City of Jersey City launching audit of health insurance claims paid by Horizon
The City of Jersey City is launching an audit of health insurance claims paid by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, the city’s prior third-party health insurance administrator. “The previous administration underbudgeted and delayed $52 million in healthcare bills and never once asked where all that money was going,”...
Op-Ed: Pols Shouldn’t Have Looked to Sherrill to Save the Hospital
Heights University Hospital, also known as Christ Hospital, closed on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. It’s worth noting that Heights University Hospital wasn’t really a hospital. It was just an emergency room. Except not really an emergency room. If you were to walk in with a gunshot wound, they would put you in an ambulance...
Hudson County Officials Halt HCST Plan To Charge District Tuition Fees
Hudson County leaders say the proposal by the Hudson County Schools of Technology (HCST) to charge municipal tuition to school districts throughout the county will not proceed for the 2026–2027 school year. Two county commissioners familiar with the discussions described the proposal as “dead in the water.”. The...
Hoboken City Council reviews $183k HRH owes city for parking during caucus
The Hoboken City Council reviewed a payment plan with Hudson Regional Health, who operate the Hoboken University Hospital, to collect on the $183,005.50 they owe the city for parking at the Midtown Garage at yesterday’s caucus. The resolution, sponsored by 2nd Ward Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher, seeking to put HRH...
The Pane is Over: Hoboken Teen Helps Local Restaurant Stop Bird Strikes
On Wednesday, March 11th, the Jersey City Council unanimously passed a bird-friendly buildings ordinance, which will help make new structures safer for the millions of birds that migrate through, or live within, Jersey City each year. The measure requires new construction to incorporate bird-safe design features to...
‘Fafo’: Belleville Mayor Celebrates Charge Filed Against Man Who Shared His Address Online
Belleville Mayor Michael Melham appears to have filed a harassment complaint earlier this month, the NJ Courts site shows. The man posted a photograph of the mayor's house and published his home address, and then digitally altered his property to resemble an ICE detention facility, as previously reported by Daily...
AG: Jersey City woman ‘coopted the identities’ of 6 different people & stole $87k
A Jersey City woman “coopted the identities of six different people and stole a total of approximately $86,840, New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Division of Criminal Justice announced. Ibelis Gonzalez, 46, of Jersey City, is charged by indictment with one count of second-degree theft by...
This Secret New Jersey Recipe Is The Birthplace Of A Cult-Classic Dish Locals Guard...
New Jersey has a way of turning food into folklore, doesn’t it? Walk into a certain tavern and you’ll feel like you’ve stumbled into a secret society (one where the password isn’t whispered, it’s served on a plate). Locals don’t just eat this dish; they...
Mamdani’s Sanitation Pick Is a Kathryn Garcia Protége
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to appoint a state-level operations official as the city’s next sanitation boss, officials confirmed with THE CITY. Gregory Anderson, who is currently the deputy director of state operations in Albany, will be formally announced for the job later this week. Before his state gig —...
20 Jersey City cops disciplined for absenteeism, domestic violence, & more in ’25
20 Jersey City police officers faced discipline from the department, with some internal affairs actions pending, according to the JCPD’s 2025 Annual Major Discipline Report. There were 20 officers listed in the report, two of which were cited twice, totaling 22 disciplinary actions. While six officers resigned,...
