The controversial closure of a section of Barrow Street that crosses the Newark Avenue Pedestrian Plaza will remain in effect through the end of the year. According to a notice yesterday from Jersey City Department of Infrastructure, Barrow Street between Christopher Columbus Drive and Bay Street is to remain closed under a “pilot” that went […]
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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Mayor Calls on Attorney General to Release Video in Fatal Police Shooting
At a news conference today Mayor Fulop called upon the New Jersey Attorney General to quickly release body-cam video of yesterday’s fatal confrontation between Jersey City police and an emotionally disturbed Bergen-Lafayette man. According to Fulop and Public Safety Director James Shea, 52-year-old Andrew Jerome Washington was shot with a firearm and taser by members […]
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Attorney General Investigating Fatal Police-Involved Shooting
The New Jersey Attorney General is investigating Sunday’s fatal police-involved shooting in Bergen-Lafayette. According to the Attorney General, the shooting, first reported by the Jersey City Times, took place at approximately 2:28 p.m. on Sunday when police officers from the Jersey City Police Department responded to a home on Randolph Avenue. Emergency medical services personnel […]
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Mentally ill Man Shot by Police Officer in Bergen-Lafayette
This article has been updated here. A mentally-ill Bergen-Lafayette man was shot this afternoon in a confrontation with a Jersey City police officer. The man was taken to Jersey City Medical Center in critical condition. According to one report that could not be confirmed, he succumbed to his injuries a short time later. The shooting […]
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Fulop Administration Loses Two More Rounds in Cops and Cannabis Fight
In June, the Fulop administration suffered a stinging defeat when an administrative law judge ordered the reinstatement of a Jersey City police officer who had tested positive for the presence of cannabis. Now, two new rulings this month have affirmed that judge’s reasoning and may sound the death knell for a policy that has drawn […]
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Jersey City Businessman to Take on a Weakened Sen. Menendez
With Sen. Bob Menendez dogged by a new federal investigation and falling poll numbers, a Jersey City businessman says it’s time for a change. If all goes according to plan, Kyle Jasey, a political newcomer who lives Downtown with his wife and two young children, will face off against New Jersey’s senior senator in next […]
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Film “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” Returns to Van Vorst Park Wednesday
In the space of one year, Jersey City has provided a setting for all three productions, representing the city’s emergence as a convenient — and apparently affordable — urban movie backdrop.
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Mayor Touts Investment in Youth and Open Space as City Lags Nationally
On Wednesday, Mayor Fulop, department heads, and local officials gathered to cut the ribbon on improvements to Gateway Park downtown. But according to two studies, when it comes to playgrounds and open space investment, more ribbon cuttings will be needed to lift the city from its low national rankings. Standing in the newly renovated playground, […]
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Couple Says They Were Fired For Organizing Union in Downtown Building
Activists from the two-million member Service Employees International Union gathered on a tree-lined street in Paulus Hook yesterday to protest. Their cause: a married couple fired from their jobs in a luxury waterfront building where a one-bedroom apartment rents for $3,500 a month. Nick and Madeline Rivera, said the SEIU, were let go for union […]
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Fed up With Crime and Official Indifference, a Landlord Gives Up
A Greenville landlord is calling it quits, fed up by crime, official indifference, and pandemic policies that forced her to evict tenants who had fallen years behind on rent. Rhea Stathatos, a managing partner at York Funding, which owns rental properties in New York and New Jersey, isn’t your stereotypical landlord. In June 2021, as […]