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Portside Towers tenants press council to enforce uniform security ordinance after repeated incidents
Summary
Multiple Portside Towers residents told the council that building security is inadequate despite an ordinance requiring uniformed security for buildings over 100 units; residents described attacks, unlocked access points and a shooting into a unit and urged the council to enforce rules already on the books.
Tenants from Portside Towers and other Jersey City residents told the Municipal Council on Feb. (2025) that they no longer feel safe in their buildings and pressed elected officials to enforce the city’s uniform security ordinance.
Multiple speakers described incidents they say show security at Portside Towers is insufficient. Jennifer, a resident who said a bullet entered her son’s bedroom eight months ago, told the council: "I begged you for help. I asked for something simple. Enforce the uniformed security ordinance so families like mine could feel safe in our own homes." Tenants and other speakers described a bleeding woman who ran into the building fleeing an attacker, unlocked doors…
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