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Resident alleges municipal-court "ticket fixing" in Jersey City, asks Hudson County to seek audit
Summary
At the Feb. 27 Hudson County commissioners meeting, Eve Taylor alleged that the Jersey City Municipal Court has ignored years of code-violation summonses and that a landlord has repeatedly avoided fines; she urged the County to seek independent auditors or a State Comptroller review.
Eve Taylor told the Hudson County Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 27 that the Jersey City Municipal Court has failed to enforce building- and fire-code summonses for years and that tenants remain at risk.
"The Jersey City Municipal Court still, as of last week, refuses to enforce Building Code, Fire Code, and Chapter 260 tenant protections," Taylor said. She told the Board she has…
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