Bautista calls for Hudson County Right-to-Counsel, housing on county-owned land
Hudson County commissioner candidate Ron Bautista (D-5) is calling for a countywide right-to-counsel, as well as building affordable housing on county-owned land via a Nonprofit Apartment Trust Fund as part of his housing platform. “We can make Hudson County affordable for all of us, we just need to use the...
Bayonne PD arrests 3 for shots fired incident, 5 busted in related robbery/kidnapping
The Bayonne Police Department arrested three people, including two juveniles for a shots fired incident on March 28th, busting another five, including one juvenile, for a related robbery/kidnapping incident yesterday. Following an extensive investigation, it was determined that the individual involved on March 28th...
2 killed when box truck overturns on I-78 overpass
A truck driver and his passenger died Wednesday when the box truck they were in crashed on Interstate 78 in Essex County, authorities said. The crash occurred around 6:25 p.m. in the local lanes at milepost 56.6 in Newark, according to New Jersey State Police. An investigation showed the truck...
Families can now eat some Hudson River fish for first time in 50 years
State health officials said declining levels of PCBs made it possible to ease long‑standing fish consumption advisories in the stretch of river from the Rip Van Winkle Bridge in Catskill to the Battery in New York City.
Oleg Cassini’s pristine Gilded Age NYC mansion fetches $34.5M in a bankruptcy sale following...
It’s a fashionable home — but the backstory behind its dramatic sale is anything but stylish. The House of Cassini — a Gilded Age mansion owned by designer Oleg Cassini’s widow and her sister — has finally sold for $34.5 million in a judge-approved bankruptcy sale, according to city records filed this week. Cassini,...
‘Highway Therapy’: Lawsuit Reveals Alarming Details Of NYPD’s Rampant Car Culture
It was their way or the highway. Top NYPD brass misused the department’s internal-affairs bureaucracy and doled out “highway therapy” to grind down a mid-career officer for the crime of ticketing city employees for parking violations and for failing to recognize then-Assistant Police Commissioner Kaz Daughtry,...
Baby dies after being shot by stray bullet while pushed by mom in stroller...
A SEVEN-MONTH-OLD baby girl has died after being shot by a stray bullet in Brooklyn just steps from a day care center. Cops are hunting for two masked men who fled the scene on a moped and were seen aiming a gun in chilling surveillance footage of the shooting. The...
These are among the ‘bad landlords’ of N.J.’s largest city, mayor says
Among the many names Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka checked during his State-of-the-City address on Tuesday was a company he wasn’t proud to have as a local business. Hudson Valley Property Group was among the first four companies city housing officials had placed on a list of what Baraka called “bad landlords,” a public...
7-month-old baby shot dead feet from Brooklyn daycare, NYPD says
A 7-month old baby girl was shot dead on Wednesday afternoon in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, prompting a massive NYPD investigation
Volo Sports Spring Registration Now Open with Leagues in Hoboken, Jersey City, + NYC
As an adult, it’s easy to fall into the same routine: the same workout classes, the same group chats, the same weekend plans. There’s nothing wrong with a little stability, but we at team HG are huge proponents of trying new things. Volo Sports is a low-pressure, social sports league in Hoboken, Jersey City, and NYC...
