I believe it’s time to ask Mayor Fulop a question. Can we keep our campaigns about the issues and not deal in spreading lies, half-truths, or innuendo?
August 2021
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State Won’t Extend Expiring Unemployment Benefits
Roughly half-a-million jobless New Jerseyans will see their unemployment benefits lapse next week, and the state doesn’t plan to extend them, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday.
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Spears Responds to Fulop’s Claim That He Was a Republican
Mayoral candidate Lewis Spears has responded to charges from the Fulop campaign that he was a registered Republican who may have supported Republican candidates for state and national office.
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Spears Hails Certification as Fulop Attacks Him as Former Republican
Mayoral candidate Lewis Spears has announced that on Saturday he became just the fourth—and the youngest—African American man in 200 years, to garner enough petitions to certify as a mayoral candidate in November’s general election.
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New Jersey’s Unemployed Fret About Federal Benefits Expiring
Since the start of the pandemic, the state Labor Department has doled out more than $33 billion in state and federal benefits. The unemployment trust fund is already depleted.
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Op Ed: Rental Assistance is Being Held Back from Jersey City Residents
Jersey City has not paid out a single penny of the $7.8 million provided by the federal government to give much needed rental relief to residents and families suffering to make ends meet during the pandemic.
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Under Pressure Mayor Cancels Event Honoring Rapper Accused of Multiple Sexual Assaults
Mayor Fulop has cancelled an event featuring “celebrity guest,” rapper Tip “T.I.” Harris, who was set to arrive in the city with a lengthy rap sheet and beset by fresh charges of abusing women.
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Watch Out Elon: Jersey City Father and Son Build an Electric Bug
You may have come upon a strange sight: a flamboyantly spray-painted 1971 Volkswagen bug. The car is now on its way to becoming even more modern: by going electric. The team behind the conversion is a father and son duo, Dave and Lucas Slurzberg.
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Crash on Christopher Columbus Drive Leads to Manslaughter Charges
A Jersey City man has been charged in connection with a fatal early morning February collision with a guardrail on Christopher Columbus Drive.
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GoFundMe Page Started to Help Family Left Homeless by 5-Alarm Fire
Relatives of a family left homeless after a 5-alarm fire are raising money for their support on a GoFundMe page.