Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy, responding yesterday to Wednesday?s anti-crime rally during the City Council meeting, says crime has dropped ?significantly? since he first took office in November 2004.
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... y_mayor_touts_decrea.html

I think your friend has a point, most people that rent studios downtown are usually people who want to be close to the city and when they have had enough they usually move back to wherever they came from like the Midwest, south, etc, so getting a long term tenant may be hard, people move into studios temporary they usually dont see themselves in them for very long. I personally prefer a house over a condo, but to each is own. The problem with condos downtown there are just too many of them and I have three friends right now trying to sell theirs and they can't because of all the competition. Condos downtown JC has become a little like Miami way too much stock not enough buyers.

oh well!


http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/fu ... te_lead_story_left_column

A 15-year-old Jersey City boy has been charged with stabbing a man to death in the Heights during a street fight last night, and prosecutors say they will seek to charge him as an adult, officials said.
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... d_jersey_city_boy_ch.html

Great turn out, and great speakers!

Ibrahim, 44, purchased a three-story, mixed-use row house on Ocean Avenue for $75,000 in March 2009, and planned to move there with his wife and three children. He imagined operating a cafe or a Dunkin? Donuts in the ground-floor storefront.
http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index ... immigrant_who_bought.html

Jersey City entrepreneur Chelo Mercado never thought he'd be more than just the Man Behind the Curtain.
"I didn't have the intention of being a spokesperson," said the 37-year-old. "But you can't lead from behind the scenes. I came to grips with the fact that there was no other way to do it.
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... ty_entrepreneur_aims.html

Thieves stole about $2,000 worth of computer equipment from the leasing office of the Avalon Cove luxury apartment complex in Downtown Jersey City overnight, officials said.
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... eal_2000_in_computer.html

Two women likely stole coins and a cellphone from a Jersey City Heights man after helping him into his home after he fell outside his house due to a medical condition, officials said.
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... ikely_stole_cellphon.html

... By Danforth its like a tunnel, I drove my bike down on Garfield next to the Bayview cemetery and there was only lights on one side of the street if anyone was walking on the other side you would never see them coming. You wonder why its dangerous to walk at night here. This city needs to act more like a city, some parts of this town looks like a ghost town.

Went riding the other night and noticed if your not downtown near the Grove street path, the city is very dark in the evening and the further away you go from the downtown area the darker the streets are. Even some parts of the water front are dark and not enough light.

A group of Jersey City residents is planning a rally at tomorrow?s City Council meeting to protest what it calls an increase in crime citywide.

http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index ... about_rising_in_crim.html

The city today formally requested that the Hudson County Board of Taxation allow a one-year extension for the city to conduct the reval, which was expected to be completed by the end of September, with new assessments effective for 2013.
In a statement, Mayor Jerramiah Healy said the city could not conduct the reval in the current timeframe because of problems updating its tax maps and because of the number of homeowners who did not allow inspectors in their homes.
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... y_requesting_one-yea.html

At 19-years of age, Demetrius Terry isn?t always the youngest speaker during a City Council meeting?s public hearing, when residents, union reps, former pols, and business interests address the municipality?s legislative body, (often) airing concerns or (occasionally) applauding city actions. On some days, in particular when the cause is related to elementary schools, Terry will be a good 10 years older than the youngest speaker. But when it comes to issues of substance, of a concern well beyond the years of most pre-baccalaureate degree holding types ? crime, crony-ism, or taxes, not to mention layoffs, government transparency or various other pub
http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/ ... oad-to-council-candidacy/

POLICE BEAT

5 juveniles rob,
beat man, 54
A gang of juveniles beat and robbed a 54-year-old Jersey City man Saturday night, police reports said.
Called to Dwight Street and Ocean Avenue at 9:50 p.m., cops met the Lembeck Avenue resident who said roughly five juveniles began punching and kicking him until he fell to the ground, reports said.
The victim said one of the boys went through his pockets and stole his wallet, which contained $55 cash and credit cards, reports said.
The victim was treated at the scene but refused to go the hospital, reports said.
Man, 42, beaten
unconscious
http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index ... iles_rob_beat_jersey.html

Healy needs his own State Department. He could have avoided last Saturday's kerfuffle. Oh wait, the mayor did miss it.
http://www.nj.com/hudson/voices/index ... insider_egypts_polit.html

The funny thing about it there are signs that say no loitering all through out the city, some sections do not have the signs this is why u need to contact your councilman/woman and let them know, I just had my councilman put up signs near my home "pick up after your dog", but the loitering signs only work if the cops in this town enforce it. Yeah the gay people sit here was dumb, did not see any logic in that. Another good thing is start a block association get your neighbors involved, Greenville has a bigger advantage than any other section of JC. Greenville has the most home owners, only 40% of its residents are renters unlike downtown where only 20% are home owners and 80% are renters. Good Luck!

We?ve seen lately that people in the downtown area, which is obviously only separated by the Hudson River there, depending on what the carrier is and their location to the cell towers, it could be picked up by New York City 911.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/02/0 ... calls-misdirected-to-nyc/
Could this be the reason police are not responding?

Email your councilman or call him up, let him know what you are dealing with.
Ward A (Greenville) Councilman
Michael Sottolano
City Hall, 280 Grove Street
Room 206
Jersey City, NJ 07302
Tel: (201) 547-5098
Fax: (201) 547-4678
email: SottolanoM@jcnj.org

Tires on 11 vehicles parked on Grand Street near State Street in Jersey City were slashed some time between Saturday night and Sunday morning, The Jersey Journal reports.
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... s_parked_on.html#comments

Four Jersey City firefighters saved the day when they saw a 20-year-old being assaulted and robbed this morning, fire officials said.
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... y_firefighters_chase.html

its pretty safe, but it is a city so always watch your back, and if your walking very late at night don't wear headphones, keep your guard up.

This is great!

You can try Anthony Shepperd 917 826 1763 he is pretty good and reasonable.

Hudson County may have a new transportation alternative by this summer.
http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ss ... aunches_bike_sharing.html

When I first moved to JC back in the 90's every where you went there were police officers either on foot or bike. How can we can we get Team Healy to bring this back? These muggings are getting out of control.

An 82-year-old Jersey City man walking on Clarke Avenue early this morning was attacked from behind, then beaten and robbed by two thugs, police reports said.
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... d_jersey_city_man_is.html

Three men posing as repair workers talked their way into a Jersey City home and robbed two residents in their 80s of more than $5,000 in cash and jewelry, police said.
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... s_repairmen_get_into.html