Redevelopment at the site of the old probation building in Hackensack has been talked about for 10+ years.
Construction was supposed to break ground on that and a new @NJTRANSIT bus terminal last fall — but never did.
Story w/ @KristieCattafi@MegBurrow
https://t.co/58SZqXNsPk
READY TO WALK: @therecordguild has voted to authorize a walkout, fed up with @Gannett's refusal agree to a fair contract with living wages, despite three years of bargaining. More here....
“Maybe the year 2050 they’ll get the [light rail] to Bergen,” said Albert Cafiero, who headed Bergen’s transit cmte.
He told that to a Record reporter in 1996.
I read hundreds of clips from the last 30 years, spoke to 12+ people to understand this saga.
https://t.co/r8RFFislMW
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Among the massive buildings that have risen along NJ’s Hudson waterfront, few could rival the plan to build 4 high-rise towers on a fetid & fallow piece of land in Edgewater linked to a federal investigation of Sen. Bob Menendez.
w @KristieCattafi
https://t.co/2NV2xu7puT
“The cost of the lease raises questions about why the agency is planning to move at all from a building it owns, particularly since transit officials are projecting an operating deficit of nearly $1 billion in 2026.”
via @Colleenallreds
https://t.co/xysyPzojB3
As an environmental reporter in NJ, I spent years looking at air quality data, seeing it spike on high ozone days rarely getting close to 150.
I never thought I would ever see the air quality index scores I have seen today.
Absolutely stunning in the worst possible way.
I’m walking off the job today with my unionized colleagues. Journalists are making poverty wages and starving newsrooms of resources while Gannett leadership makes millions. End #GannettGreed
Our members are among the hundreds nationwide walking out today to stop #GannettGreed.
CEO Mike Reed has decimated newsrooms, destroyed local coverage and turns a blind eye to the financial struggles of his staff while pocketing millions himself.
Beautiful day in New Jersey for a strike.
My unionized colleagues and I are walking off the job today along with hundreds of Gannett journalists nationwide to protest company leadership continually gutting local newsrooms.
@nyguild@therecordguild
1/ Starting today @northjersey is releasing the series, "Aging in NJ" to help readers navigate the byzantine world of elder care.
@NewsFallon and @lindywa tackle the complicated range of elder care options from at-home care to nursing homes, as well as
https://t.co/R20BxfWkc8