Category: Hoboken News

Prescription drug savings program coming to Hoboken A new prescription drug savings program will launch this week in Hoboken, according to a city press release. The Coast2Coast Rx card will allow all city residents to participate in the program and “save on the cost of their medications.” The city was approached by the Heinz Foundation …

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Inside the small Hoboken City Hall basement conference room on Wednesday evening, a landlord from New York City sat across from the Hoboken Rent Leveling and Stabilization Board and tried to make the case that he was charging his tenants a perfectly legal rent. But the tenants had refused to pay, saying it was an …

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Of all the Hoboken archetypes out there – the Wall Street workers, the stroller-pushing mommies, the artists, the recent college grads – perhaps the most overlooked is the unemployed young professional toiling the days away searching online help wanted ads in Starbucks. And yet, in a state with 9 percent unemployment, this group does exist …

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The Hoboken Board of Education finally has their new superintendent of schools. Dr. Mark Toback will begin work after he provides 60 days’ notice to his current employers in the Sussex County school system. The Hoboken board voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve Toback’s contract and pay the new superintendent an annual salary of $157,500, …

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Hoboken’s need for more open recreation spaces and parks may be one of the few things that all sides in the city’s polarized municipal government can agree upon. But agreement is one thing – tangible progress is another. But the city appears to be inching its way toward providing more green and open spaces. A …

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For some, the options offered by the Hoboken Senior Services Department are a reason to get out of the house once in a while. For others, the games and trips to area casinos and malls are chances for older members of the community to socialize. But for most, it’s a combination of both. The department …

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Correction Last week’s story “The future of Hoboken’s hospital” incorrectly stated that out-of-network costs for patients at hospitals are determined by their insurance provider. In actuality, the hospitals are the ones determining the costs because the hospitals do not have a contract with the insurance provider to establish agreed-upon reimbursement amounts. The patient may have …

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HUMC Holdco LLC, the group negotiating with the Hoboken Hospital Authority (HHA) for transfer of ownership of the Hoboken University Medical Center, may be new to the city. But behind the newly-established LLC are the part owners of Bayonne Medical Center, and some of their controversial policies made national headlines after the group’s takeover of …

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