Politics

A casino project that could transform the area just outside of Liberty State Park’s southern border took a small step forward this week, but...

Jersey City’s long overdue tax revaluation will be completed by mid-2018. Financial literacy blogger Brigid D’Souza, who runs the website Civic Parent, provides residents with tools to become self-advocates for fair taxes during the reval process.

Last year, Newark Deputy Mayor Baye Adofo-Wilson, who oversaw development in New Jersey’s largest city, resigned and took a job with a Central Jersey law firm. Now, that law firm will continue to be paid by the City of Newark to provide legal services related to development.

20,000 signatures have been collected in support of challenging an ordinance limiting short-term rentals, which would trigger a November ballot question if the regulations aren’t repealed.

The property in question is already owned by a developer.

The new city council rescinded three developer tax breaks, potentially leaving several prominent sites undeveloped for years but delivering on key campaign promises.

A Jersey City ordinance that says developments granted property tax abatements must hire union labor on their projects was struck a blow last week by an Appeals Court, although the city’s top official says the matter is far from settled.

In part six of Jersey Digs' ongoing interview series with Jersey City's council members, Ward C Councilman Rich Boggiano addresses the next wave of development coming to Journal Square.

The New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs is studying the feasibility of tearing down the armory in Newark’s Roseville neighborhood.

Jersey Digs has learned that a former official with the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency and the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation has pleaded guilty in connection with an alleged conspiracy involving the Orange Public Library. In part, Franklyn Ore allegedly used money that was supposed to serve low-income families on “entertainment and restaurants.”