Friday, September 22, 2017

Timeline of Jersey City police pursuit that left innocent man critically ... and other top stories.

  • Timeline of Jersey City police pursuit that left innocent man critically ...

    Timeline of Jersey City police pursuit that left innocent man critically ...
    It's five days since a 48-year-old man led police on a six-mile pursuit through Jersey City, ending in a fiery crash on Tonnelle Avenue.  The story grabbed national headlines after a video surfaced of police kicking a victim of the crash just as the burning man extinguishes himself by rolling on the ground.  The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office is investigating the pursuit -- which included police gunfire -- and the kicking incident caught on tape, but has remained tight lipped about certain e..
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  • Plans for stricter Jersey City PILOT rules alarm developers, unions

    Plans for stricter Jersey City PILOT rules alarm developers, unions
    JERSEY CITY -- Real-estate developers and labor unions are sounding the alarm about measures before the City Council that would sharply increase the requirements tied to tax abatements. One of the measures, which have yet to get final votes by the nine-member council, would require all tax-abated Downtown properties include 20 percent affordable housing, while the other would force developers seeking tax breaks to a pay an extra fee that would go to the public-school district. During a campaign..
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  • Jersey City to pay $45K to settle police brutality claim

    Jersey City to pay $45K to settle police brutality claim
    JERSEY CITY -- A man who accused Jersey City cops of beating him during a 2011 party on Martin Luther King Drive is set to receive $45,000 to drop his federal lawsuit against the city. Michael Wheeler was arrested after police officers responded to the event on a report of there being people with handguns nearby. Wheeler, who said he was working security at the party, alleged a group of four officers grabbed him, punched him, kneed him in the gut and hit him with a baton when he wouldn't leave ..
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  • Jersey City to host public meeting June 12 on proposed greenway

    Jersey City to host public meeting June 12 on proposed greenway
    Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop will host a public meeting on Monday, June 12, on plans to build a new greenway on the newly acquired 5 acres of unutilized land in Country Village. There will be a question-and-answer session during the meeting to allow residents to weigh in on design goals and needs for the land, which is located off Sullivan Drive. The meeting will run from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Maria Room of Our Lady of Mercy Church, 40 Sullivan Dr. City Council President Rolando Lavarro Jr. and r..
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  • Follow Jersey City's lead, close tax loophole for NJ tourism | Opinion

    Follow Jersey City's lead, close tax loophole for NJ tourism | Opinion
    By Assemblywoman Annette Quijano School bells throughout much of the country will soon sound a final ring and usher in another exciting tourist season at the Jersey Shore. As they have done for generations, vacationers will arrive at their destinations with children in tow and drop their bags in a place they'll call home for a week or two -- but this year many of these visitors won't be checking into one of our hotels or motels. Instead, they will be staying in spaces rented through popular ho..
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  • Jersey City clears final hurdle for state control

    Jersey City clears final hurdle for state control
    By David Cruz Correspondent In a state with more than 500 school districts, a state takeover of a local system is no little thing, and can reverberate for years. So far, just four systems – Jersey City in 1989, Paterson in 1991, Newark in 1995 and Camden in 2013 – have fallen under state control. And what does that mean? Well, the state – through the education commissioner – has control of every aspect of the district’s operation. Who they hire. What they teach. Where they teach. What they pay...
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  • WeWork out, Jersey City Kushner project loses state tax break

    WeWork out, Jersey City Kushner project loses state tax break
      JERSEY CITY -- With the loss of investor and anchor tenant WeWork, One Journal Square, the two-tower project being developed by Kushner Companies and KABR Group, has lost a $6.5 million annual state tax credit, WNYC reports. New Jersey awarded the tax break in November 2015 but WeWork missed a May deadline for extending the tax credit and so did not meet the terms of its approval, according to WNYC. WeWork, a trendy co-working start-up, was the subject of local controversy last year when one ..
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  • 10-year prison term for man charged in 2014 fatal shooting on ...

    10-year prison term for man charged in 2014 fatal shooting on ...
    JERSEY CITY -- An Elizabeth man was sentenced to 10 years in prison today for his role in a 2014 fatal shooting on a Jersey City street.  David Wiley, 26, must serve 8 1/2 years before becoming eligible for parole in connection to the Aug. 8, 2014 homicide of 20-year-old Joshua Taylor, who was fatally shot on Lexington Avenue near Kennedy Boulevard. While Wiley did not pull the trigger of the gun that killed Taylor, authorities say he drove the shooter. Taylor was found bleeding from multiple g..
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  • Bayonne Times Edition front and back page news: Saturday, June ...

    Bayonne Times Edition front and back page news: Saturday, June ...
    Patrick Villanova | The Jersey Journal  When school children in future classes of the Walter F. Robinson school sit outside on radiant, sunny days and read their favorite books in the public school's new reading garden, they will think of Bridget O'Donnel, who was killed in a car crash on Feb. 22, 2016. In radio communications from Sunday night's fiery crash in Jersey City that is making national headlines, firefighters appear to have struggled getting to the site where a six-mile police pursui..
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  • Success in courtroom, but Paterson dangers persist

    Success in courtroom, but Paterson dangers persist
    Joe Malinconico, Paterson Press Published 12:02 p.m. ET June 9, 2017 | Updated 18 hours agoCLOSE An inside look at the current issues facing Paterson, N.J. Michael V. Pettigano27 of 28 alleged gang members arrested in a 2014 roundup have been convicted, but street violence remains a daily threat.Gavel and scales(Photo: Creatas)PATERSON – Federal authorities have almost run the table on the 28 alleged Paterson street gang members whom they arrested three years ag..
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