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Huge fentanyl and cocaine trafficking ring broken up in this N.J. city

A Jersey City-based drug trafficking organization was broken up this week, resulting in 29 people being arrested, officials said. A total of 31 people were charged with fentanyl and cocaine trafficking and firearm offenses, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Of those already arrested, 26 had their court appearances...
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Jersey City Council appoints 2 former elected officials & deputy mayor to MUA board

The Jersey City Council appointed former Assemblyman John Allen, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Keshav Poddar, and former Ward B Councilman Chris Gadsden to the municipal utilities authority (MUA) at last night’s meeting. During the public comment, Charlene Burke backed the selection of Poddar, but expressed trepidation...
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Hudson County residents spar over potential license plate reader cameras

The proposal, introduced as a traffic enforcement measure, would allow the township to install automated cameras designed to capture license plate data along busy corridors.
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Drug trafficking thugs turned a Jersey City corner into a killing field

For years, the intersections of Myrtle Avenue and Mallory Avenue in Jersey City functioned as something other than a place where children wait for school buses or old men sit on stoops watching the world go by. They were a supermarket. Not for milk and bread. For fentanyl. Federal authorities...
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New rule, old law: Enforcement set to begin for legislation over certain roll-down gates

By July 1, businesses with solid roll-down gates are required to replace them with gates that are at least 70% transparent.
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Feds Take Down Jersey City Cocaine And Fentanyl Ring, Charge 29, Seize Weapons Cache

Authorities have arrested twenty-nine members of a Jersey City-based drug trafficking organization involved in the distribution of fentanyl and cocaine and seized a large cache of weapons. By sharing your email address with us, you’ll be entitled to view two Jersey City Times articles each month. In addition, you’ll be...
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20 New York City dive bars our US editors can personally vouch for

We can appreciate a perfectly mixed martini as much as the next person, but sometimes the finer things in life aren't the finer things – just look at New York City's best dive bars as proof. Yeah, we're talking about those places where your shoes stick to the floor, where the bathroom mirror has long ago been lost to bumper stickers and scribbled phone numbers...
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Lead-footed NYPD cop racked up more than 500 speeding tickets in NYC since 2022:...

A brazen NYPD cop racked up more than 500 speeding tickets in his home borough over the last four years — making him one of the most reckless drivers in the entire city, according to a report. Officer James Giovansanti, 33, was caught on traffic cameras either speeding through school zones or disregarding red lights a whopping 187 times in the last year alone — and...
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Housing voucher funds dry up for thousands of NYC residents

Thousands of New Yorkers may not have a place to live by the end of the year as funds for a federal housing voucher program runs out, years ahead of schedule.
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Hoboken City Council introduces $152M budget with nearly 19% tax increase

The Hoboken City Council voted to introduce a $152,128,410.25 municipal budget with a nearly 19 percent tax increase, seeking to address a $17 million deficit driven by rising fixed costs, limited revenue growth, and the exhaustion of one-time funding sources. At last night’s meeting, Mayor Emily Jabbour said this was...

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