Politics

While two ordinances designed to curb the “night-club driven entertainment district” along Newark Avenue didn’t move forward, an informal committee will now meet to discuss possible changes.

Jersey Digs has exclusively learned new details about a massive proposed high-rise development with seven buildings at the MOTBY site in Bayonne.

The newly elected councilman, who represents all of Downtown, answers our questions about the challenges his development-heavy ward faces.

The Citizens Budget Advisory Committee (CBAC), a nine-member board comprised of local business professionals, opposed the 6.35 percent increase in the municipal budget.

New Jersey’s hockey team is teaming up with the City of Newark to renovate the Ironbound Ice Rink.

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.”

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

The decision to extend an agreement with a controversial Federal agency that houses undocumented immigrants at a county jail has churned up a lot of emotions between activists and local officials.

A proposed electrical substation in the Valley arts district of Orange has enraged locals over the severity of its design that some said resembles a penitentiary.

On February 22, Mayor Steven Fulop outlined plans for what’s next in Jersey City including a second property tax revaluation in 2019.