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🌱 Patch AM: Jersey City Housing Affordability To Be Part Of Incoming Mayor Solomon's 100-Day Plan

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In today's newsletter:

  • Solomon maps out 100-day push on safety and housing costs
  • Why a onetime Jersey City representative’s bribery sentencing was delayed again

Also on today's calendar: The Winter Wait: School Revisits, Narrowing Choices, and Other Tidbits and 6 more events.

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Today's riddle: After dinner, my parents asked if I could clear the table. 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 50 and low of 38 degrees.
  • Friday: A little afternoon rain, temps: high: 51, low: 47.
  • Saturday: Rain and drizzle, with a high of 51 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Jersey City Housing Affordability To Be Part Of Incoming Mayor Solomon's 100-Day Plan (patch.com) — Jersey City residents are getting an early look at Mayor-elect James Solomon’s priorities as he unveils a 100-person transition policy committee ahead of his Jan. 15 swearing-in. The group will craft a 100-day plan focused on quick wins in areas like public safety and housing affordability, along with a broader first-term agenda and new ways for residents to participate in City Hall decision-making.
   

• Bribery sentencing for former Hoboken Assemblyman Garcia pushed until March (hudsoncountyview.com) — A former state assemblyman who once represented Hoboken and parts of Jersey City has had his federal bribery sentencing pushed back again, now to March 18. The case centers on alleged bribes tied to Newark development projects, extending a long-running legal saga involving a onetime Hudson County political figure.
   

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