The thought of it was chilling. A 38-year-old Palestinian-American father said he had been assaulted outside a Grove Street bar by three epithet-spewing men who appeared to be Israeli. The timing was inauspicious, coming as it did a day before the city council was to debate a resolution calling for a cease fire in Gaza […]
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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‘Failed’ Mayor v. Nepo Baby: Steve Fulop and Rob Menendez Duke it Out
For days Steve Fulop had remained silent as mayors throughout Hudson County lined up behind Rob Menendez’s reelection as U.S. Representative for the Eighth Congressional District. Yesterday, he broke his silence in a tweet on X. “I’m not on board with supporting Rob Menendez for another term in Congress. It’s time to move on. When […]
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With Major Endorsements and Party Backing, Rob Menendez is Resurrected
With endorsements from Hudson County Executive-elect Craig Guy, Union City Mayor Brian Stack and the Hudson County Democratic Organization, Rep. Rob Menendez’s reelection prospects have gone from bleak to good, according to observers. The endorsements were first reported yesterday by Hudson County View. The backing from local heavyweights give new meaning to the biblical injunction […]
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Plot Thickens as Police Seek Second Man in Mysterious Grove Street Assault
A second man has been implicated in a mysterious assault outside a Downtown Jersey City restaurant early Monday morning. The Jersey City Police Department is asking for the public’s help. The attack had initially been described as a bias crime, with the victim, Moath Hamzeh, claiming that the assailants beat and spit on him while […]
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Though City Won’t Say It, Pompidou x Could Cost Over 16M a Year to Operate
Yearly operating expenses for Pompidou x could well exceed $16 million according to data compiled by a leading arts organization, making its budget approximately 60 percent greater than the city’s expenditures for Health and Human Services or Parks and Recreation. And two and a half years after the plan for the Journal Square branch of […]
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‘Ward F Was Gerrymandered’ Attorney Tells Appellate Court
Three judges of the New Jersey Appellate Division listened intently this morning as attorneys sparred over the boundaries of Ward F. According to Renee Steinhagen of New Jersey Appleseed Public Interest Law Center, the new Ward F, approved by the Jersey City Ward Commission in 2022, was designed to strip Councilman Frank Gilmore of power over […]
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Council President Joyce Watterman to Run for Mayor, Adding to a Growing Field
City Council President Joyce Watterman says she will join a growing field of candidates running to replace Mayor Steven Fulop. Fulop, who is running for governor, has said this will be his last term. Watterman made the announcement on Tuesday in an interview with the Jersey Journal, telling the paper that she is in the […]
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In New Lawsuit, Officers Fired for Cannabis Use Say Policy Driven by Mayor’s Run for Governor
In a lawsuit filed on Friday, two Jersey City police officers are claiming that the City’s policy of firing officers who test positive for cannabis use was enacted by Mayor Fulop to “win over more conservative voters needed for his gubernatorial campaign.” The two officers, Norhan Mansour and Omar Polanco waged a year-long battle for […]
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To a Rapturous Crowd, O’Dea Announces His Candidacy For Mayor
Bill O’Dea made his run for mayor official this morning in front of a rapturous crowd of family, friends and colleagues. During an hour-long, slickly produced event at the The View in Lincoln Park, O’Dea’s colleagues along with labor officials and community activists paraded to the lectern to attest to his good character and qualifications. […]
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Pros Say Administration Used Financial Tricks to Boost Fulop’s 2021 Campaign
Two experts in municipal finance believe that the Fulop administration altered the city’s financial projections by millions of dollars in order to aid Mayor Fulop in his 2021 reelection efforts. The two, who have worked for decades in New Jersey municipal finance, believe that by lowering estimated expenses that year — in accounting parlance “under-appropriating” — […]