Politics

Councilman Michael Yun is now commemorated with a bronze statue in The Heights, Jersey City.

Credit agencies gave downgrades to Jersey City during a year when New Jersey's overall rating rose.

Newark's City Council passed a controversial resolution in January that could shed light on a longstanding feud between city officials and preservationists. 

Locals can now weigh in on the proposal, which would add a $15 fee for most drivers passing through a large swath of Manhattan.

A new ordinance outlaws rent increases of more than 5 percent a year on newly constructed units that weren’t previously governed by rent control.

Newly proposed changes to Newark’s zoning laws intend to speed up development, ease the backlog in zoning board applications, and fill vacant storefronts.

Union City is taking Hoboken to court to stop a three-building project, claiming officials are misrepresenting the development’s height and engaging in a “quid pro quo” by accepting community givebacks.

Weehawken council recently passed an ordinance that prohibits renting out any property for less than 30 days as part of an effort to combat quality of life concerns.

Lamor Whitehead aka Bling Bishop, a preacher charged with fraud, has been cozying up in a 6,200 square-foot New Jersey home since being released on bail and maintaining his innocence.

The first step has been taken to revitalize a theater in the Raritan Valley town that has been vacant for almost two decades.