Category: Jersey City News

When Mayor Jerramiah Healy announced that he supported city employee David Donnelly as a replacement for former Ward B councilman Phil Kenny, it was practically a given that the City Council would vote for Donnelly’s appointment at Wednesday’s council meeting. The 7-0 vote, with City Councilwoman Viola Richardson abstaining, did not come without some controversy. …

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Al Rinn wanted to meet with a reporter at the Miss America Diner on West Side Avenue in Jersey City on a recent afternoon to get something off his chest. “Take a look at the New Jersey side of Ellis Island, and you’ll see it is so underdeveloped,” Rinn said. “It’s a shame when you …

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Although Hudson County residents are planning to vote for governor on Nov. 3, and some towns have mayoral or council choices, there are also two contested races in each district for the state Assembly. Assembly seats have two-year terms. _____________ Two Democrats are running in each district, sometimes opposed by Republicans or independents. ________ Voters …

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Despite a presentation from officials of the newly-opened 77 Hudson Street condominium towers, the City Council on Wednesday denied an application for an extension of their tax abatement, as recommended by Mayor Jerremiah Healy. The council resolved 8-0 to “disapprove” an extension of the abatement from 20 to 30 years and to lower the service …

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Manzos plead not guilty in federal court According to various news reports, former state assemblyman Louis Manzo, who ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Jersey City, and his brother, Ronald Manzo, each pled not guilty in Newark federal court on Thursday. Both Manzos have been charged with allegedly taking $27,500 in corrupt cash payments from undercover …

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A guilty plea, an indictment, and two resignations in connection with this past July’s statewide FBI corruption sting came down Tuesday for present and former Jersey City political figures. In U.S. District Court in Newark, newly-elected Jersey City Councilman Phil Kenny pleaded guilty to taking $5,000 in bribes from the government’s “cooperating witness,” Solomon Dwek, …

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Jersey Avenue is known primarily as a road running through the heart of Downtown Jersey City. It stops by a creek behind the Jersey City Medical Center, then leads into a footbridge that extends over Mill Creek and into Liberty State Park. But there have been proposals for years to extend Jersey Avenue, to allow …

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A major determinant of a successful school system is the high school graduation rate. By that standard, the Jersey City school district would get a failing grade, because the state Department of Education found that in the 2007-2008 school year, about three out of four students passed high school, or 74 percent. That is far …

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Although Bojana Coklyat greeted the people admiring her art during last weekend’s Jersey City Studio Artists Tour, she was unable to see most of them. Coklyat is one of 259,000 legally blind people living in New Jersey, approximately 3 percent of the state’s overall population. For years, the sightless and nearly sightless were an almost …

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