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At caucus, Councilman Solomon presented an alternate amendment that would shift roughly $1 million from the city council’s line item into the Department of Infrastructure’s traffic and engineering accounts to fund vacant engineering positions and to address a backlog of Vision Zero and traffic requests. Solomon said the proposal also moves $300,000 back out of traffic to fund $100,000 each for the city clerk’s office, quality‑of‑life programming and sanitation.

“The intent was to use the money as it’s currently in the budget versus what the council has been proposing to use it as,” the administration said; Solomon replied that council members should have a say in reallocations from council funds. The administration said both versions of the amendment differ only in how the council line is reallocated and urged the council to choose either the administration’s introduced amendment or Solomon’s alternative so a public hearing can proceed.

Solomon and other council members argued some departments — notably traffic and engineering, recreation, tenant/landlord enforcement and sanitation — need more immediate staffing or program funds. The administration confirmed the chief engineer position appears in the current budget but said filling other vacant engineering positions can take months.

Council members agreed to continue work on the amendments so a public hearing can be scheduled at the formal meeting; the council discussed holding a special meeting the week after the introduction for final action. The state sent a letter urging timely adoption of the budget, the administration said.

No final adoption occurred in caucus; the council set a proposed schedule for introduction and subsequent public hearings and votes.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Jersey City Municipal Caucus Meeting September 8, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The municipal administration introduced state‑mandated amendments to Jersey City’s 2025 municipal budget, projecting a 0.97% tax impact (about $38 on a $480,000 assessment); Councilman Solomon offered an alternate redistribution that would move roughly $1 million from council funds into engineering and other departments.","taxTitle","Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey","taxId",2747,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},5999638,"Jersey City Medical Center seeks discharge of deed restriction; JCRA negotiated $26.75 million payment to city",397,745000,1142000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5843264-1d7b435d1eb9c3a505a214aae9760101&start=745&end=1142","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5843264-1d7b435d1eb9c3a505a214aae9760101/thumbnail_745000.jpg","/articles/5999638/Jersey-City/Hudson-County/New-Jersey/Jersey-City-Medical-Center-seeks-discharge-of-deed-restriction-JCRA-negotiated-2675-million-payment-to-city","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/5999638-8b3ca9ebd3a1dcbf2b3d91f20fce957e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771166228&Signature=SA7uhXf07Ld9Hj-Q3kHyljmMVYIJe5ZV0dlB66GbiAZBcjhrAo3h8muAxHNyC5sXmhW2TXaCIu6cY6wxlQGnkv3Hh~UN0rL0G2waYIOqo9i95Q3s3VWdNmj8paCbj03FrmezCVYq3NDkeN6N8vBoyKXRbIOmBRFugWv1SCwr-XRxk90D4pdI1uFBljlw6D51nX~tX9~DsLc2pgV5~CFfzVC5eBN1Okqcfga7u2TSdHSHEhST4GM7k3L1AwJVuV0FpPChJRX0fLPqWnAlr5HdVV2EllRtHmyCBkfgbMXnPrDpiMHVahM-NxCvGSHF93y21MRrwfatUjVRFMBwRdsjJQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Jersey City Redevelopment Agency asked the municipal council on Monday to authorize discharge of a deed restriction tied to land formerly purchased in partnership with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority to enable an expansion at Jersey City Medical Center. Diana Jeffrey, director of the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency, said the hospital’s planned project would increase ambulatory care and beds and requires lifting the restriction to proceed with financing.

The change matters because it would free a small portion of a 15-acre campus for sale and financing that the hospital says is necessary to build a multi‑story parking garage and three medical office buildings. “If the deed restriction is discharged,” Jeffrey said, “the project that they’re contemplating can only be undertaken if the deed restriction is discharged.”

The JCRA negotiated a payment of $26,750,000 from the hospital to the redevelopment agency, which the agency said it would pass on to the city. “What the city does with that payment is not up to the JCRA or the hospital. It’s completely and solely in your decision and discretion,” Jeffrey told council members.

Nevins McCann, partner at Connell Foley and longtime member of the hospital’s board, described the expansion as intended to address parking and capacity issues the hospital has faced for years and to add outpatient services across the campus. McCann said the hospital plans a garage of “approximately 12 to 1,400 parking stalls” and described the medical center as “the largest charity care hospital in Hudson County.” He said the hospital bought the property about eight years ago and would sell a small portion to finance the garage and additional facilities.

Council members asked for clarifications on the parcel, parking and the negotiated payment. McCann and Jeffrey said the discharged restriction would next be considered by the state Economic Development Authority; they described broad support there and from the JCRA but did not report a final EDA action. No formal council vote to discharge the deed restriction was taken during the caucus; the item remained listed as ordinance 25‑97 for later council consideration.

Key numerical and procedural details discussed: the negotiated payment to the JCRA is $26,750,000; the hospital said it purchased the property for about $24,000,000; the garage was described in the meeting as roughly 1,200–1,400 spaces. Council members pressed the hospital on local impacts such as teacher parking lost to earlier street changes and asked the hospital to consider community accommodations. Jeffrey and McCann said the JCRA and hospital have been negotiating for years and that the city’s final use of the payment would be a council decision.

The matter was presented as an ordinance (item 3.3) and discussed but not adopted during the caucus; council members requested additional detail and follow-up from planning and redevelopment staff before a final vote.

The council scheduled further consideration during the formal meeting process; the hospital and JCRA said they will appear before the EDA after any local approval.

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The administration presented the acceptance as a routine resolution to receive settlement funds and invited questions; none were raised during caucus. The acceptance was presented as agenda item 10.4 and will be entered on the council agenda for formal action during the public meeting.","The administration asked the council to authorize acceptance of opioid settlement funds administered by Brown Grier PLC; the award for the current item was stated at $428,000, bringing the city's total received to about $2 million.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},5999624,"Council introduces rent-related ordinances: lease AI disclosures, clarify state exemptions and set $100 minimum fine",107,2450000,2557000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5843264-1d7b435d1eb9c3a505a214aae9760101&start=2450&end=2557","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5843264-1d7b435d1eb9c3a505a214aae9760101/thumbnail_2450000.jpg","/articles/5999624/Jersey-City/Hudson-County/New-Jersey/Council-introduces-rent-related-ordinances-lease-AI-disclosures-clarify-state-exemptions-and-set-100-minimum-fine","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/5999624-aebae720399aa30870055fedc386cd45/orig.mp4?Expires=1771166228&Signature=BogKo-tT5ZzyTsHE1-ZJliOcxjZU3R-VnwXpnNNH9wsVHJwNxkNqqrGLVLmzP3An2VjJj4gM0E2A7J4qT594pHZzLDvvk24Nn9jvYjU1hBeXvw6WMPA6cLG3fke88uZJjvkt3go9~YQoe2pYo7JJKq24wOZ8yj-yn3GG39ruVFTGUzaFjwamC86SBbEQTNFf6z2AH5jM4i3f~200ZtMpJBgOdX3EvDqcihh4sQ3EqosYB6IUGk2JOmKu~fLnXXBxuH6LZnldt6QsVrayXlDC7Wayx8Fz7niLAYbiCrDCMHKDQ7H69qt5MwSFK5heBFPZdPZ39IAj7KmdFEmZBiTuKQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The council caucus included a presentation of three ordinances aimed at strengthening enforcement of housing and rent-control rules. The measures, introduced for first reading, would: (1) add a mandatory lease clause requiring landlords to disclose whether they use tenant-screening or other tenancy-related algorithms, (2) clarify the scope of state-level exemptions from local rent-control rules, and (3) set a mandatory minimum fine of $100 for adjudicated housing-related violations.

A sponsor explained the AI disclosure measure as a means to enforce a recent ban on discriminatory automated decision‑making that the city adopted earlier: requiring a statement in leases that landlords are not using banned software would create a disclosure avenue that could be enforced through consumer‑fraud channels if a landlord falsely certified otherwise.

On the exemption clarifier (ordinance 25‑099), staff said the goal is to clarify existing rules so landlords who fail to follow disclosure requirements would not be eligible for rent increases; the ordinance is written to restate the preexisting rule more clearly.

On fines (ordinance 25‑100), sponsors said state law limits how much the city can require but allows a mandatory minimum. \"We are entitled by law to establish a mandatory minimum fine of $100,\" a sponsor said, while noting prosecutors and judges retain discretion to impose higher penalties. Council members asked the administration and the prosecutor’s office to discuss whether tickets and plead agreements are being dismissed in ways that hinder enforcement effectiveness.

The items were introduced for first reading and proponents said they will seek input from the prosecutor and enforcement offices on implementation and enforcement resources. No votes were taken at caucus; the ordinances will proceed through the council’s formal reading process.","Council members discussed three ordinances that would require landlords to disclose use of AI in leases, clarify the scope of state-level exemptions to rent control and establish a mandatory $100 minimum fine for certain housing‑related ordinance violations.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},5999629,"Developer requests remap of Cottage Street lots into Zone 3; planning opposition and neighborhood concerns leave outcome unclear",703,2809000,3512000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5843264-1d7b435d1eb9c3a505a214aae9760101&start=2809&end=3512","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5843264-1d7b435d1eb9c3a505a214aae9760101/thumbnail_2809000.jpg","/articles/5999629/Jersey-City/Hudson-County/New-Jersey/Developer-requests-remap-of-Cottage-Street-lots-into-Zone-3-planning-opposition-and-neighborhood-concerns-leave-outcome-unclear","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/5999629-848a50387847ccd36823b38b73a86a90/orig.mp4?Expires=1771166228&Signature=Cev2iIX~sWFankSDyaXfs4hdLZ6UP-vpabXwNjbrUYmHNp9CSbmN-gixtp84RUAaKlTMGMprBbs~PfcerMgFvc6q7znJkgegT-pU2eV~4bT~ZrmrncIRU3PoVN85gIt1ZExD~R74cMCnScu7pyx9ZpSS5~tSrwgpUfROJ8Q162eVKJFYNmVSTm6D2RqveS0xIsvDKCouTDL8LOR9tpOHGYyQ-294LynTiRRglj7aGM9hzRLZ2eg15QBsg7fpl0WHLHbdevyIkS5EcnaGIupimsVJRMeYe~aOLBYh9bBmKM8eBIG~MvPVgRR2N0bkr5M6J5k4V06LdVPrgVavAvbn5w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A property owner’s attorney requested that the municipal council consider remapping two parcels on Cottage Street and Van Brunt (Block 7903, Lots 15 and 49) from redevelopment Zone 4 to Zone 3 so the lots could be developed under rules applied to the nearby Homestead Place extension. Charles Harrington, representing the property owner, told the caucus that the change would allow larger development and invoke a 10% affordable-housing requirement for projects of 30 units or more.

Harrington acknowledged that the planning board did not recommend the change and said his client still wishes to pursue a smaller‑scale remapping limited to the specific lots. Council members pressed for maps, planning analysis and clarity about whether the change would be a “substantial change” to the pending redevelopment amendment, which could require restarting the ordinance’s reading process.

Council members also noted strong neighborhood opposition to related construction activity and said they had received complaints about truck noise, sidewalk shedding and other construction impacts tied to an adjacent project. Several council members and the developer’s attorney discussed community outreach efforts; the developer said it held multiple community meetings but planning staff said additional outreach and a planning recommendation are necessary to determine whether the proposed change should proceed.

No vote was taken. The council asked the developer and planning staff to meet with Councilman Solomon, planning director Tanya (last name not given in the transcript) and other staff before Wednesday’s meeting to clarify maps, affordable-housing calculations and whether the change would constitute a substantial revision to the redevelopment ordinance.","A property owner asked the council to remap two Cottage Street lots from Zone 4 to Zone 3 so they can build under Homestead Place extension rules and trigger a 10% affordable housing requirement; planning staff did not recommend the change and neighborhood groups voiced opposition.","actionData","errors"]

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Council to consider 2025 budget amendments; administration and Councilman Solomon propose competing reallocations

Jersey City Medical Center seeks discharge of deed restriction; JCRA negotiated $26.75 million payment to city

Council to accept opioid settlement funds; administration cites roughly $428,000 award for this year

Council introduces rent-related ordinances: lease AI disclosures, clarify state exemptions and set $100 minimum fine

Developer requests remap of Cottage Street lots into Zone 3; planning opposition and neighborhood concerns leave outcome unclear