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Jersey City approved 1,600 resident applications for rent and utility relief grants to help low-income residents struggling amid the pandemic.
More than 1,600 low-income households in Jersey City will receive rent relief and utility assistance through the Jersey City COVID-19 Hardship Assistance Program, according to Mayor Steven Fulop and the Jersey City Economic Development Corporation.
According to the city, 95-percent of applicants for the $2.5 million in grant money will be provided to residents in The Heights and southwest sections of the city through local nonprofit partners.
Of the 1,638 applicants, 27 percent lived in Ward F, 20 percent lived in Ward B, 19 Percent lived in Ward A, 17 percent lived in Ward C, 12 percent lived in Ward D, and 5 percent lived in Ward E.
Jersey City library director fights racism, broadens library’s reach
Updated Feb 15, 2021;
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What’s new at the library? Plenty if you ask Jersey City Public Library Director Jeffery Trzeciak.
It’s amazing that in the 21 century, libraries, the repositories of all knowledge and print, have still managed to sustain themselves in the digital age. But, from fighting systemic racism to expanding offerings, the library even in this time of COVID has grown to help better serve the Jersey City community, Trzeciak said.
Trzeciak became director of the Jersey City library in November 2019, and moved to the city a year ago with his husband, Michael. Born and raised in Dayton, OH, Trzeciak attended a small public school that didn’t have its own library. So, the teachers from the school would walk the students a few blocks over to Dayton’s public library.
He was kicked out of public housing during N.J.’s eviction moratorium, and he’s not alone
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
Andrew Austin didn’t have a lawyer when he logged onto Zoom in civil court this November, but the Newark Housing Authority did.
“The judge didn’t listen to anything I had to say,” Austin said. “She gave me two weeks to get out of there or the sheriff’s department was going to come.”
He and his girlfriend left the Wynona Lipman Gardens townhome in Newark when Superior Court Judge Lisa Adubato in November handed down the ejectment order, a legally different term and process than an eviction.