Hudson County View
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Board Chair Anthony Vainieri (D-8) said the raises were an annual routine, with these pay hikes retroactive to July 1st, 2020.
“[They’ve] been working through the pandemic. A lot of these directors have been working seven days a week, 24 hours a day,” he said, noting he would likely take the increase so the next board chair can take home the $50,616 salary.
County Administrator Abe Antun indicated that the amount of salary increases totaled about $76,000 and that the board last approved one effective for July 1st, 2019.
Other notable increases include bumping the county executive’s salary from $166,826 to $170,997, while new commissioners will see a salary increase of $46,151 to $47,305 – along with annual pay of $49,513 for the board vice chair – currently Anthony Romano (D-5).
Hudson County View
Gov. Phil Murphy (D) joined state Senator (D-33)/Union City Mayor Brian Stack, Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise, and other dignitaries, as seniors were among the first in the state to receive Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccinations this morning.
“We witnessed Anna Marie [Flores] and five other folks get … among the first Johnson & Johnson vaccines and it was a moment of magic,” the governor said outside of the Union Plaza Apartments in Union City.
“We cannot possibly overstate how much this vaccine is a game changer in our fight to protect residents, to save lives, and to defeat this virus,” Murphy continued, noting that the one-dose nature of the J&J vaccine “gives us greater agility” against the coronavirus.
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February 27, 2021 at 8:01 AM
JERSEY CITY, NJ - Standing out in the cold in a small park near the Hudson County Community College’s Culinary Arts building, Hudson County Executive Tom Degise welcomed Gov. Phil Murphy and other key educational leaders for the signing of what many called “game changing” legislation.
Started three year ag as a pilot, The Community College Opportunity Grant Program (CCOG), will, with Murphy s signature, move ahead as a permanent opportunity that cannot be changed by future administrations, the governor said. The program provides free tuition and approved educational fees for qualifying students.
Students whose adjusted gross income (AGI) is under $65,000, who have exhausted all other avenues of finance, can apply to receive funding that would cover the remaining costs of their community college.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
According to COVID Act Now, a 501(c)(3) non-profit group that provides coronavirus data for locations nationwide, Hudson County has the worst vaccination rate among New Jersey’s 21 counties, with just 8.3 percent of their population receiving their first shot.
CAN notes that their overall data is compiled from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the New York Times, and state and county health boards.
On the other hand, the New Jersey Department of Health takes a look at the volume in each county, with Hudson ranking 11th out of 21 counties with 81,931 vaccines administered to date – 57,275 first doses and 24,464 second doses.