Category: Hoboken News

Some people are calling this year’s May 12 mayoral election a “seminal” moment for Hoboken, considering that the present mayor (David Roberts) oversaw a controversial 47 percent increase in property taxes this year, and the previous mayor (Anthony Russo) went to prison for taking bribes. If it’s time for new blood, that may be what …

Continue reading “Now that they’ve announced…Tough questions for mayor/council tickets”

A Hoboken native in her early 60s named Joan has been living on local streets for more than a year with her faithful snow-white cat, Sugar, whom she adopted as a stray seven years ago. Recently, Joan – who asked that her last name not be used – talked about how she ended up on …

Continue reading “Travels with SugarHoboken woman lives homeless life with cat”

The administration handed a revised $123.5 million budget to the City Council last week for a public hearing, expecting taxpayers to swallow a bitter pill that they claim will ultimately improve the fiscal well-being of the city going forward. Taxpayers will see a very small decrease in taxes for the final quarter of the fiscal …

Continue reading “Slight tax decrease for fourth quarterJUDY: $123.5M budget ‘Exceedingly painful…[but] real’”

Parts of a gazebo on Sinatra Drive and a nearby parking lot began falling into the Hudson River between 2006 and 2007 and have yet to be permanently addressed. The gazebo pier at Sinatra Park has been roped off for almost two years, and the Stevens parking lot that sits next to the park has …

Continue reading “Waterfront spots await repairGazebo and Stevens lot still problematic”

Budget hearing on Wednesday The City Council will meet this Wednesday, March 18 at 7 p.m. to conduct a public hearing on the proposed $123.5 million city budget, as well as to take care of their normal business. City Clerk Jim Farina said on Friday that it was very unlikely that the city would be …

Continue reading “HOBOKEN BRIEFS3/15/09”

Two community taxpayer groups organized another rally outside City Hall last week. About 200 residents gathered a half hour before the City Council meeting last Wednesday, carrying signs that ask for action to lower taxes. A tarred-and-feathered effigy of Mayor David Roberts was carried around and several news outlets covered the event. Select members of …

Continue reading “Taxpayers rally again, look for action”

The City Council took an important step in an arduous process to continue a middle-income affordable housing program at Church Towers last Wednesday night, although some members weren’t sure the timing was right. Many residents of the buildings were at the meeting to show their support. Six members of the council approved a tax abatement …

Continue reading “Gearing up for an electionChurch Towers gets tax abatement; NJ Transit planners denied more money”

A recruitment company that evaluated over 2,000 eligible candidates from around the country to succeed Harvey Holzberg as Hoboken University Medical Center’s Chief Executive Officer has recommended an executive already working at the hospital. Holzberg will recommend Vice President of Administration Spiros Hatiras as Chief Operational Officer to the Municipal Hospital Board for their approval …

Continue reading “New CEO coming to HUMCNational search turns up in-house candidate”