine Jr. said the boy was not hit by crossfire, but was instead shot in cold blood. Curtis Small, who was present for the May 17, 2013 shooting on Rutgers Avenue in Jersey City, took the witness stand today in the murder trial of Farrarhd H. Gunter and provided new details from the deadly robbery. Gunter, a 36-year-old Newark resident, faces up to life in prison if convicted of Levine's murder. Small said he was sitting on..>> view original$94M in infrastructure work planned on Jersey City water, sewer lines
JERSEY CITY — Cara Goldman has had it with the construction in front of her Sixth Street home. City Municipal Utilities Authorities contractors are at work on the block replacing 1,900 feet of sewer on Sixth from Grove to Monmouth streets. The $4.2 million project began in November and is still about two to three months from completion. "It's taking a long time," Goldman, 26, said this morning as she was walking her dog, Boomer. "It starts very early in the morning." The sewer line replacement..>> view originalMore clarifications to the record in Jersey City in late '80's | Letter
Finally Yvonne Balcer admits where she gets her facts. All of these statements she made about tax abatements she now claims were based on conversations she had with Tony Cucci. Yvonne forgets that her husband ran on my ticket in 1985 against "her friend". Tony Cucci raised the school budget by more than 100 percent in the four years he was mayor, or over $200 million. It wasn't $20 million. She must believe everything Cucci told her without checking the facts. Her proof is again Tony Cucci's s..>> view originalJersey City to mark 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's historic ...
Jersey City will celebrate the 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking organized baseball's color barrier Sunday at Bayside Park. The Jackie Robinson Commemoration Family Day will be held from noon to 3 p.m. and will include baseball clinics for little leaguers, a bounce house and other activities. The event, organized by the Department of Recreation and the Office of Cultural Affairs, will also include collectible art print signing by famed sports artist James Fiorentino. Robinson was..>> view originalJersey City plan to replace cops with security guards is halted
JERSEY CITY — A $9.6 million proposal to replace police officers with security guards at various city locations was pulled from consideration at the last minute during tonight's City Council meeting. The plan would have led to armed guards replacing police officers guarding City Hall and the court, and unarmed guards at other locations, like the Mary McLeod Bethune Life Center. Police union officials and the mother of slain Police Det. Melvin Vincent Santiago appeared at the meeting to oppos..>> view originalCar window smashed by falling debris at Jersey City construction ...
JERSEY CITY -- Debris fell from a construction site and smashed through the back window of a car sitting in traffic in Downtown Jersey City this morning -- the second incident at the site in less than two weeks. Police responded to Jersey Avenue between 15th and 16th streets at 8 a.m. today when a woman reported that she was driving on Jersey Avenue when the debris, believed to be concrete, smashed her back window. Police at the scene said the debris fell from the high-rise construction proje..>> view originalJersey City Mayor Heads to Atlantic City to Talk Gaming, Casinos
What better place to talk gaming than Atlantic City, and that’s exactly what Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop did on his visit to the troubled resort and gambling meccca. More specifically, Fulop wanted to get a better sense of how bringing casinos north would benefit that part of the state and possibly harm the southern city and its environs. “What I found is I try to balance what’s in Jersey City’s best interest, what’s in North Jersey’s best interest. I’m obviously conscious of the impact to A..>> view originalSweeney, Cunningham tout education policies in Jersey City
Senate President Steve Sweeney and state Sen. Sandra B. Cunningham toured Hudson County Community College's $35 million Sip Avenue library yesterday to tout their higher education policies. The two state lawmakers visited the building's sixth floor art gallery, where they saw a new exhibit of vintage gay pride parade photos; peered at the view of Journal Square from a sixth floor terrace; and toured the two-floor library, which includes a cafe that sells Starbucks coffee. "Every college has a ..>> view original
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Judge rules against Jersey City in reval contract case and other top stories.
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