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Only $8.7M in the red
Budget numbers show hospital inching toward recovery

Hoboken University Medical Center CEO Spiros Hatiras has come through on his one of the first promises he made after he took over the only taxpayer-owned hospital in New Jersey last summer. When an audit revealed that Hoboken’s failing hospital had been underreporting losses, he owned up to the numbers and vowed to cut the …

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HOBOKEN BRIEFS
1/31/10

SWAT lieutenant suspended without pay Mayor Dawn Zimmer announced on Friday that Hoboken Police Lt. Angelo Andriani is suspended without pay following reports that Andriani was detained by the Tampa International Airport Police Department on Monday, Jan. 18 after he was allegedly involved in a “passenger causing a disturbance” incident. Andriani allegedly showed Tampa police …

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The St. Pat’s parade and the party
Council may raise fines to $2,000 or community service

The Hoboken St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be held on Saturday, March 6 at 1 p.m., but residents and officials are worried about the after-party in the streets. In the last few years, the city’s population has almost doubled on the first Saturday in March, with revelers coming in from surrounding areas to enjoy the …

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Hoboken to Haiti
Residents need your donated food, items to help earthquake victims

Geisha Mojica was so saddened by images of the ravished Caribbean nation of Haiti that she wanted to put college on hold to go help. Her mother, Evelyn Lopez, wouldn’t allow it. Not just because of college, but because Lopez thought heading into the devastation might be unhealthy. However, she helped her daughter set up …

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HOBOKEN BRIEFS
1/24/10

HUMC: We’re not closing Hoboken University Medical Center CEO Spiros Hatiras last week contradicted a report from Gov. Chris Christie’s transition team that claimed the hospital will be closing in few months. Hatiras made the statement at an emergency press conference on Friday. The report claimed that $7 million in stabilization funds given to the …

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Labor negotiations coming to a head
Plus, will local elections be moved to November?

The city is negotiating several labor contracts, including those for the police and fire departments, but Mayor Dawn Zimmer and the City Council – the elected officials – may have no say in the outcome. That’s because Hoboken’s state-appointed Fiscal Monitor may decide the final contracts. Several unions have been without a labor contract for …

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Man jumps to his death from eighth floor of luxury Tea Building Eli Manning also a resident

HOBOKEN — Sunday morning, a man apparently jumped to his death around 7:20 a.m. from the luxury Tea Building at the head of Hoboken’s main drag, Washington Street, according to NJ.com’s Hoboken Now. The building, a converted Lipton Tea factory, is home to many high-earning residents including New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, and boasts …

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