By Caren Lissner

HOBOKEN, NJ — The city of Hoboken is hoping to turn a parking garage into workforce housing with parking. They're holding a virtual public meeting on Tuesday night.

Under the plan, Municipal Garage B, located at Second and Hudson streets, would become a mix of affordable and workforce housing.

Members of Hoboken's City Council were mixed in their opinions of the current plan.

By Caren Lissner

HOBOKEN, NJ — Hoboken Councilwoman Emily Jabbour levied rare public criticism of City Hall on Thursday regarding their messaging about a shooting that led to lockdowns.

Thursday afternoon, police posted on social media that they had responded to a report of shots fired at Fourth and Jackson streets. They asked residents to avoid the area.

At least five schools in Hoboken were locked down or told to shelter in place while police responded.

Hoboken Councilwoman Emily Jabbour encourages Governor Murphy to sign legislation to support restaurants and continue outdoor dining

Hoboken Councilwoman Emily Jabbour today urged Governor Phil Murphy to sign into law Bill A4866, which will permanently allow restaurants to serve alcoholic beverages in outdoor parklets and streateries. Currently, Hoboken restaurants with liquor licenses are permitted to do so in approved parklets and streateries due to emergency COVID-19 regulations passed by the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. These emergency regulations, originally enacted to assist restaurants and businesses, are set to expire this Saturday – November 30, 2024.

By Alex Connell

HOBOKEN, NJ - Following the recent assaults in Church Square Park, Councilwoman Emily Jabbour has issued a statement calling for more investment in public safety. 

Last week, Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher also released a statement calling for more police officers and county support in the wake of the incident which sent a woman to the hospital. 

In her statement, Jabbour said that as the Hoboken city council begins to develop its 2025 budget proposal, she will be seeking the following:

By Tom Krosnowski

Voting “yes” allows landlords to list vacant properties that were rent-controlled at the market rate. In exchange, they’d pay $2,500 per unit to the city’s affordable housing trust fund. A “no” vote maintains the city’s current rent control practices.

By Alex Connell

HOBOKEN, NJ - ​​The building and placement of a $250,000 statue of LGBTQ+ icon Marsha P. Johnson, which will be displayed at Stevens Park was unanimously approved by the Hoboken City Council at a recent meeting.

An African-American gay activist, Johnson served as a powerful advocate for trans people of color. She was a key figure in the 1969 stonewall uprising and changed the lives for homeless transgender youth in New York City through her creation of the Street Transgender Action Revolutionaries.

Johnson moved to Hoboken in 1980 where she spent the last twelve years of her life.

By Jennifer Tripucka

For the past week, Hoboken has undergone construction and paving on the North end of town, closing Park Avenue to mill and pave, and causing much traffic commotion throughout the uptown area. The goal was to help with the paving of the street. However, not on the agenda was paving over drains in front of homes in the area — which is exactly what happened, and right before a tropical storm is coming to the area. 

By Matt McCann

The Hoboken City Council, following short speeches by representatives about the devastating impact gun violence has had on victims, unanimously passed a resolution designating January 22nd to January 26th National Gun Violence Survivors Week.

The designation was spearheaded by Moms Demand Action, an advocacy group established following the Sandy Hook school shooting that campaigns for gun safety measures, to raise awareness about the impacts of gun violence. The organization will be holding an event on Sunday, beginning at 1:00 p.m. at the Hoboken Housing Authority's community room, to create survivor care cards for the Everytown Survivors Network.

Sponsoring the resolution was Councilwoman Emily Jabbour who reflected that gun violence is now the leading cause of death for children and youth in the United States, a reality which has only become true within the last year or so.