While Bayonne may regularly claim a $20 million structural deficit and has struggled with tax increases in recent years, city officials are making an effort to encourage significant redevelopment, some on sites that have been dormant for decades. The city, a narrow peninsula sometimes criticized as an afterthought of Hudson County’s real estate boom, is now home to Park Bayonne,...

As reported by the Hudson County View, Bayonne resident Baer Hanusz-Rajkowsi is concerned about the increasing trend of demolishing historical properties in the city. So much so that he personally gathered 700 signatures to petition the city to halt the demolition of the Emmett Smith house at 124 5th Street at John F. Kennedy Boulevard. The 19th century home built...