The Bayonne Board of Education’s 2015-2016 operating budget may include a $2.2 million deficit, according to a statement from Mayor James Davis. The statement cited “preliminary information” deriving from a mandatory annual audit of the BBOED by the NJ Department of Education. In the statement, the mayor attributed the potential structural deficit to the “mismanagement of funds,” warning such a deficit may have “wide-ranging and far reaching implications for the district and community as a whole,” notably students and district employees. Click here for more.
When the Sabrett hot dog cart operated by Alex DeJesus on Avenue E and 34th Street was damaged by a fire on Thanksgiving Day, Bayonne residents quickly mobilized. DeJesus’s neighbor, John Milan Sebik, set up a GoFundMe page to raise $3,000 to re-open DeJesus’s cart. “He is a great guy, a hard worker and one that really has helped our community. He has donated his time and efforts to help out many events with schools and small businesses,” wrote Sebik on the fundraising page. Click here for more.
Local Bayonne attorney and former business administrator for the City of Bayonne, Peter Cresci, has been temporarily suspended from practicing law by the NJ State Bar Association, according to a ruling from the state Supreme Court’s Office of Attorney Ethics. Cresci, a frequent speaker at Bayonne City Council meetings and critic of Mayor James Davis and his administration, is behind many cases against the city since his departure from the Bayonne Parking Authority, where he worked as the department’s attorney and interim director. Click here for more.