Category: Jersey City News

Despite an extra $14 million in aid given to Jersey City by the state last week, the city’s $507 million budget may still result in a major tax increase. The City Council voted 8-1 Wednesday night to introduce the budget after the city received the new state aid numbers. Introduced more than six months into …

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Hoboken University Medical Center is in tough financial straits, as are most area hospitals who have to deal with insurance reimbursements and other issues. Now, HUMC CEO Spiros Hatiras is concerned that patients who normally would be brought to his hospital are being unfairly diverted by ambulance to Jersey City Medical Center. Christopher Rinn, JCMC’s …

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The Red Bull Air Race is coming to Jersey City, possibly bringing thousands of dollars in revenue to area businesses. The international series of air races, in which professional pilots navigate an obstacle course, will be held in the skies over Liberty State Park on June 19 and 20. Bruce Bedell, event marketing manager for …

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The developers of Jersey City’s Newport Office Center VI want a tax abatement so that they can convert parking space on the second and third floors of 570 Washington Blvd. into office and storage space at the request of a future corporate tenant. The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), a company that deals in …

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Last week, the temperatures in Hudson County were so low that homeless people who showed up at shelters in Jersey City and Hoboken were bused to the third shelter in the county, the PERC Shelter in Union City. The buses were commissioned by the United Way of Hudson County. The transfer occurs when the Hudson …

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Jersey City Councilman Steven Fulop has a plan to help city residents struggling to pay their property taxes in tough economic times. Fulop said he will introduce an ordinance at the Wednesday, Jan. 13 council meeting to allow homeowners to pay the city over a three-year period if they show proof that they will have …

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The Jersey City Planning Board has postponed until Feb. 9 a hearing on 183 Pine St., where former high school basketball stars Jerry and Jasper Walker want to create an after-school tutoring program for seventh and eighth graders to be operated by the non-profit group Team Walker. While the delay was requested by Walker, residents …

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Possible ‘Latin Kings’ member arrested in JC shooting Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio announced on Thursday that Miguel Ortiz, 25, of Fairmount Avenue in Jersey City was arrested in Brooklyn early Thursday morning as the alleged shooter in the Dec. 30 murder at the Ringside Lounge on Tonnele Avenue in Jersey City. DeFazio said Ortiz …

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