Jersey City NJ, according Jersey City Mayor Steven M. Fulop announcing the first steps to confront the $70 million budget impact COVID-19 will have on the municipal budget of Jersey City.
The city will offer a voluntary separation package for those who have 15 years or more of service with the city. There are currently over 400 employees eligible for the voluntary package with a combined total salary of $22.7 million. Applicants will receive $20,000 or 25% of their salary, whichever is greater. Applicants must respond by April 20th and date of separation will be May 1st.
So one questions ,where is the tax money going to come from if nobody is working?
Early estimates show film created 575 jobs and resulted in $7.6 million in spending
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Trenton NJ, Warner Brothers’ Joker, which was filmed partly on location in Newark and Jersey City, took home two Oscars during Sunday night’s Academy Awards presentation.
Jersey City NJ, The former acting executive director of the Jersey City Employment and Training Program (JCETP) has been charged with embezzling JCETP funds, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
Sudhan M. Thomas, 44, of Jersey City, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with embezzling funds from an organization receiving federal funds. Thomas is expected to make his initial appearance on Jan. 9, 2020, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leda Dunn Wettre in Newark federal court.
TRENTON NJ, Governor Phil Murphy today ordered that the U.S. and New Jersey flags be flown at half-staff at all state buildings and facilities from Friday, December 13, 2019, through Friday, December 20, 2019, in recognition of the victims of this week’s hate crime in Jersey City: Detective Joseph Seals, Moshe Deutsch, Mindy Ferencz, and Douglas Miguel Rodriguez.
Jersey City NJ, Statement from Airbnb on Jersey City Referendum Campaign the Jersey City Clerk certified the petition submitted by the Jersey City short-term rental community, backed by Airbnb, against Ordinance 19-077.
This ordinance — passed by the Jersey City Council and signed by Mayor Fulop in June — would severely restrict residents’ ability to share their properties as short-term rentals.
The following statement can be attributed to an Airbnb spokesperson: “Today, the 20,000 individuals who stood against Mayor Fulop’s short-term rental ban by signing our community’s referendum petition have been heard. Their message is simple: The people of Jersey City will not remain silent as elected officials push through bad policy that jeopardizes the financial livelihoods of their neighbors. Now, we call on the City Council to respect the wishes of their constituents by throwing out this unpopular ordinance and starting over, collaborating with the short-term rental community and small business leaders to craft and implement common-sense regulations without destroying a thriving economy. We stand ready to work with them to find this path forward — and if not, our community looks forward to bringing this issue to the polls in November.”
Jersey City NJ , Today, members of the Jersey City short-term rental community, backed by Airbnb, turned in a petition with over 20,000 signatures, to challenge the ordinance — passed by the Jersey City Council and signed by Mayor Fulop last month — that will severely restrict residents’ ability to share their properties as short-term rentals.
Jersey City NJ, Joshua Sotomayor Einstein held and led the Anti-Corruption Rally protesting the visit of Hillary Clinton and Robert Menendez to Jersey City on Monday October 15th. The rally took place outside the $5,400 a plate Clinton fundraiser for the struggling Menendez Senate campaign and was attended by New Jerseyans of all political stripes.
Jersey City NJ, Yesterday, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez met with officials from Jersey City to discuss last week’s memorandum issued by the city’s Chief Municipal Prosecutor purporting to decriminalize marijuana. During that meeting, the Attorney General made clear that Jersey City’s decriminalization memorandum was an improper exercise of a municipal prosecutor’s authority and reiterated that it was void.
The Attorney General also expressed his concern that Jersey City had acted without consulting state and county law enforcement officials before issuing the memorandum. He was particularly concerned that the rushed issuance of the memorandum – which placed officers in a position of enforcing valid laws that some may mistakenly believe had been rescinded – could undermine the community trust that law enforcement officers in Jersey City and elsewhere have worked so hard to build and could jeopardize officer safety.
At the conclusion of yesterday’s meeting, the Attorney General stated that he wanted to work with criminal justice stakeholders – including County Prosecutor Suarez and the Jersey City Chief Municipal Prosecutor – to clarify the scope and appropriate use of prosecutorial discretion in marijuana-related offenses in municipal court. The Attorney General decided to convene a working group that would study these issues and advise him on a statewide directive that he would issue in August and that would provide clarification about municipal prosecutors’ authority in these cases. He also agreed to ask that municipal prosecutors statewide adjourn all marijuana-related offenses in municipal court until September 4, 2018, in order to provide time to develop the guidance. During yesterday’s meeting, the Attorney General did not commit to the final outcome of the working group or the content of the forthcoming directive. The Attorney General also reiterated that municipal prosecutors do not have the authority to unilaterally decriminalize marijuana-related offenses.
This morning, the Office of the Mayor of Jersey City issued a press release that did not accurately describe yesterday’s meeting and made it appear as if the Attorney General had already agreed to the outcome of the working group and the content of the directive. The Mayor of Jersey City did not participate in yesterday’s meeting and the Attorney General regrets the inaccuracy of the city’s press statements. The Attorney General remains deeply committed to social justice issues and looks forward to working with other criminal justice stakeholders as the state examines over the coming month the appropriate scope of municipal prosecutors’ discretion in marijuana-related cases.
As with all policy initiatives he has spearheaded during his tenure, the Attorney General believes that the best way to develop progressive solutions is through a collaborative approach that involves multiple stakeholders across law enforcement, civil rights organizations, and community leaders. Later this week, the Attorney General will announce the names of those participating in the working group described today.
Mayor Fulop addressed the Senate Select Committee on School Funding Fairness
By Alyana Alfaro • 02/22/17 4:01pm
NEWARK – Advocates of changing New Jersey’s school funding formula often cite the booming Hudson County municipality of Jersey City as a school district they feel receives outsized state funding due to old school funding policies that do not take into account the economic growth of the past few years.
Fulop said he does not feel Jersey City should be penalized for funding schools according to current regulations. Alyana Alfaro for Observer
However, according to Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, such arguments only take into account the affluent waterfront section of the city and ignore primarily minority portions of the Jersey City that are significantly less well off. On Wednesday, Fulop addressed the Senate Select Committee on School Funding Fairness with concerns about the dangers of reducing school funding.
Modal TriggerPATH employees sleep on the job in the locker room at the rail system’s consolidated shop in Jersey City.
PATH workers are snoozing away huge chunks of their regular shifts, using nap time to rack up big overtime pay, The Post has learned.
“Everybody sleeps,” an insider said. “Guys make big overtime by doing work for 40 minutes or an hour, then billing the Port Authority for four or five. That’s been going on for years.”
The workers’ on-the-job dozing is under investigation by the PA inspector general, an agency spokesman said.
The PA, which operates the rail system, prohibits PATH workers from sleeping on the job — but the rule is routinely ignored, eyewitnesses said.
Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco , Mayor of Jersey City,Steve Fulop!
A rival of Mayor Steve Fulop is asking state officials to audit Jersey City’s tax program, saying the city’s recent move to halt new assessments of renovated homes was outside of Fulop’s legal authority. Terrence T. McDonald, The Jersey Journal, Read more
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