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 […]
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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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911 Workers Say City Continues to Underpay Them Hoping to Bust Union
Workers at Jersey City’s Public Safety Communications Center which handles 911 calls say the city has continued to underpay them, hoping to “bust” their union and privatize the operation. In March, The Jersey City Times reported on systemic problems at the call center including chronic understaffing and poor management that workers said have compromised public safety. […]
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‘Trailblazing’ Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver Dies at 71
Lieutenant Governor Sheila Y. Oliver died today following a lengthy, undisclosed illness. She was 71. In announcing her death, Oliver’s family said, “It is with incredible sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of the Honorable Sheila Y. Oliver, Lieutenant Governor of the State of New Jersey. She was not only a distinguished […]
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Pompidou is a ‘Circus of Excess and Waste’ says GOP Report
A Republican lawmaker is urging the state to audit Jersey City’s planned French art museum, calling the project slated for outside the Journal Square PATH station a symbol of “unconscionable excess.” Sen. Michael Testa (R-Cumberland) asked the state Senate GOP office to conduct a review of the project, and a memo Testa released Monday says the project’s […]
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Two Shootings Reported in Greenville
Two shootings were reported at approximately 10:40 p.m tonight in Greenville. A person was shot in the vicinity of 8 Rose Ave. The victim was taken to Jersey City Medical Center with a graze wound to the calf. In another incident, three people dressed in black and riding bicycles, fired as many as nine shots […]
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Date Set for Second Annual Jersey City Marathon
The second annual Jersey City Marathon will take place Sunday, April 14, 2024, announced the event’s founder and organizer Steve Lipski. With a course that will be “substantially the same” as last year’s, Lipski is once again hoping to attract thousands of runners from across the globe. “We’re looking for ways to minimize any turns to make […]
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Jersey City Quality of Life Task Force Member Arrested for Theft
A member of the Jersey City Quality of Life Task Force has been arrested for spending time at home while on the job. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, Zamir Thomas, 31, was charged with one count of Theft by Deception for spending time at his Jersey City residence on multiple occasions while he […]
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Kindle Charter School to Open on Communipaw Avenue This Fall
Kindle Education Public Charter School, originally slated to open in Journal Square, will open this fall instead in Lafayette at 373 Communipaw Ave., the site of the nonprofit organization Team Walker. The school recently received final approval from the New Jersey Department of Education for the fall opening. This makes Kindle Education the first independent charter school to open […]