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Editorial: Residents Must Speak up Now to Save Liberty State Park

June 21, 2022 in Bergen Lafayette, header, Latest News, Narrate, News, Opinion /by Jersey City Times Editorial Board

Once again, Liberty State Park is under threat. A bill making its way through the legislature and on for a hearing in the state Assembly tomorrow would open the park up to commercial development and forever damage the storied urban oasis.

Editorial: City Council Should Stay Out of Jersey Journal Pay Dispute

June 14, 2022 in header, Latest News, Narrate, News, Opinion /by Jersey City Times Editorial Board

If Solomon believes that “local media is our bedrock to uncover corruption and educate Jersey City’s residents about their government” he should let the Journal’s writers and staff fight their own battle no matter how sympathetic he may be.

News Briefs

Mayor Fulop, Public Safety Director James Shea, and Fire Chief Steven McGill swore in 25 Captains to the Jersey City Fire Department at a ceremony inside City Hall on July 1.

Mayor Fulop joined Public Safety Director James Shea and Fire Chief Steven McGill June 30 to announce two brand new fire companies and officially launch a newly created specialized response team, the JCFD High-rise Unit, to respond to all high-rise fires and all working fires as a Rapid Intervention Crew (RIC). The last fire company added to the Jersey City Fire Department was in 1937.

The Hudson County Board of Commissioners has provided $195,000 for services provided to inmates through the Housing and Reintegration Program of the Hudson County Department of Family Services. The program provides services that inmates can use for housing, substance abuse treatment, clinical care, mental health, obtain medications and go to job training and job search services.

This program also provides the County Department of Housing and Community Reintegration access to 40 transitional housing beds. The program runs from June 1, 2022 through January 31, 2023.

Mayor Fulop has announced the creation of a $20 per hour Living Wage Statute for all full-time Jersey City employees. As part of the City’s 2022-2023 fiscal year budget, the Living Wage Statute will boost salaries for hundreds of current and future Jersey City residents and workers from $17 (already one of the highest minimum wage rates in the nation) to $20 per hour – which is $7 more than New Jersey’s current hourly minimum wage.

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Editorial: Residents Must Speak up Now to Save Liberty State Park

Editorial: City Council Should Stay Out of Jersey Journal Pay Dispute

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