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  • Op-Ed: A former mayor’s take on Jersey City’s budget crisis
  • News Analysis: A Newly Muscular City Council Kills the Good Vibes on Grove Street
  • Op-Ed: Jersey City is still wearing a blindfold when it comes to their gov’t

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hudsoncountyview.com /1 week ago

Op-Ed: A former mayor’s take on Jersey City’s budget crisis

In an editorial, former Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy gives his take on the city’s current “budgetary disaster,” contrasting now to what was happening locally back in 2009. I w...

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jcitytimes.com /1 month ago

News Analysis: A Newly Muscular City Council Kills the Good Vibes on Grove Street

Money troubles are famous for driving good marriages onto the rocks. Happy partnerships descend into acrimony when faced with unpaid bills and insufficient income to pay them.  Suc...

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hudsoncountyview.com /4 weeks ago

Op-Ed: Jersey City is still wearing a blindfold when it comes to their gov’t

In an editorial, Jersey City Heights residents Kevin Davis contends that the city is still wearing a blindfold when it comes to their government and elected officials. At a Jersey...

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jcitytimes.com /1 month ago

Tensions Between Jersey City Council and Administration Rise Ahead of Budget Vote

Frustrations are boiling over for several members of the City Council in advance of a scheduled vote on introduction of the 2026 budget. At the Monday afternoon caucus inside City...

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hudsoncountyview.com /1 month ago

Jersey City Council OKs $886.5M budget intro with 15.5% tax hike, $105M loan MOU

The Jersey City Council unanimously approved (9-0) introducing a $886,546,594.16 municipal budget with a 15.5 percent tax increase and a memorandum of understanding with the state...

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jcitytimes.com /2 weeks ago

Controversial Former Jersey City Redevelopment Director and Fulop Ally Lands New Job in Hoboken

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patch.com /2 weeks ago

Jersey City Gets New Mayor (Sort Of)

Find out who will serve as Jersey City's mayor this week.

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hudsoncountyview.com /3 weeks ago

Jersey City Council hears & reacts to presentation on 2025 audit: ‘This is criminal!’

The Jersey City Council heard and reacted to a presentation of the city’s 2025 financial audit conducted in the wake of the city’s budget crisis during today’s lengthy caucus meeti...

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hudsoncountyview.com /1 week ago

Jersey City Council votes 8-0(1) to pass $886.4M budget with 15.15% tax increase

The Jersey City Council voted 8-0(1) to pass their $886,416,892.79 municipal budget with a 15.15 percent property tax increase at a sometimes contentious special meeting last night...

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jcitytimes.com /1 week ago

Jersey City Council Adopts Budget With 15.15% Municipal Tax Hike

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hudsoncountyview.com /2 weeks ago

Jersey City Council intros budget amendments with 15.15% tax hike in 9-0 vote

The Jersey City Council approved a resolution for budget amendments that come with a slightly reduced 15.15 percent tax hike in a unanimous vote (9-0) at last night’s meeting that...

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gothamist.com /3 weeks ago

Audit says Jersey City financial records are a mess, as city stares down huge tax hike

Jersey City The audit looks at the last year of Steven Fulop's three-term mayoralty. [ more › ]

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gothamist.com /1 month ago

As Jersey City cuts workers amid budget crisis, unions make their voices heard

A view of Jersey City from above. Most of the city's unions are currently without contracts or negotiating expiring ones soon. [ more › ]

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hudsoncountyview.com /1 month ago

Zuppa and Lavarro host Jersey City budget town hall: ‘Sacrifice starts at the top’

Jersey City Ward C Councilman Tom Zuppa and Councilman at-Large Rolando Lavarro hosted a budget meeting at Our Lady of Mt. Caramel last night, seeking to offer solutions to residen...

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jcitytimes.com /1 week ago

Solomon Talks Budget, Abatements, Public Safety, Schools, Socialists, Regrets

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hudsoncountyview.com /1 month ago

Jersey City Council questions new hires, including deputy mayors, at budget hearing

The Jersey City Council questioned new hires, including honing in on the deputy mayors, at a public hearing this morning for the Mayor’s Office as the governing body combs through...

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hudsoncountyview.com /1 week ago

Solomon weighs in on approved $886.4M Jersey City budget with 15.15% rate hike

Jersey City Mayor James Solomon weighed in on the long, rocky road that led to the $886,416,892.7 municipal budget with a 15.15 percent rate hike being approved last night in a vir...

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hudsoncountyview.com /1 month ago

Jersey City mayor touts $886.5M budget ahead of intro: ‘We did protect core services’

Jersey City Mayor James Solomon touted the city’s proposed $886,546,594.16 municipal budget with a 15.5% tax increase in a phone interview yesterday ahead of Wednesday’s introducti...

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jcitytimes.com /2 weeks ago

Jersey City Council Enacts Data Center Ban, Bergen-Lafayette ‘Steel Tech’ Study Advances

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jcitytimes.com /1 month ago

Jersey City Council Signs Off on 15% Municipal Property Tax Hike in Exchange for Low-Interest Loan

Jersey City has formally agreed to accept a historic state loan in exchange for a massive tax increase. During a marathon eight-hour meeting, a reluctant City Council unanimously v...

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hudsoncountyview.com /2 weeks ago

Jersey City Council votes unanimously for ban on standalone data centers

The Jersey City Council voted unanimously (9-0) for a ban on standalone data centers in the early going of last night’s nearly six-hour meeting. By John Heinis/Hudson County View “...

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hudsoncountyview.com /1 month ago

Jersey City Council seeks ways to retain crossing guards, reel in police overtime

The Jersey City Council sought ways to retain crossing guards and reel in police overtime, among other initiatives, during another budget hearing for the Public Safety Department t...

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jcitytimes.com /1 month ago

Op Ed: Jersey City Must Unite in Trenton to Resolve Our Budget Crisis

The labor movement has come out strongly against layoffs and cuts, and for fairness. Homeowners will not consent to pay for developers’ tax cuts. Jersey City’s budget crisis cannot...

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jcitytimes.com /1 week ago

During Interview, Solomon Talks Budget, Abatements, Public Safety, Schools, Socialists, Regrets

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hudsoncountyview.com

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patch.com

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