Category: Jersey City News

“I want the Port Authority to say that this option is off the table,” said a very angry Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer at a rally of local, state and federal officials near the Grove Street PATH station on Monday. The officials met to oppose several proposals by the Port Authority, including eliminating night time PATH …

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Who should determine what happens in Liberty State Park? That’s the question at the core of a conflict between Friends of Liberty State Park and their local advocates, and Gov. Christopher Christie and municipal officials in some Meadowlands communities, who are seeking to have park oversight shifted from the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) …

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Two sharply different factions now split the Jersey City Board of Education, and at the Jan. 6 reorganization meeting – as three new members were sworn in – the talk of peace and cooperation was often through gritted teeth. “The Nov. 4 election is over and now it’s time to act,” said Lorenzo Richardson, who …

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On Monday, four new freeholders joined the nine-member Hudson County Board of Freeholders, a legislative body that votes on issues such as the county budget, county roads, the jail, county schools, and personnel. In the most significant change of membership since at least the 1990s, these members – Kenneth Kopacz (representing Bayonne and some of …

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Jersey City launches bike share program Mayor Steven M. Fulop announced this week that Jersey City is launching a bike share program connecting Jersey City with the New York City bike share system, offering residents, commuters, and visitors seamless access to the nation’s largest bike share network. Jersey City’s bike share program will be funded …

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The City Council approved an ordinance in mid-December that will eventually allow a parking lot near the Municipal Court building to be sold to a residential developer. However, the municipal workers’ union is upset, as their contract requires parking to be provided for them. The ordinance, adopted on Dec. 18, lifts a deed restriction on …

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Kathy Conway, a senior citizen from Jersey City, credits her weight loss and her ability to keep the pounds off to a city recreation program that allows her to use facilities at New Jersey City University. She walks on the indoor track and uses the pool. “I would not have been able to keep it …

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Ever since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, local bloggers and journalists have told stories of being stopped by police from taking photographs in train and bus stations, and near bridges and ports. But is there really a law against this, and if so, what’s behind it? As it turns out, there are no …

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After vetoing legislation that would have started the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on the road to reform, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Gov. Christopher Christie issued recommendations that have a number of local officials seeing red. Among the recommended changes would include possibly privatizing the PATH service between New York and New …

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