Hudson County to open COVID-19 vaccination site in Kearny
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Hudson County plans to open a COVID-19 vaccination site at the USS Juneau Center, Office of Emergency Management in Kearny next week, Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise announced Tuesday.
The vaccination center, at 110 Hackensack Rd., will be operated by the Hudson Regional Health Commission and overseen by the newly established Hudson County Vaccine Task Force, which the DeGise will utilize to coordinate vaccine response across several different county departments and autonomous agencies, as well as the community at large.
Vaccines will be administered by appointment only and additional information about how eligible individuals can register to be vaccinated at the county site will be made available in the coming days, officials said.
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When Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton’s house was vandalized with anti-ICE graffiti, Cureton joined the growing list of New Jersey pols whose homes are becoming protest sites.
This all comes as demonstrators nationwide increasingly use the tactic to pressure an array of public officials, from Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to Idaho board of health members.
“It’s happening all over,” said John Davenport, a philosophy professor and director of peace and justice studies at Fordham University. “It’s a trend in American society to think we can get what we want faster with social pressure.”
Hudson exec goes overboard about ICE protesters | Letters
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
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The recent decision by the Hudson County freeholder board to extend a for 10 years a contract with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house immigrant detainees in the county jail the reason for the protests was unconscionable. Until very recently, the freeholders gave every indication that the ICE contract would be terminated, for good reason. Not a single citizen expressed support for the ICE contract extension prior to the freeholder vote. To the contrary, hundreds spoke out against it.
Even Freeholder Bill O’Dea questioned the 10-year term, and was one of only three freeholders to vote against the extension. Why 10 years? Why not one year or two?
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The Hudson County Sheriff Department placed several people under arrest last week after a judge approved a restraining order effectively preventing ICE protests near Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise s home.
Residents region-wide continued to speak out against Hudson County’s decision to renew its contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last week.
This comes after the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders voted 6-3 on Nov. 24 to renew their contract with ICE to house their detainees at Hudson County Correctional Facility for $120 per person per day despite nearly nine hours of public comment in opposition.
Hudson County View
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Prior to the public portion, the board voted on at least two agenda items of note: purchasing 800 mattresses for the Hudson County Correctional Facility for $168,000, as well as 10 new vehicles for the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office.
Specifically, the HCPO was seeking 10 Chevrolet Malibu LS 1FL Sedans for $167,760.
Both items passed easily, with the mattress purchase being approved unanimously (9-0) and the vehicles being approved 8-1, with Jersey City Freeholder Bill O’Dea (D-2) voting no.
At the November 24th freeholder meeting, the ICE contract was renewed for up to another decade, after just over 10 hours of discussion, by a vote of 6-3.