New venue for Fulop's Ward A state of the city speech

By Terrence T. McDonald | The Jersey Journal
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on March 18, 2017 at 12:52 PM

Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop penultimate state of the city speech is on for Monday at a new venue, School 20.

Mayors generally give an annual state of the city address, but Fulop this year is giving one speech in each of the city's six wards. Monday's speech will address Ward A.

The speech is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. School 20, named after the late poet and author Maya Angelou, is located at 239 Ocean Ave.

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Fulop pledges new parking deck, police station for the Heights

By Terrence T. McDonald | The Jersey Journal
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on March 03, 2017 at 10:46 AM, updated March 03, 2017 at 1:31 PM

JERSEY CITY -- Mayor Steve Fulop pledged two major projects for the Heights yesterday in his third state of the city address.

Speaking in the School 28 auditorium, Fulop said the city will build a municipal parking garage and a new police station, both to be located on Central Avenue. The garage would be for shoppers and residents of the Heights, where residents have complained for years about a shortage of parking spaces.

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Fulop's 2nd state of the city speech set for Monday

By Terrence T. McDonald | The Jersey Journal
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on February 23, 2017 at 3:17 PM, updated February 23, 2017 at 3:26 PM

JERSEY CITY -- Mayor Steve Fulop's second state of the city address is scheduled for Monday night at School 7.

Fulop is giving six state of the city speeches this year - instead of the usual one - and targeting each to a different ward. Monday's speech will be in Ward C, which includes Journal Square and portions of the Heights and McGinley Square.

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State of Mayor Fulop speeches a bonus for re-election effort | Political Insider

Posted on February 11, 2017 at 7:07 AM 

By Agustin C. Torres

It was another State of the City speech. Having sat through more than 40 years of such speeches in different municipalities the last thing I wanted to do is go to another. Yet this one has some back story, mainly that not long ago Mayor Steve Fulop decided he's not running for governor but for re-election.

There was some curiosity about how he would approach this declaration of how things are going in the city and what would be the public response. What it revealed to this writer is that, after months and months of running an undeclared statewide campaign, a local race seems pretty easy. The mayor just can't throw his election machine into third and second gear. The battery is still fully charged and he and his team are driving a classic Ford GT in cruise control waiting for the go-kart race to start.

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Fulop's 2017 state of the city speech (Ward F)

By The Jersey Journal
on February 07, 2017 at 6:53 PM, updated February 07, 2017 at 7:08 PM

This is Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop's first state of the city address of 2017, as prepared for delivery.

Good evening, and welcome to our fourth State of the City together.

I want to thank the public officials from the state and the county who have joined us tonight; members of the clergy; members of the court; the Jersey City Council who have been partners in everything we do; fellow members of my administration; and, most importantly, the residents of this great city.

In July of 2013, I stood in front of City Hall and took the oath of office as the 49th mayor of Jersey City. It was one of the proudest moments of my life, and something I remain thankful for each and every day. As your new mayor, I promised I would work to make you proud, and that is what we have tried to do as an administration for the past three and a half years.

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Fulop to address a ward 'in crisis' in state of the city speech

By Terrence T. McDonald | The Jersey Journal
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on February 06, 2017 at 6:14 PM, updated February 06, 2017 at 6:20 PM

Those are the words of the Rev. Mona Fitch-Elliott, the pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church who begged the City Council at a special Saturday night meeting last month to bring aid to the inner-city neighborhoods that comprise most of Ward F.

"It's been in a crisis for a while and we can't just act like business as usual," Fitch-Elliott said. "We cannot wait any longer."

Few of those in power in Jersey City, even those whose job is to put a rosy spin on any news development, would argue that Ward F, and much of the southern half of the city, struggles with crime, poverty and drugs. Fulop himself used the word crisis when discussing Ward F during an interview earlier today with The Jersey Journal.

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It's the (yawn) State of the City season: Political Insider

February 4, 2017 at 7:07 AM - By Agustin C. Torres

It's the stand-up season for mayors - better known as the State of the (whatever size municipality) Address - when elected politicians list all the wonderful things they have done for local taxpayers to make their hometown a Shangri-La.

The big speech in Hudson County is in Jersey City where Mayor Steve Fulop has decided to turn his one-man show into a mini-series by performing his self-examining monologue in all five wards on different evenings - all starting at 6:30 p.m.

There is no more boring time spent than sitting and listening to these spiels. The audience is usually made up of municipal workers, political backers, hacks, public gadflies, administration critics, groupies I presume, and journalists and bloggers. It's like listening to someone read from an election campaign flier and having blind devotees applauding like it's an audience at NYC's 92nd Street Y trying to justify the cost of the tickets.

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Fulop state-of-the-city speech-a-thon kicks off Tuesday

By Terrence T. McDonald | The Jersey Journal
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on February 02, 2017 at 12:43 PM, updated February 02, 2017 at 12:50 PM

JERSEY CITY -- Mayor Steve Fulop's state-of-the-city speech-a-thon kicks off next week at the Mary McLeod Bethune Center with the first of six scheduled addresses.

Fulop, who is seeking re-election in November, announced last month that he will deliver six speeches instead of the usual one, each speech in a different ward. Ward F is on tap first on Tuesday, Feb. 7.

The following speech will be for Ward A residents, on Thursday, Feb. 9 at CityLine Church, 1510 Kennedy Blvd.

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