The Jersey City Times has received an unconfirmed report that this week’s secret mayoral junket to Paris was paid for with federal Covid money. It could be just a rumor, although the source insists that it is reliable. But it highlights why the mayor should immediately disclose who funded his tour of the City of […]
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Postpartum Mental Illness:Â When Mothers Kill
On January 24th, 2023 Lindsay Clancy, a 32-year-old labor and delivery nurse from Massachusetts, killed all three of her children before slitting her wrists and jumping out of a second-story window. She survived. On June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates a 37-year-old mother in suburban Texas, drowned all five of her children in their bathtub […]
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Op-Ed: Why Our Community Deserves a Say in Cannabis Board Appointments
As a resident of Jersey City, I am deeply concerned about the recent announcement that Mayor Steven Fulop will be appointing members to the city’s cannabis board without any input from the community. Even the City Council also had to rush the approval process for certain individuals, which is not suitable for such an important […]
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Were Charges Brought Against Solomon Political Payback?
Were charges lodged against Ward E Councilman James Solomon last week political payback? It sure looks that way. On Sunday Hudson County View and New Jersey Globe received a tip. Solomon had been hit with three summonses after damaging another car while parallel parking. Apparently, Solomon was out with his kids last Friday when he […]
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Letter: Pompidou is a “monumental failure of imagination”
Bravo Tris! Great piece on the concocted mega egomaniac project, unmitigated economic disaster, and monumental failure of imagination known as The Pompidou Center. To this list I would add stunning cowardice. If Jersey City is such a desirable and coveted location for billionaires and developers, could not the mayor and his rubber stamp municipal council […]
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The Pompidou Centre is Unnecessary
A European star was coming to Jersey City. Rem Koolhaas, a Pritzker Prize-winning architect and one of Time Magazine’s 2008 picks for the world’s most influential people, announced his intention to build a fifty story tower on the lot that was once home to the Arts Center at 111 First Street. Architecture News wrote that Koolhaas’s interest […]
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Letter: Via isn’t Great for Senior Citizens
I have a problem with this share ride company and some of their drivers. I’m a senior citizen but still go to work Monday through Thursday. Via was created after the removal of several vital bus lines like the #4 bus going through Lafayette into Greenville serving also rides to the Newport Mall. I live in Lafayette […]
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Letter: Vote for Board of Ed Candidates Who Will Put the Kids First
I am a working mom, a homeowner, and a Jersey City resident. With the Jersey City Board of Education elections coming up- I find myself increasingly concerned about some of the messaging coming from candidates running for BOE Trustee positions. The BOE elections and candidate platforms tend to not focus on the needs of the […]
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Op-Ed: Jersey City’s 2022 Budget is Unacceptable
By James Solomon Jersey City’s 2022 budget is unacceptable. It raises taxes while slashing critical programs, and it is months overdue—a clear indication of the failure of this entire process.To prevent future failures, it is crucial to outline how this happened and what we can do to prevent it from happening again. The first issue […]
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Labor Group Slams Jersey City and Hoboken Pols on Turnpike Expansion
“We are deeply troubled by the recent resolutions slammed through by the Hoboken and Jersey City municipal councils that oppose the desperately needed widening of the New Jersey Turnpike extension.”