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Marques-Aquil Lewis: ‘My Elders Saw in Me what I Didn’t See’

Marques-Aquil Lewis Sr. always had a passion for Newark, and when it came time to do an Arts High School book report on a consequential person, he didn’t go with Alexander the Grea...

Jersey City Poetry Festival to Feature Obama Inauguration Poet, Move to Mana Contemporary

In January 2013, Richard Blanco was the featured poet at former President Barack Obama’s second inauguration. This autumn, he will be Jersey City’s. Blanco, whose verse about the s...

New York City Releases 1st Ever Racial Equity Plan

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is giving the same energy to championing equity that Donald Trump is giving to destroying it. 

Jersey City Gets New Mayor (Sort Of)

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

At leadership institute gala, Lesniak exclaims that Mussab Ali is ‘going somewhere’

At the 2026 Ali Leadership Institute Gala at Liberty House on Sunday, former state Senator  Ray Lesniak (D-20) said the non-profit’s co-founder “was going somewhere” when discussin...

‘A mayor for the people’

Four people have filed formal paperwork to challenge the incumbent mayor next spring, including Syed Abbas, a former alder who clashed with Mayor Rhodes-Conway as council president...

Mayor Articulates Arts and Culture Vision at Town Hall

On Monday night, Mayor James Solomon stood before the bent bars of an iron cage. On either side of him, a wide-eyed Jersey City resident posed questions. Luckily for Solomon, the i...

Councilman Calls for Punishment ‘Equal to the Actions’ for Solomon Aide

Solomon Suspends Top Aide Following ‘Offensive’ Remark at Social Event

Teachers Union Endorses ‘Leadership That Listens’ School Board Slate

Please Don't Renew Schools Superintendent's Contract, Says Jersey City Mayor

The mayor cited student outcomes in Jersey City as the school board considers a five-year contract starting at $341K.

Newark Alliance names Steplight as new CEO

Newark Alliance said Aug. 24 that Solomon Steplight will become the organization’s new chief executive officer, effective Sept. 8. Steplight brings extensive experience leading com...

‘The People’s Mayor!’: Mamdani praised after calling for arrest of ‘war criminal’ Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

“Anyone, with their eyes, with their heart, with their conscience, should recognize the devastation he has wrought and understand that

NYC’s racial equity plan was years late. A judge says Mamdani, Adams broke the law.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announcing New York City’s first-ever racial equity plan. A final version of the plan, originally due in April 2024 under then-Mayor Eric Adams, has...

School Board Extends Superintendent’s Contract Five Years, Over Mayoral and Parental Objections

At the end of a special Jersey City Board of Education meeting Thursday night, applause and cheers erupted from roughly four dozen Jersey City Public Schools teachers and paraprofe...

Business Administrator Becomes Acting Mayor as Solomon Leaves Town

Business Administrator Ruby Choi has been designated acting mayor while Mayor James Solomon is out of town attending a bapti...

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

Mayor Urges School Board Not to Extend Superintendent’s Contract

In an open letter to the Jersey City Board of Education sent Wednesday morning, Mayor James Solomon implored the board not to extend or renew Jersey City Public Schools Superintend...

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