A Jersey City woman has been arrested in connection with missing funds at the Jersey City Housing Authority. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, yesterday members of the office’s Special Investigations Unit arrested Tyest Bryant, 53, following an investigation into the missing funds. The investigation allegedly found that Bryant, in her capacity as a resident […]
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Man Found Dead on Downtown Street Recently Closed by City
Updated 10:55 a.m. 8.6.23 A man was reportedly found dead this morning on a Downtown street recently closed by the city. According to a witness who arrived as the police were securing the area with yellow tape at approximately 9 a.m., the dead man’s feet could be seen protruding from an alcove of a building […]
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Closure of Downtown Street Has Businesses Seeing Red
The closure of a small piece of Downtown roadway has become the latest flashpoint on the Newark Avenue Pedestrian Plaza, with business owners and some residents squaring off against Mayor Fulop, Ward E Councilman James Solomon, and the Harsimus Cove Association. In June, with Solomon’s support, Mayor Fulop ordered Barrow Street between Christopher Columbus Drive […]
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Four-Alarm Fire Came After Years of Unaddressed Complaints
Rodent infestations, piles of refuse, and tall weeds: These are the unresolved complaints sent to the city in 2020 by neighbors of a building that went up in flames seven weeks ago. On May 30, a four-alarm fire broke out at 234 Montgomery St., a building that had long been vacant, according to records obtained by the […]
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La Festa Italiana Returns in August
In just weeks, La Festa Italiana will celebrates its 120th anniversary with five nights of foods, drinks, and bands surrounding Holy Rosary Church on Sixth Street. The fun begins Wed., Aug. 9, and runs through Sun., Aug. 13, where, from 5–11p.m. Sixth and Brunswick Streets will transform into a lively block party. “I run into so […]
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Letter: Keep Barrow Street Closed
I’m a resident of Erie Street and I support the Barrow Street closure. The letter from business owners – whom I respect and whose stores I patronize regularly – seems to center on the issue of loading and unloading trucks. That is a legitimate concern that is in the public interest to solve for. I […]
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Letter: Residents and Businesses Want Barrow Street Reopened
We are writing to you as the residents and small business owners of Jersey City opposed to the Administration’s closure of Barrow Street between Christopher Columbus Boulevard and Bay Street in Downtown Jersey City. This dramatic change came to our attention via a social media announcement on June 22nd, 2023, one day before the closure. […]
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Authorities Identify Victim in Downtown Homicide, Arrest Announced
Authorities have identified the victim in Saturday’s fatal Downtown shooting and announced the arrest of the alleged shooter. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, 17-year-old Isaiah Velasquez of Jersey City was gunned down at approximately 8 p.m. in the area of 16th Street and Coles Street. According to one report, Velasquez was shot in […]
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Homicide Reported Downtown
Note: This story has been updated here. A man was shot and killed tonight Downtown. The Hudson County Prosecutor has confirmed that the shooting took place tonight in the vicinity of Coles Street and 16th Street. According to one report, the man was shot in the stomach and died a short time later. No further […]
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City to Close Heavily Used Downtown Street Crossing Pedestrian Plaza
Mayor Fulop has had second thoughts about the wisdom of routing automobile traffic across the Newark Avenue Pedestrian Plaza, according to a source at City Hall. Beginning Friday, the small section of Barrow Street running north from Christopher Columbus Drive to Newark Avenue and used by drivers to access the Pedestrian Plaza and Erie Street […]