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Attorney Louis Zayas and HHA Executive Director Carmelo Garcia hooked up again after their initial success garnering national attention and ridicule filing their “ethnic cleansing” lawsuit.

That civil suit was thrown out effective last Tuesday but is amended with a new slant in the same legal style as before.

Removing their ethnic cleansing claim, it’s rebranded charging the same defendants as last including Mayor Dawn Zimmer with “political patronage.”

Among the numerous legal charges Garcia again makes numerous allegations of victimization, adverse employment impact and unsubstantiated “patronage policies.” Read More...

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The lawsuit thrown out of court in Hudson County Superior Court is apparently amended by “ethnic cleansing” lawyer Louis Zayas on behalf of HHA Executive Director Carmelo Garcia.

The updated charges against the same defendants charges “political patronage,” related to government contracts, awarding professional contracts and to “implement the mayor’s policies” in the HHA.

Garcia claims he’s the victim of harassment, intimidation and threats to his employment contract. Read More...

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Front and center Monday in Hoboken Superior Court is the battle over Vote by Mail ballots thrown out by the Hudson County Board of Elections.

Of almost 300 contested ballots, some are finding their way back into the tabulation on the ballot question of rent control last November.  MSTA is taking a tactic of looking at ballots mostly out of the Hoboken Housing Authority and have them reinserted into the tallies with the HFHA in opposition.

After the election, the MSTA “yes” position on curtailing rent control failed by 122 votes. Read More...

Staunch reform activist Phil Cohen speaks before the City Council about SandyGate and urges the council to act carefully and not harm the integrity of the federal investigation in the hands of the US Attorney’s Office.

Calling the mayor a “profile in courage,” he adds his belief the mayor is acting in the best interest of Hoboken.

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In an exclusive interview taped with Hudson County TV’s John Heinis, attorney Louis Zayas launched numerous attacks on Mayor Dawn Zimmer on her allegations against Gov. Christie and

Zayas represents HHA Executive Director Carmelo Garcia in the infamous “ethnic cleansing” lawsuit thrown out of Hudson County Superior Court last month against Mayor Dawn Zimmer and former HHA Chairman/commissioner Jake Stuiver.

In the video, Zayas alludes to a contradiction over a diary requested during the Angel Alicea discrimination case against Hoboken he represented saying he asked if one was available and was told at that time there was none. Read More...

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Appearing on MSNBC last week, Councilman Dave Mello confirmed his awareness last summer of Mayor Zimmer’s allegations Hoboken Sandy aid was being held hostage by a local development project for the Rockefeller Group – backed by Gov. Christie officials.

MSNBC host Chris Hayes mentions “the deconstruction” of the Governor Christie’s office claiming Hoboken received $70 million in aid is incorrect since those funds came directly from a flood insurance program residents and businesses paid into. Read More...

=&0=& =&1=& =&2=& =&3=& =&4=&=&5=& One of Four Southwest Park Design Concepts to be Presented at Public Meeting All members of the Hoboken community are invited to the second public meeting to provide input on the planning of the first phase of a Southwest Park. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 28 at 7:00pm at the Multi Service Center, 124 Grant Street.

Four design concepts, developed based on input from the first community meeting and an online survey, will be presented for feedback from the community. The meeting will include a presentation regarding stormwater management. Read More...

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Yesterday development controversy hit the other side of the Mile Square City uptown with the report from the pro Old Guard rag, the Hudson Reporter.  The paper cheerily announced a court decision paving the way for building two towers uptown  known as the Monarch Project.

Originally part of Applied, the development firm called IronState won a ruling in Hudson Superior Court based on incongruity on the Planning Board.  Some of the details on how the Planning Board failed in its review process are not clear. Read More...

=&0=& Every year, public school districts across the country go through an annual January-to- March process of preparing budgets for the next fiscal year. In many communities, the school district is often one of the larger financial enterprises and its budget is the focus of much community scrutiny and debate as districts seek to strike the right balance between the needs of the schools and the concerns of taxpayers. Hoboken is such a community. This year, the Hoboken Board of Education will hold a community forum on Tuesday, January 28, at 7 pm in the Hoboken Junior Senior High School auditorium.  Although the budget itself is still being developed by the school administrators and will not be formally presented to the school board and the public until March, the district invites the Hoboken community to attend this first-time-ever forum to learn more about the process, understand the many regulations under which the budget is constructed, get up to speed on the latest state laws as they apply to public school funding and budgets, get a feel for some of the challenges facing the district in the coming year, and hear answers to a variety of frequently asked questions about our district public schools and where the money is being spent. In the meantime, community members can begin to participate in the budget process by sending an email to budgetquestions@hoboken.k12.nj.us. Questions and comments will be incorporated into Tuesday evening’s presentation. -###-