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Council President Lavarro has an unparalleled legislative record that demonstrates his commitment to Jersey City’s working families. Councilman Lavarro co-sponsored Jersey City’s living wage ordinance, which boosted the minimum pay for low-wage workers in city-owned and some city–leased buildings and in certain developments. The Council President is a vocal proponent of the Fight For 15 campaign to boost minimum wage in New Jersey. He sponsored legislation establishing and expanding earned sick days, which provides paid sick time for most people working in Jersey City. The Council President also enacted wage theft protection, protecting workers of Jersey City businesses against unscrupulous employees. Additionally, the Council President’s accomplishments include legislation enabling farmers markets, banning smoking in City parks, and establishing the first Immigrant Affairs Commission in the state of New Jersey. (more)
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Check out today’s editorial in The Jersey Journal on the recent police-involved shooting. See my previous post.
This editorial is spot on. Without making any premature assumptions on the shooting itself, it is wholly appropriate to say that the community deserves to be informed throughout the investigation.
After discussing with Pamela Nicole Johnson, the Executive Director of Jersey City Anti-Violence Coalition (JC AVC), JC AVC, Go Get My Kids group and I will be hosting a Town Hall on the shooting, in an effort to provide any information available and listen to community concerns on these recent events. I’ve reached out to the NAACP Jersey City Chapter; the date, time and location of the town hall will be announced soon. Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez will be invited.
Tensions and mistrust are all too commonplace between police and Black/Brown communities in every city across the nation. As much as we’d like to think otherwise, Jersey City is not immune to these criticisms.
The resolutions to these challenges require transparency and accessibility with residents. The answers to these concerns cannot be found within the 280 characters of a Tweet, and no amount of crime statistics will change history nor erase the mistrust that exists between government/law enforcement and Black and Brown communities.
#JerseyCity is entitled to the whole truth and, to quote the editorial, we “should settle for nothing less.”
Where is Fulop after police shooting? | Jersey Journal editorial
Despite calls from members of the community for him to address what happened, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop has been silent on the police shooting Monday night that left a 19-year-old and a 21-year-ol...This past Tuesday, there was a police-involved shooting on Randolph Avenue in the area of Arlington Gardens. I want you to know that I have spoken with Police Chief Michael Kelly and Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez. The investigation is currently in the hands of the HC Prosecutor, including any video footage of the incident. I will not make assumptions during the ongoing investigation by suggesting that the officers did not violate state Attorney General guidelines, nor will I say that they have. It is too early and — until more facts are available — only the Hudson County Prosecutor and State Attorney General can draw that conclusion.
As the Prosecutor investigates, one thing is certain: given the realities of relations between police and black and brown communities throughout the country, transparency, objectivity and communication is of the utmost importance moving forward. More on that to come in my next post.
Officials: Fireworks involved in police shooting that left 2 injured
Fireworks may have been involved in a police shooting that left two men injured in Jersey City.Yesterday morning, David Kocieniewski of Bloomberg News published an investigative report on the dealings of one of the Mayor’s close allies and touched on some very concerning developments regarding Mayor Fulop. The article connects potential improprieties between Mayor Fulop and several real estate developers, possibly resulting in a serious conflict of interest and critical violations of the public trust. Mr. Kocieniewski has a long record of diligent journalism dating back to his tenure with the New York Times, where his reports have proven to be critical in exposing malfeasance in public officials.
I believe the people of Jersey City are entitled to the whole truth regarding this situation. For this reason I have taken certain actions to initiate investigation(s) into this matter as soon as possible, and am looking at all other options. It’s important we get to the bottom of this.
The public trust is at stake.
Jersey City’s Renaissance Puts Mayor’s Ally in a Squeeze
After a longtime associate of Mayor Steve Fulop failed to pay taxes on millions earned from real estate developers, federal investigators started asking questions