Officials Estimate Budget Impact of Coronavirus Outbreak to Approach $70...
(ABOVE: An empty Pershing Field—photo taken February 18, 2020) In an announcement earlier today, Mayor Steven M. Fulop stated that the anticipated budget impact of Coronavirus will approach $70 million...
View ArticleJersey City Councilman Michael Yun Dies from COVID-19 Infection
Jersey City Ward D Councilman Michael Yun has passed away due to COVID-19 infection. Having served Jersey City Heights since 2013, Yun and his wife, Jennifer (Seong Hee Ahn) owned and operated Garden...
View ArticleHoboken Announces Layoffs of City Workers
Today the City of Hoboken has announced that it will be laying off 26 members of its workforce. “Like many other municipalities, states, and organizations across the United States, COVID-19 has had a...
View ArticleWorkers, Officials React to Hoboken City Layoffs
(ABOVE: hMAG file photo) The City of Hoboken publicly announced on Friday that it would be laying off 26 workers. “Like many other municipalities, states, and organizations across the United States,...
View ArticleHoboken Municipal Employees Accuse Bhalla Administration of Negligence
According to sources, the Hoboken Municipal Supervisors Association has sent a 59-page letter to the New Jersey Civil Service Commission accusing Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla and his administration of...
View ArticleHoboken Cost-Cutting Proposal Targets City Engineer, Office of Constituent...
(ABOVE: City of Hoboken photo) In the wake of a multi-million dollar budgetary shortfall, over two-dozen layoffs, and the ripple effects of COVID-19 waiting to crash down on Hoboken’s finances, members...
View Article“POLITICALLY MOTIVATED”: After Workers Laid Off, Hoboken Mayor Fights to Keep...
Mayor Ravi Bhalla and his political allies continue to make impassioned pleas on behalf of Administration workers as City Council resolutions move forward to eliminate the Office of Constituent Affairs...
View Article“BEYOND QUESTIONABLE”: Following Layoffs, Hoboken Municipal Employees Respond...
Earlier this week, Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla spoke out against a City Council resolution that would see the Office of Constituent Affairs and the City Engineer abolished as a cost-cutting measure. The...
View ArticleBhalla Administration Introduces Hoboken Budget Proposal
Following months of anticipation, the Bhalla Administration has outlined its tentative Hoboken budget for Fiscal Year 2020*. Factors weighing heavily in the budget decision process include a...
View ArticleCity Councilmembers Respond to Bhalla Administration’s Hoboken Budget Proposal
On Monday morning, the Bhalla Administration announced that they were prepared to present their long-anticipated budget for Fiscal Year 2020. Later that afternoon, the specific details of the...
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