Salvator Calabse, sitting in for the chairperson of the Bayonne Rent Control Board, opened the Nov. 24, 2025 public hearing and presided as the board acted on a set of rent-control applications. Calabse read items for a MassVote and identified 32 West 18th Street among the listed properties, noting an applicant name, Maria Flora.

The board grouped multiple applications for a single motion after an unidentified board member proposed bundling the resolutions. “Let’s put all resolutions together as one,” an attendee said, and the board listed 32 West 18, Apartment 1; Apartment 2; and Apartment 4 to be considered together. Calabse moved “to approve the 4 that we just listed.” The transcript does not clearly identify who seconded the motion.

Jacqueline Barber called for and recorded a roll-call vote. Board Member Clapsy, Board Member Tisha Chatham Nichols, Board Member Charlie Prieto and Board Member Tina Cicliano were recorded as voting to approve the grouped items. The board recorded the mass vote as approved; Camille Burgos was absent per the roll call earlier in the meeting.

Earlier in the hearing, Barber announced that application 233 Avenue E would be tabled to the next meeting. Calabse also stated the meeting complied with the “sunshine law of the state of New Jersey” and that notice had been filed with the city clerk and posted on the municipal building bulletin board.

There was no public comment. The board completed business and adjourned the meeting at 7:03 p.m.

What’s next: The board will take up the tabled application for 233 Avenue E at the next scheduled hearing; the grouped approvals for 32 West 18 will be recorded in meeting minutes and processed under the board’s standard procedures.