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Fulop ally appears to have signed, cashed agency checks payable to cash

August 29, 2019 1:46 pmAugust 30, 2019 11:14 am

Checks made out to cash on a Jersey City Employment and Training Program bank account appear to have been both signed and endorsed by the agency’s former chairman, Sudhan Thomas. The New Jersey Globe obtained copies of the backs of...

After give $250k to Fulop PAC, Mack-Cali prospers in Jersey City

August 27, 2019 5:00 pmAugust 28, 2019 11:02 am

Plans by real estate giant Mack-Cali to develop an 800-unit housing development in Jersey City comes after MC Roseland Holdings, a Mack-Cali subsidiary, contributed $250,000 to Fulop’s super PAC. The company made its contribution to Coalition for Progress while Fulop...

Jersey Journal reporter Corey McDonald jumps to Hudson County View

August 23, 2019 3:31 pmAugust 25, 2019 12:05 am

Corey McDonald, arguably the number one reporter for the Jersey Journal, said today that he was leaving the once dominant daily newspaper to join John Heinis at the Hudson County View. The Hudson County View has increasingly become the top...

Fulop opposition to affordable housing could hobble future gubernatorial run

August 21, 2019 8:56 pmAugust 22, 2019 8:59 am

Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop’s opposition to a proposed high-rise development in downtown Jersey City that has earmarked 20% of the units for affordable housing could wind up hurting him with Democratic primary voters if he decides to sometime resume...

Report: Appellate court says taxpayers shouldn’t fund teachers doing fulltime union work

August 21, 2019 12:40 pmAugust 21, 2019 3:31 pm

A three-judge panel ruled high-ranking officials within Jersey City’s teacher’s union who spend the entirety of their working time to union matters cannot be paid by the city’s Board of Education, according to the Hudson County View. The ruling affects...

Drunk driver who killed Russ Maffei gets 20 years

August 9, 2019 1:34 pmAugust 11, 2019 10:17 am

A former Hudson County Corrections officer who admitted to killing two well-known Hudson County political leaders while driving drunk in 2017 was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Michael Hansen admitted he was intoxicated in an April 2017 hit-and-run that...

Fulop’s guy faces whistleblower suit

August 9, 2019 1:15 pmAugust 29, 2019 3:23 pm

A longtime Jersey City Employment and Training Program employee who was fired after voicing concerns about a top ally of Mayor Steven Fulop writing out checks to cash, has filed a whistleblower lawsuit. Nuria Sierra is accusing then-acting executive director...