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Revenues from a proposed 'Urban Wealth Fund' could go toward minority-owned businesses, infrastructure, education or reducing property taxes.

Residential real estate developments that reopen their amenities amid an improving public health picture would receive COVID-19-related immunity under new legislation

Credit: (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) File photo: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Newark Mayor Ras Baraka renewed his pursuit of civilian oversight for police Thursday, urging the Legislature to post and pass a languishing bill that would create and fund civilian complaint review boards throughout the state. The measure was proposed last year after the state Supreme Court severely limited his city’s review board by revoking its subpoena power. Fearing the proposed legislation is dying on the vine, Baraka said it must be passed immediately, before the Legislature starts its summer recess. He said he suspe...

Jersey City Mayor Fulop discussed the significance of having CCRB and payroll tax reform bills in Trenton during an interview yesterday.

N.J. says it supports police reform. But here are 4 ways it falls behind on basic measures. NJ.com 7 hrs ago S.P. Sullivan, nj.com © Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media/Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media Police in riot gear advance on a crowd on Monroe Avenue in Asbury Park on Monday, June 1, 2020 after a march to protest the police killing of George Floyd a week ago in Minnesota ended in violence when police physically dispersed the crowd approximately 2 hours after the city-wide curfew of 8 pm. Amid a national reckoning over police practices spurred by the murder of George Flo...