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Council ties on Riviera Hotel lease; proposal to convert site to homeless services fails
Summary
A proposal to lease the Riviera Hotel to provide transitional housing and a community resource hub failed after a tie vote at the Newark Municipal Council on April 2.
A motion to authorize a long‑term lease of the Riviera Hotel to expand homeless services failed on a tie vote at the Newark Municipal Council on April 2.
The Office of Homeless Services presented the lease as an extension of emergency work begun in mid‑2023. The director said the city had engaged the hotel owners in June 2023 to respond to urgent conditions at another site and that the site had since sheltered residents. “We served over 700, Newark residents since June of 20 23,” the director said. She described a proposed long‑term program that would renovate…
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