It isn’t every day that Jersey City’s mayor makes his priorities this clear. But tonight Jersey City’s Municipal Council will vote on a plan put forward by the administration to charge all residents for the use of outdoor swimming pools. For the first time, the city will charge fees ranging from $1 for seniors to […]
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Op-Ed: Acquire Fireman’s Golf Course for Public Recreation
Liberty State Park is a triumph of environmental remediation and urban renewal. The park is a 1,200-acre expanse of land and water, reclaimed from ruins of abandoned rail yards and decayed industrial sites, that has become — in equal measure — a resource for community recreation and a refuge for wildlife. Unfortunately, it neighbors the […]
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Letter: Hey, Jersey City! Pass Right to Counsel Law
On Wednesday, April 12th at the Jersey City Council meeting, dozens of residents and supporters were animated enough by housing issues to spend five hours in the chamber and speak on behalf of two related ordinances. Members of the Jersey City government have often chosen the interests of development companies and landlords over those of renters, who […]
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Editorial: With a Touch of Orwell, Mayor Misleads Again on Crime Stats
In December, former Jersey City business administrator and Fulop protégé Brian Platt was quoted as saying, “In Jersey, we had a mayor who would just make up numbers on the fly from the podium.” We couldn’t help but think of Platt’s words following a recent interview in which the mayor was asked why the city no longer publishes […]
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Letter: Mayor and Allies Created Need for ‘Right to Counsel’
Voters of Jersey City, read this and let it sink in. “Right now, people can’t afford to pay skyrocketing rents, leaving more families at risk of eviction—while developers continue to get away with making record profits at our expense,” said Councilmember Yousef J. Saleh. Your mayor and his crew created homelessness and evictions and it’s […]
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Letter: Mayor and Council, Keep Eastbound Traffic on St. Pauls Ave.
Dear Mr. Mayor and City Councilpersons, We strongly oppose the city’s plan (proposed City Ordinance 23-027) to permanently close St. Pauls Ave. to eastbound traffic between Tonnele Ave and Kennedy Boulevard. The plan overlooks the detrimental impact to residents and businesses in the immediate area as well as to the greater Journal Square area. There is no […]
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Op-Ed: Governor Murphy, Expand Rail not the Turnpike
With clean energy and a conscious citizenry and administration, New Jersey appears to be a shining example of climate action. But will it always be? Expanding the turnpike will completely undo all the work that has been done to transform New Jersey into a sustainable, climate change-conscious state. Turnpike expansion will cause dangerous road conditions and negative health and […]
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Letter: Combination of JCAST and 14c Will Concentrate Art Downtown
Well, Tris, it appears you and Robinson will get your wish, a ‘more concentrated’ JCAST. Tying it to 14c will concentrate attendees downtown leaving the rest of the city’s art communities (with the possible exception of Bergen-Lafayette) out in the cold (and the change to mid-October almost guarantees this). When will those managing this city and […]
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Op-Ed: Essex Hudson Greenway Project Will be a ‘Transportation Masterpiece’
Published courtesy of New Jersey Monitor In the future, we will look at the Essex Hudson Greenway in awe: A nine-mile vertical park running from Montclair to Jersey City, passing through Glen Ridge, Bloomfield, Belleville, Newark, Kearny, and Secaucus. The state of New Jersey is taking an abandoned rail line and converting it into a walk […]
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Letter: Should the Times Have Used an “Unconfirmed Report” on Paris Junket?
Regarding your recent editorial, offering conjecture about whether or not covid funds were used to pay for the trip to Paris by Fulop et al, I am struck by your use of the phrase “The Jersey City Times has received an unconfirmed report.” Although born and raised in Jersey City, I haven’t lived there since […]