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Residents and nonprofit leaders press Bayonne council on services, construction impacts and e‑bike enforcement
Summary
During a lengthy public‑comment block, residents criticized construction noise and parking loss, urged enforcement of local work‑hours and asked council support for the volunteer food pantry Hunger Free, which lost its office; an investigator raised allegations about local figures that council said it would review.
A lengthy public‑comment segment at the Jan. 21 Bayonne Council meeting highlighted neighborhood distress from construction, an appeal from a volunteer food‑pantry leader for city support, and an accusatory public statement raising serious, unresolved allegations about named local actors.
Residents from East 19th Street described months of disruption from multiple construction sites: wide‑scale loss of parking (one speaker estimated 40–65% of spaces on his block), intermittent and late‑night work beyond posted windows, and water‑pressure problems tied to contractors using hydrants. The speakers said the combination…
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