Congressman Rob Menendez has sent a letter to the National Park Service and the Federal Aviation Administration asking them to designate all of Liberty State Park as an avoidance area for helicopter traffic. In so doing, Menendez has aligned himself with several groups, including Friends of Liberty State Park and NYC-based Stop the Chop NY/NJ, […]
Aaron Morrill
Aaron is a writer, musician and lawyer. Aaron attended Berklee College of Music and the State University of New York at Purchase. Aaron served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador. He received a J.D. from Fordham Law School. As a lawyer, Aaron worked as an assistant district attorney in Kings County and a commercial and criminal litigator. He is the founder of Jersey City Times and is currently working on a musical, Food Fighters.
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Jersey City Apartments: Getting Slightly Bigger and Much Costlier
While Jersey City’s new apartments are getting bigger, the increase in size isn’t keeping up with the increase in rents. That’s the takeaway from two new studies. Bucking a national trend, Jersey City apartments have been growing. While over the last ten years new apartments shrank by 54 square feet nationally, new apartments in Jersey […]
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Man Gets 20 Years for Killing of Jersey City Political Operative
Updated 2.27.23 A Philadelphia man was sentenced today in federal court to 240 months in prison for conspiring to murder Jersey City political operative Michael Galdieri. Bomani Africa, 62, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazquez to one count of conspiracy to commit murder for hire. According to U.S. Attorney […]
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Mayor Travels in Secret to Paris with Council Members and Department Heads
Mayor Fulop has taken a group, which includes council members and city department heads, to Paris to meet with officials of the Pompidou Museum. In June of 2021, Fulop announced a plan to build a $40 million satellite of the famed museum in the Pathside Building at Journal Square. The mayor has argued that the […]
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Luz Hernandez’s Ex Returned to Jersey and Charged with Murder
The estranged spouse of slain kindergarten teacher Luz Hernandez is back in New Jersey. He has been charged with Murder. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, Cesar Santana of Jersey City is facing a new set of charges in Hernandez’s death, including Murder, Hindering, Failing to Dispose of Human Remains in a Manner Prescribed […]
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Friends Grieve Downtown Artist Lost in House Fire
Friends of Downtown artist Scot Rienecker have been sharing their memories today following the announcement that Rienecker succumbed to injuries sustained in a house fire on Sunday. Rienecker’s dog died as well, according to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez. Rienecker, 50, had been moved from Jersey City Medical Center to the burn unit at Cooperman […]
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DeGise Explains Hit-and-Run In Interview
Embattled Councilwoman Amy DeGise sat for an interview last night and answered questions surrounding her July 19, 2022 hit-and-run collision with a cyclist. DeGise told NJ Spotlight’s David Cruz that she was unaware until much later in the day that she had hit bike rider Andrew Black. The crash took place at approximately 8 am. […]
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A Grieving BelovED Staff Looks on as Hearse Carrying Luz Hernandez Stops for Flowers
Many of BelovEd Community Charter School’s staff members could be seen wiping away tears as a hearse bearing the body of Luz Hernandez pulled into the school’s parking lot this morning. A lengthy cortege of cars following behind then stopped on Grand Street as the hearse’s driver parked, opened up the back, and allowed several […]
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Video Shows SUV Ramming Taco Spot as 911 Doesn’t Answer
An apparently drunk and angry customer rammed a popular taqueria on Saturday night with his SUV. According to reports on social media and the lifestyle website Hoboken Girl, an inebriated party entered Taqueria Downtown just before the restaurant’s 11 pm closing and demanded to be served. When refused service, the group began pushing and spitting […]
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Workers Cheated and Taxes Unpaid on Controversial Developer’s Building
A building owned by controversial developer Peter Mocco is once again mired in legal issues. A multi-agency team of investigators has assessed more than $1.3 million in back wages and penalties to 20 contractors performing construction work at 88 Regent Street, Mocco’s latest project in Liberty Harbor North. In a four part series, The Jersey […]