Mayor James Solomon’s senior advisor for intergovernmental affairs and the administration’s principal liaison to the City Council, Stu Thomas, will move on to serve as Councilwoman-at-Large M…

Subscribe today to access this content Get Access Mayor James Solomon’s leadership staff is continuing to shrink, as Finance Director Bill Viqueira, Digital Director Megan Malloy and Deputy M…

Subscribe today to access this content Get Access A series of videos posted to social media Wednesday night and early Thursday appears to show a young man in Jersey City being detained by U.S. Immi…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access The former director of the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency (JCRA) has found a new job in nearby Hoboken. Get two free articles a month! Get the…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access The Jersey City Municipal Council is poised to slightly reduce a proposed 15.5% property tax-rate increase in 2026, and achieve some of its othe…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access On Friday, Jersey City announced the release of its independent 2025 audit, which included several repeat findings and affirmed much of what May…

A 25-year-old Jersey City man was arrested and charged with three felonies in connection with a fatal shooting in the McGinley Square neighborhood earlier this week, according to the Hudson County …

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access At a Tuesday caucus of the Hudson County Board of County Commissioners, Commissioner Bill O’Dea requested the creation of a report on the perfor…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access At a Tuesday ceremony at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hudson County in Jersey City, Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed a trio of bills intended to stre…

At least two people were shot and killed in separate incidents in McGinley Square and downtown Jersey City on Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon. Get two free articles a month! Get the the news …

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access Jersey City is teaming up with the nation’s largest affordable housing management company to transform a downtown public housing project i…

The rider of an unregistered e-bike fled the scene of a crash with a pedestrian in the Heights on Monday afternoon. Get two free articles a month! Get the the news you won’t find anywhere else! Ent…

A state grand jury declined to file criminal charges against the Jersey City police officers involved in the shooting death of a man who fired a gun during an encounter with them last fall.  Get tw…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access The Jersey City Free Public Library on Tuesday announced the hours during which it will provide Bookmobile service in the parking lot of the shu…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access Two Jersey City Public Schools administrators sued the Jersey City Board of Education last week, claiming that four employee promotions the boar…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access Seniors and residents with disabilities who last month saw Jersey City’s microtransit service downsized may soon get a new lifeline thanks…

A mother and her infant daughter are dead and a man is facing 13 reckless endangerment charges after a boat capsized near Liberty Island on Saturday night. The owner of a Jersey City-based tour boa…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access Despite some City Council members’ promises to try and renegotiate the terms of a state loan so municipal property taxes would not have to incre…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access A revised parking permit proposal outlined this week to the community living near the Liberty State Park Light Rail Station was met with some ap…

A vehicle struck a pedestrian Friday morning at the intersection of Montgomery and Barrow streets, leaving the victim in critical condition, Mayor James Solomon said in social media posts Friday ev…

At-Large Councilman Michael Griffin and Ward F Councilman Frank Gilmore are seeking to protect tenants living in tax abated properties from untenable rent hikes after recent municipal, county, and …

At a Thursday budget hearing, Jersey City Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said “some [City] Council members” had suggested slashing $3 million from the police department’s proposed 2026 budg…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access On Monday night, Mayor James Solomon stood before the bent bars of an iron cage. On either side of him, a wide-eyed Jersey City resident posed q…

One person was shot on the West Side early Monday morning and sustained non-life-threatening injuries, a city spokesperson said. Get two free articles a month! Get the the news you won’t find anywh…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access A Jersey City Public Schools administrator who worked for the district for 35 years died Monday after battling pancreatic cancer. Get two free a…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access Federal immigration agents arrested at least four people in the Heights and downtown Jersey City on Tuesday morning. Get two free articles a mon…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access The recent news that Jersey City’s municipal property tax rate will increase by 15% in 2026 has caused a stir among locals. To better understand…

A former U.S. Postal Service employee has admitted to burglarizing two Jersey City post offices to steal mail during a string of break-ins in early 2023. Get two free articles a month! Get the the …

Jersey City Free Public Library Director Terry Hill announced in a statement Monday that he would retire from the role Sept. 4, citing health and family reasons. Get two free articles a month! Get …

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access Christopher Columbus Drive’s major makeover is at least 12 months away. Get two free articles a month! Get the the news you won’t find anywhere …

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access The first public hearing of Jersey City’s Rent Protection Special Investigation Committee opened Monday with a clear message from tenants:…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access A Jersey City Times lawsuit accusing former Mayor Steve Fulop and Fulop’s press secretary of violating the news site’s constitutional righ…

In early 2024, after Emmanuel Rodriguez “flunked out” of Rutgers University—Newark during his freshman year, he did not imagine he would later go on to attend a prestigious Ivy League u…

Comfortable before friendly faces at The Table (400 Claremont Ave.), the charismatic Stella Chang grew confessional. Get two free articles a month! Get the the news you won’t find anywhere else! En…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access Three Jersey City mothers and professionals — including a youth development leader, a city government employee, and a former Jersey City Board o…

At the end of a special Jersey City Board of Education meeting Thursday night, applause and cheers erupted from roughly four dozen Jersey City Public Schools teachers and paraprofessionals crammed …

Eyewitness accounts recently released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of a fatal helicopter crash have shed new light on the accident that killed a Spanish family of six in April…

Jersey City has formally agreed to accept a historic state loan in exchange for a massive tax increase. Get two free articles a month! Get the the news you won’t find anywhere else! Enter your emai…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access Developers, elected officials, transit advocates, and area residents gathered in a street-level office on Tuesday night to discuss a future PATH…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access From day one, entrepreneur Alyza Brevard-Rodriguez believed that her cannabis business would only succeed if it were a place where patrons could…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access In an open letter to the Jersey City Board of Education sent Wednesday morning, Mayor James Solomon implored the board not to extend or renew Je…

Frustrations are boiling over for several members of the City Council in advance of a scheduled vote on introduction of the 2026 budget. Get two free articles a month! Get the the news you won’t fi…

Perhaps the warm weather caused you to rethink your wardrobe and clear out some of those duds you never wear. Whatever the reason, a bag of unwanted clothes can go a long way in Jersey City. From n…

While few would call Jersey City an easy place to make ends meet, residents seem to be doing relatively well when it comes to managing credit card debt. The city is among those where credit card de…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access Mayor James Solomon has delivered his much-anticipated budget proposal, including a controversial tax hike.    Get two free articles a month! Ge…

Two Jersey City men have been charged with sexual assaults involving three female juveniles who were reached through the social media platform, Instagram. Get two free articles a month! Get the the…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access Tempers flared Friday afternoon on the Jersey City Council as the Solomon administration and top union officials confirmed that over 30 city wor…

Jersey City Public Schools (JCPS) has agreed to end admissions preferences based on race and national origin at Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School. Get two free articles a month! Get the the…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access The office manager of a Jersey City neurology practice pleaded guilty Tuesday in connection with a $20 million scheme to defraud Medicare and Me…

Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access In a highly unusual move, the Jersey City Planning Board has retroactively denied approval for a downtown condo building that was recently renov…