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Portside Towers tenants press Jersey City council to enforce security and rent-control rules
Summary
Tenants from Portside Towers told the Jersey City Municipal Council on April 9 that the city has not enforced existing rules on uniformed security, live-in superintendents and landlord disclosures, and urged municipal action while litigation and an administrative investigation proceed.
At the Jersey City Municipal Council meeting on April 9, dozens of Portside Towers tenants and tenant-organizers pressed council members to enforce city ordinances they say the building’s owner is violating, including the city’s uniform security and landlord-disclosure rules.
Tenant speakers said repeated incidents — including a bullet through a child's window, a violent incident in a lobby and failures of building emergency responses — show the building lacks required, continuous on-site security and an on-site superintendent. Several speakers said the landlord has not complied with city rules on disclosure of landlord identity,…
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