Hoboken Corp. Counsel Quiñones Perez leaving City Hall, post coming back in house
Hoboken Corporation Counsel Arlene Quiñones Perez is leaving City Hall, with the post coming back in house just shy of seven months after she was unanimously appointed (9-0) by the City Council. “I want to recognize and thank Arlene Quinones Perez of DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole & Giblin LLP for...
Two More Brooklyn Bus Routes are Getting Automated Camera Enforcement
The MTA announced four additional bus routes will receive Automated Camera Enforcement on Aug. 13. Routes include B8 and B9 in Brooklyn, Bx21 in the Bronx and Q101 in Queens. Upgrades to B8 will affect riders from Dyker Heights across to East Flatbush. B9’s upgrades will affect riders from Bay Ridge across to Kings Pla
Catwalk Cars: New York City’s Weird Wafer-Thin Electric Vehicles Used By Tunnel Police
An overlooked chapter in vehicle history, these ridiculous electric police vehicles have been zooming across Manhattan tunnels until just a decade ago.
Man dies after a tractor-trailer rear-ended a disabled truck on the N.J. Turnpike
A man from Milton, Delaware, died Friday after his tractor-trailer entered the right shoulder of the New Jersey Turnpike and collided with another vehicle, according to the New Jersey State Police. Trey Flowers, 32, was driving a Mack tractor-trailer south on the Turnpike by milepost 112.4 in Secaucus Township when...
MTA worker punched in the face in Harlem, suspect sought
MTA worker punched in the face in Harlem, suspect sought
Luigi Mangione Made Chilling Confession During Plea Hearing Friday
While in court this Friday afternoon, Luigi Mangione admitted to shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Municipal Budget, Taxes and Luxury Apartments Are Pushing Locals Out Of Jersey City
Buildings on the corner of Johnston Avenue and Pine Street in Jersey City. (Sergio Sanchez / SOC Images) Take a walk in Jersey City—a place where there’s culture, strength and heart. In this city, you can walk outside and see your family and friends seizing the weather you...
‘Bayonne vs. Everybody’: Gritty N.J. team stands one win from Little League World Series
Down on First Street in Bayonne — beneath the city’s signature bridge and across a park from boxing legend Chuck Wepner’s statue — sits the peninsula’s Little League complex. Last week, after the dozen 12-year-olds on Bayonne’s All-Star team claimed New Jersey’s state championship, they...
Op-Ed: Newark tackling wealth gaps that block affordable housing
As primary housing falls further and further from the reach of working families, it is incumbent on municipal governments to make rents affordable for residents and protect them from predatory landlords. In Newark we are putting forth several pieces of legislation that will give even minimum-wage earners a chance to...
Two NJ homes destroyed in early morning fires displaces 11 people
BELLEVILLE, N.J (PIX11) — Eleven people – including three young children – are displaced after a massive fire tore through two homes early Thursday morning in Belleville, New Jersey. The fire broke out shortly after 3 a.m. on Crescent Terrace. The flames quickly spread and destroyed a home next door. Several other home
