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The 162-page report prepared by the people who served on Mayor Steven Fulop’s transition committee was released recently, making a series of recommendations including retraining city employees in how to deal with the public; selling more taxi medallions, and folding the Parking Authority into the Police Department. The report is a summary of major recommendations …

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Three weeks in office isn’t enough time to close a $20 million structural budget deficit. That’s the mantra being repeated by Mayor Steven Fulop and his seven allies on the City Council after the governing body last week adopted a $515.9 million city budget for 2013 that includes a 7.6 percent municipal tax increase. The …

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City’s personnel office takes over for StevenFulop.com Following some scrutiny regarding the way in which certain hiring decisions were being made (see “New mayor gets more than 400 resumes for jobs,” Jersey City Reporter, July 14), Mayor Steven Fulop has discontinued receiving resumes at his private website, StevenFulop.com. A posting added to the city website …

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Be patient. That’s what the administration of Mayor Steven Fulop and his allies on the City Council are telling residents after introducing an amended 2013 municipal budget that will include a tax increase. The revised $515.9 million budget was unanimously introduced during a special council session held on July 10, and will come up for …

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How well do top New Jersey stories fare on New York-based nightly newscasts? Let’s roll the proverbial tape. In August, the Newark Police Department will become the first police force in the entire nation to release monthly race and gender data for its controversial stop-and-frisk program. The New Jersey Supreme Court last week ruled that …

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When Mayor Steven Fulop announced Stacey Lea Flanagan as the new director of the Health and Human Services Department last week, he went out of his way to note that the downtown resident had applied for her job through the online resume collection site he set up through his campaign office shortly after he won …

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Talk to any fiction writer, and most will tell you the hardest part of any short story or novel is the first sentence. Owners of small businesses often say something similar: Get through those first five years, and the business could well be on profitable ground for many years to come. The independent and family-owned …

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It’s likely that your weeklong family trip out of town to the beach or the in-laws’ place was scheduled months ago. But for those looking for fun things to do the rest of the summer, Hudson County offers several fun “staycation” options – even for those who want to “get away from it all” while …

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Former Gov. James McGreevey to head Jersey City’s Employment & Training Commission Mayor Steven Fulop on July 12 announced the appointment of former New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey to serve as the executive director of the Jersey City Employment and Training Commission. The commission is charged with the responsibility of overseeing workforce training in the …

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This week, new City Council President Rolando Lavarro Jr. will face perhaps one of the biggest challenges he’ll have to address all year: building consensus among his council colleagues for a 2013 municipal budget that can be adopted, while deflecting blame away from the administration of Mayor Steven Fulop for any unpopular spending cuts that …

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