Municipal Prosecutor and Jersey City Ward E Council candidate Jake Hudnut is opposing the Jersey City Board of Education’s plan to change the district’s admissions policy for McNair Academic High School and Infinity Institute. The plan would shift admissions away from a race-based formula and instead apportion seats by dividing Jersey City’s neighborhoods based on socioeconomic tiers. Hudnut says that this change will take crucial educational opportunities away from Downtown families, especially those of color, who live nearby more affluent residents.

Councilperson James Solomon announced that he posted another strong grassroots fundraising quarter. In the second quarter, Solomon raised over $81,000 from 621 grassroots donors, 380 of whom are from Jersey City.

The campaign’s median donation for the quarter was $50. He enters the third fundraising quarter with over $125,000 cash on hand.

Ward C City Council Candidate Kevin Bing called for expanding bike lanes, standard street safety infrastructure, and improved mass transit options. “From Palisade to Newark, we are not going to trade pedestrian safety for driver convenience.”