In a study of the 150 largest metropolitan areas in the United States, Jersey City has one of the nation’s highest risks of home fires. The study, by The Hartford insurance company, looked at a municipality’s rate of residential fires and the results of a 2022 survey that assessed a city’s adoption of fire safety best practices. […]
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Jersey City’s Liberal Cannabis Policy Meets Resistance in the HeightsÂ
Jersey City’s the sky’s the limit policy on marijuana dispensaries is suddenly meeting with resistance in the Heights, where residents are concerned about issues ranging from teen smoking to aesthetics. As of March 13, the city’s Cannabis Control Board has approved 44 marijuana dispensaries including a disproportionate number — 14 — in Ward D. In […]
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Redesign of Controversial Bergen-Lafayette Project Gets a Green Light
In a unanimous vote, the Jersey City Planning Board gave a green light to a controversial luxury apartment complex in Bergen-Lafayette following years of community opposition and litigation. The new plan for the 420-unit building at the corner of Communipaw Avenue and Woodward Street on the site of the former Steel Tech factory represents a […]
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Mayor Touts $500 Million Holland Gardens Revitalization Project
Calling it a “big deal,” Mayor Steven Fulop hit Twitter and blasted out an email today to tout a $500 million plan to revitalize the Holland Gardens public housing complex. Plans to tear down and replace the 76-year-old, 3.3-acre complex at 15th Street and Jersey Avenue date back to 2019. At a press conference yesterday […]
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Jersey City Apartments: Getting Slightly Bigger and Much Costlier
While Jersey City’s new apartments are getting bigger, the increase in size isn’t keeping up with the increase in rents. That’s the takeaway from two new studies. Bucking a national trend, Jersey City apartments have been growing. While over the last ten years new apartments shrank by 54 square feet nationally, new apartments in Jersey […]
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Forestry Standards, Lead Pipes and West Side Development on Council’s Docket
At tonight’s City Council meeting, the council will finally be asked to vote on passage of the city’s revised forestry standards, guidelines that were initially adopted in 2018 and that have been undergoing hotly debated revisions for over a year. According to Tuesday night’s council caucus meeting, the lawmakers will also discuss issues involving residential […]
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Workers Cheated and Taxes Unpaid on Controversial Developer’s Building
A building owned by controversial developer Peter Mocco is once again mired in legal issues. A multi-agency team of investigators has assessed more than $1.3 million in back wages and penalties to 20 contractors performing construction work at 88 Regent Street, Mocco’s latest project in Liberty Harbor North. In a four part series, The Jersey […]
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Downtown Parking Gets Tougher with Closure of Popular Lot
For years, a large parking lot on the corner of Christopher Columbus Drive and Barrow Street has been a convenient option for motorists looking to access Downtown amenities or to grab a Path train at Grove Street. This week the lot closed for good to make way for a condo development, potentially exacerbating a shortage […]
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City Takes Steps to Rein in Own Spending and to Help Beleaguered RentersÂ
As Jersey City continues to suffer growing pains reflected by a surging municipal budget and the fastest growing rents in the New York City metropolitan area, the city’s municipal government spurred in part by Ward E Councilman James Solomon is taking steps aimed at reining in both. On January 25, the city rolled out a buyout offer […]
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Council Narrowly Approves Construction Agreement for SciTech Scity High School
With only four City Council members in favor, the council on Wednesday approved a resolution authorizing a project development agreement for construction of SciTech Scity, the STEM-focused high school to be built adjacent to Liberty Science Center and run by the Hudson County School of Technology. Parties to the agreement include the city, Hudson County, the […]