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In addition to affecting certain low- and moderate-income buildings, the rent control amendment ordinance that Councilman Steve Hudock proposed would also make a change pertaining to owner-occupied two-family homes. This change is unrelated to the other changes. This change would allow owners of those homes to take them off of rent control when a tenant …
A zoning board meeting to determine the fate of an 18-story “C”-shaped building that local developers hope to erect between the Park Avenue and Willow Avenue bridges is not likely to be scheduled for at least three months, said Zoning Board Chairman Joe Crimmins Wednesday. The 1600 Park Ave. proposal has become the focal point …
Continue reading “Governor’s executive order may impact proposed development for 1600 Park”
In a quixotic vote at Wednesday night’s City Council meeting, a resolution involving longevity payments for city workers, which was sponsored by Councilmen Tony Soares and Ruben Ramos Jr., failed 4-2-3 after those same sponsors voted against it. Longevity payments are payments added to a municipal employee’s base pay after they work for the city …
City officials took action toward closing the city’s Office of Housing Inspection last week, according to employees who work in the five-person municipal office and fear for their jobs. Jude Fitzgibbons, the longtime supervisor of the municipal office, who is charged with ensuring that city buildings are not in violation of the housing code, said …
Continue reading “City considers allowing state to do housing inspections”
Hoboken residents will soon be able to drop anchor uptown if a local developer’s plans to build an 87-slip marina at the pier between 12th and 13th streets are approved by the city. The Planning Board met Thursday night to begin consideration of the project. It is expected to come up for a vote the …
Continue reading “Marina to be considered for northern waterfront”
Some Hobokenites will walk as much as a mile to find parking, but it is unlikely any of them have ever gone as far as Hans-Henning Judek, a resident of Yokohama, Japan, went this week. Judek was one of 125 parking industry executives and engineers from 10 countries who attended a seminar at a Secaucus …
Continue reading “Parking execs from 10 countries look at one-of-a-kind garage”
The biggest parking scofflaw in town may be the city government itself. Because the city is dealing with a budget crisis, it has not paid a little more than $1 million that it owes to the Jersey City Parking Authority. And the JCPA is not alone. The city has been forced to curb, or halt …
Continue reading “Street sweeping, ticketing may stop if city doesn’t make payment to agency”
Caught in the web of plans the Jersey City Board of Education has for the construction of a new elementary and middle school, three businesses may be turned into prime parking for teachers. The Newport Pancake House, 434 Jersey Ave., received a letter last month from an agency representing the Board of Education that threatened …
New languages can be learned, novels can be written and buildings can be constructed faster than the time it takes the county to publish an artists’ directory. After nearly three years of deciphering and fact-checking forms filled out by artists, the county’s Division of Cultural Heritage says it is finally ready to publish an all-county …
Continue reading “How many years does it take to put out an artists’ directory?”
Bernadette Cooper is a woman of many dimensions. She’s traveled the world over. She has her friends shop for clothing for her in France. She has gone platinum producing movie soundtracks and working with big-name artists like Bette Midler and Salt ‘N Peppa. And now, Cooper is hawking a fresh collection of vintage clothing in …