One Jersey City

State Comptroller Issues Report on Tax Abatements

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:58:39 +0000

The NJ Comptroller recently issued a report raising familiar concerns about abuses and uses of municipal tax abatements.

The report talks about the distortion of municipal finances and tax stability, lack of review and compliance, subsidizing market rate residential housing whose residents use city, county and school services without fully contributing to the cost of providing [...]

Journal Square Redevelopment Plan – Redux

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:00:07 +0000

In spite of a sorely needed vision and plan for the future of Journal Square, the latest version of the Journal Square 2060 Redevelopment Plan remains deficient.

The plan is for our true downtown and the heart of the city, but it fails to reconcile its goal of pedestrian-friendly street life with building heights [...]

Dan Levin – Cut Costs and Plan for the Future

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:33:59 +0000

from the Jersey City Independent, Council Report, 2/26/2010 -

Good-government activist and 2009 mayoral candidate Dan Levin reminded the council that Mayor Healy told JCI during his reelection campaign that a tax increase “[wasn't] in the cards,” promising he would “do everything possible to keep taxes stable.” Levin returned to a theme he hammered on during [...]

Can City Apps Bring Transparent Data to Jersey City’s Citizens?

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:41:43 +0000

By Ron Callari • Feb 19th, 2010

Technological advances are affecting how citizens are interacting with their city governments, as transparency, efficiency and cost-savings become the guiding principles in municipalities today. As more and more cities open their data to the public, tech-savvy individuals and companies are creating APIs (application programming interfaces) to provide [...]

Press Release – Carol Lester for JC BOE

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:48:27 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Carol Lester Jersey City (551) 358-2135 carollester.schoolboard@gmail.com

March 1, 2010

Carol Lester Announces Candidacy for JC School Board

Jersey City, NJ – Carol Lester, education activist and community organizer, announced today that she is a candidate for the Jersey City School Board in an upcoming election on April 20, 2010. Lester co-founded and served for six (6) years [...]

Carol Lester – Jersey City Board of Education

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:57:34 +0000

Carol Lester is an education activist and community organizer. Over the past two decades, she has spearheaded projects and served on boards in Jersey City that helped thousands of children and hundreds of families improve their educational and environmental well-being. Carol was part of a team [...]

Cut Costs, Generate Revenue, Protect Services

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:38:32 +0000

Failing significant action by local government, we will face unacceptable property tax increases that will destabilize our local economy and the long term health and well-being of our city.

We demand (1) immediate rigorous cost-cutting initiatives that do not reduce services to the Jersey City public and do not have negative long-term financial repercussions; [...]

Jersey City School Board of Education Election – 4/20/2010

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:34:44 +0000

Your Schools, Your Taxes, Our Children

Mark Your Calendar and Save the Date!

Jersey City Board of Education Election – April 20, 2010

Vote by Mail Application – English

Vote by Mail Application – Spanish

How to Cut? Taking a Look at the City Budget

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:59:17 +0000

By Shane Smith • Feb 2nd, 2010 • Category: Blog, News, Politics

After last week’s volatile City Council meeting, where hundreds of angry residents protested a proposed municipal budget that would impose a 25 percent property tax increase on them, and what with Gov. Christie taking aim at special municipal aid as one of his first [...]

Development Audit is ‘Woefully Incomplete’

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:10:37 +0000

The recently issued Jersey City Development Practices and Procedures Report is woefully incomplete and does not provide the safeguards necessary to protect the people of Jersey City from blatant political manipulation and corruption. To take a serious step towards responsible development and accountability, the city should immediately adopt the state’s strict Conflict of Interest law [...]

Teaching Green, Beyond Recycling

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:59:12 +0000

By MIREYA NAVARRO and SINDYA N. BHANOO Published: January 10, 2010

Jose Chirino, a 10th grader in Brooklyn with shoulder-length hair and a thin mustache, says flatly that his high school was his last choice.

“They’re experimenting on us,” he said, recalling his first impression of the Green School in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, which laces an environmental theme into [...]

Optimism – 2010

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:34:23 +0000

During 2009, we hopefully reached a turning point in improving our local government by getting regular people involved in our political process.

I was privileged to be joined in our One Jersey City coalition this past year by candidates Emilio DeLia, Andrew Hubsch, Norrice Raymaker and Doug Salters and by hundreds of others who came [...]

Honor and Build Upon Our Historic Resources

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:41:30 +0000

Our Values – Honor and build upon the city’s unique natural and human history and historic resources.

Upholding the Integrity of the Ward C Election

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:36:56 +0000

The day after the trial ended in Raymaker v. Lopez, Benjamin Lopez was quoted in the press as asking “What right does someone who lost at the election box have to challenge this election?”

I think that’s a great question, Mr. Lopez — and here’s my answer:

I joined Jimmy King’s lawsuit because someone had to uphold [...]

Your Taxes – Fire and Police Contracts

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:22:44 +0000

Reform Arbitration Process for Public Safety Employee Contracts

Inevitably, when dealing with our municipal budget, our city officials throw up their hands and say that public safety makes up around 45% of our operating budget and there is nothing that can be done about it. Under the current process, city administration and unions negotiate labor [...]