Jersey City Mayor James Solomon smacked his predecessor Steven Fulop over a $254 million budget deficit – about 28 percent of the budget – which in part is attributed to $667 million in one-shot revenues since 2019, he announced at a press conference today.
“For years, Jersey City residents were told our city was thriving financially. That was a lie. The previous administration sold off our city’s future—depleting reserves, selling public land, and using every trick in the book—all to avoid making honest decisions and to fuel one man’s political ambitions,” Solomon said in a statement…