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Portside Towers tenants press city over missing superintendents, security enforcement
Summary
Residents of the Portside Towers rental complex told the council the landlord has not provided required resident superintendents or uniformed security staff; callers urged the city to enforce existing municipal code and to compel compliance.
Tenants at Portside Towers told the Jersey City Municipal Council on Tuesday that the building’s owner, Equity Residential, is not complying with city rules requiring residential superintendents and uniformed security for large multifamily buildings.
Multiple speakers at the meeting said both towers at Portside — each housing more than 200 units — lack the staffing the municipal code requires. "We could have used 24/7 uniform security when an attacker chased a woman into our building last year," a tenant said during public comment. Residents asked the council to enforce…
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