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Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop announced that the city will seek to create its own COVID-19 vaccination sites next year.
Jersey City may create its own COVID-19 vaccination distribution sites, according to Mayor Steven Fulop and the Jersey City Health and Human Services Department (HHS.)
The city seeks to establish six vaccination sites to prepare for the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines and the subsequent rollout of an immunization program so that residents and essential employees will have immediate access to a vaccine.
The sites would be spread across the city to ensures all residents can get the vaccine.
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“This bill would limit the height of any development below the cliffs east of Palisade Avenue in Hudson and Bergen counties. Under the bill, no development, inclusive of any mechanical structures on top, in that area could exceed 10 feet below the surface of that road or the Palisades cliff height, whichever is lower,” the bill statement says.
“This bill would protect the unique views enjoyed by residents who live in the historic neighborhoods above those cliffs, and preserve the views and topography features of the Palisades.”
Developments that have received approvals prior to the date the bill is potentially enacted would still to able to build.
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Hoboken wants a higher marijuana tax
New law directs revenue to minority communities disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs ×
On Dec. 16 the Hoboken City Council voted 9-0 to adopt a resolution urging state representatives to advocate for more cannabis revenues.
The Hoboken City Council has unanimously adopted a resolution urging Gov. Phil Murphy and state legislators to allow certain municipalities to generate additional tax revenue from the sale of cannabis to cover costs of public safety and welfare, social justice, and education.
This comes just before lawmakers passed a historic bill that establishes rules and regulations for legal cannabis sales after New Jersey voted to legalize marijuana this past November.
At State of the City, Fulop talks Dec. 10th shooting, COVID-19, defund the police movement
During his first virtual State of the City address, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop discussed a number of topics including the Greenville massacre that occurred last year, the COVID-19 pandemic, the defunding the police movement – among other things.
“That was the most difficult day I’ve ever experienced as mayor. I take solace in the fact that our police officers and police leadership did an outstanding job in keeping a terrible situation from becoming much worse,” Fulop said during the taped, 25-minute speech which has been uploaded to YouTube.
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Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop wished everyone a Happy Hanukkah at the city s 40th Menorah lighting at City Hall this week.
Jersey City fatal shooting under investigation
The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit is investigating a Dec. 10 fatal shooting.
On Dec. 10, Jersey City police officers responded to the area of Martin Luther King Drive and Wilkinson Ave., where they found an unconscious 35-year-old Jersey City man, later identified as Niles Holmes, with apparent multiple gunshot wounds.
He was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m.
A Jersey city man, 24, sustained two graze wounds to the arm.
No arrests have been made at this time.