New Jersey’s 31st Legislative District is one of 40 districts that make up the map for the New Jersey Legislature. It covers the Hudson County municipalities of Bayonne and most of Jersey City and Kearny. Minority families are a colorful theme in this part of Hudson County where Black/African Americans and Hispanics represent 22.4% and […]
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Weingarten, AFT Call on Trenton To Avert Closure Of NJCU
As the New Jersey Legislature prepares to reconvene and finalize the state’s fiscal year 2024 budget, union leaders with a stake in New Jersey City University are telling the state Senate and Assembly that there is an urgent need to address NJCU’s well-documented financial crisis. “For Trenton, this is a ‘what side are you on’ moment. […]
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Contrasting Art Shows at Eonta Space and St. Paul’s for JC Fridays
You don’t have to be squeamish or euphemistic to think of the lavatory as the reading room. Bathrooms guarantee a kind of solitude that can be hard to find elsewhere in the apartment, and reading requires concentration. If you’re in the loo, you’re (probably) not on the computer. As literacy continues its agonizing decline, the […]
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Editorial: Vote for Candidates not Columns
Starting tomorrow and running through Tuesday, voters will have an opportunity to elect state and local officials who will make policy for the next four years affecting everyone who lives in Jersey City. At the state level, voters will nominate Democratic and Republican candidates for the State Senate and Assembly. At the local level, voters […]
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Rogue Waves June: Jersey City Jazz Festival and More
The Jersey City Jazz Festival pitches a big tent. This year’s event is the most varied in its history, with very little redundancy in a lineup that involves more than two hundred musicians at thirty shows spread over four early June nights. Tonight’s ticketed kickoff event at White Eagle Hall (337 Newark, $25, show at 8 […]
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Watchdog Sues Jersey City, Newark Landlords Over Housing Discrimination
A housing watchdog group has sued 26 landlords and brokers in Jersey City and Newark, alleging they illegally refuse to lease apartments to people who use government-subsidized vouchers to pay rent. The Housing Rights Initiative, a New York City-based nonprofit, filed a complaint in state Superior Court Wednesday asking a judge to declare the landlords, brokers, and […]
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This Weekend
This weekend, Jersey City is packed with a wide variety of events. Not only is there the 10th annual Jersey City Jazz Festival, but also the 12th annual Jersey City Ward Tour, Access JC Fridays, and the Mizuho Americas Open golf event. Plus, there’s the Jersey City Night Market, theater, and more. Access JC Fridays […]
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Five Greenville Gang Members Sentenced in Stabbing of Rival
Five members and associates of a Greenville street gang have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a gang-related stabbing. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today that Yahsier Brown, 21, was sentenced today to 51 months in prison. Jaylen Boone, 22, was sentenced on May 2, 2023, to 56 months in prison. Jamil […]
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Jersey City Man Faces Murder Charge in 2022 Gas Station Attack
A Jersey City man is facing a murder charge following the death of a man he allegedly assaulted at a Downtown gas station in 2022. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, Nixon Marquez, 26, of Jersey City, was arrested today at the prosecutor’s Secaucus office and charged with Murder. Marquez was previously charged with […]
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Board of Education Approves Contract Raising Teachers’ Salaries Across District
The Jersey City Board of Education approved a renewed four-year contract that will give Jersey City teachers long-awaited raises. Under the new contract, teachers will receive a yearly salary increase of four percent until 2027. The Board of Education and the Jersey City Education Association (the union representing Jersey City’s district teachers) negotiated the agreement […]