Jersey City mayor tackles vacant building blight

By Patrick McGovern | The Jersey Journal
on January 15, 2015 at 8:18 PM

For some Jersey City residents living near the corner of Clerk Street and Carteret Avenue, the news couldn?t come soon enough.

Mayor Steven Fulop and the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency (JCRA) announced on Tuesday an ?aggressive? program to rehabilitate 23 of the city?s most problematic vacant buildings.

One such structure sits at 163 Clerk St.

?It?s nasty,? said one neighborhood resident who declined to be named. ?You can hear the rats sometimes when you walk by it. It definitely needs to be torn down.?

The JCRA is seeking builders to rehabilitate abandoned properties throughout the city "to improve public safety, the quality of life for residents and stabilize neighborhoods,'' according to a press release from the city.

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