Jersey City NJ

Jersey City Mayor James Solomon has named former NJ Transit CFO/treasure and Gateway Development Commission senior advisor Bill Viqueira as the city’s finance director, pending city council approval tomorrow. “We ran on a promise to deliver a Jersey City government as good as its people and be honest with...

A person died in a fire Tuesday night in Jersey City, officials said. The fire happened in an apartment in the College Towers area of the city shortly before 9 p.m., according to Kim Wallace Scalcione, a spokeswoman for the city’s Department of Public Safety. Firefighters arrived and found...

It's illegal to solicit cab rides in New York City, but JFK Airport's arrivals areas are filled with hustlers trying to coax tourists into unregulated cars. It's a classic New York City scam that gives tourists a cold, expensive welcome to the Big Apple. [ more › ]

Four Hudson County pharmacies, including one in Jersey City, have agreed to pay more than $4.3 million to resolve allegations that they violated federal law by knowingly billing health care programs for medications they never dispensed, Philip Lamparello, senior counsel in the United States Attorney’s Office,...

Police are still searching for a 15-year-old boy who is missing from Long Island and was last seen two weeks ago in New York City. Thomas Medlin left Stony Brook School on Friday, January 9, around 3:30 p.m. and got onto a train heading to New York City, the Suffolk County Police Department said in […]

While the Jersey City Democratic Organization (JCDO) members from Hudson County’s 3rd District were set to vote on a successor for now-Assemblyman Jerry Walker (D-3) on the board of commissioners last night, the heavy snowstorm delayed the meeting. Last week, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation indicated...

What a snow job. Jersey City’s lefty new mayor is being dragged by residents over the city’s snowplowing debacle that forced its public schools to remain closed Tuesday — but he’s shoveling the blame on his predecessor. Mayor James Solomon was getting roasted two days after Winter Storm Fern with a revamped version...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to give the historic mayor's residence in NYC a major modern upgrade with bathroom fixtures that are gaining popularity in the U.S.

NEW YORK — Leadership of the notoriously problem-plagued Rikers Island jail complex has officially fallen into federal hands with the anticipated appointment of an independent administrator, officials said on Tuesday. Nicholas Deml, a former commissioner of the Vermont Department of Corrections from November 2021...

New York’s new tipping regime for app-based deliveries is no longer theoretical. As of today, food and grocery platforms must present customers with a clear option to tip before checkout, reshaping the split-second moment when New Yorkers decide how much a courier’s work is worth. I see this as a test of whether the...