Government
By TAPINTO BAYONNE STAFF
April 8, 2026
BAYONNE, NJ - The meeting of the Bayonne Planning Board scheduled for April 16 has been cancelled.The next meeting is scheduled to be held on May 5.
BAYONNE, NJ –John Armstrong has been appointed as Bayonne’s Acting City Engineer.Armstrong, an employee of the city since 2020, has an expertise in water structures and sewerage systems and played a role in upgrading the 63rd Street pumping station as well as a role in the city’s lead abatement ...
BAYONNE, NJ — The Bayonne City Council has signaled tentative support for an ordinance that would require a workforce housing component in newly approved tax-abated developments, suggesting a potential shift in the city’s approach to housing policy.Four of the five council members indicated they ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The use of e-bikes on local streets will now be subject to specific rules after members of the Bayonne City Council gave final approval to new regulations governing them and other electric vehicles at a recent meeting.The vote came one week after former Governor Phil Murphy signed a ...
BAYONNE, NJ - First Ward Councilman Neil Carroll announced this week that he will seek reelection as part of a ticket headed by Councilman, and mayoral candidate, Loyad Booker. Carroll first won election to the First Ward seat in a special election in 2019, and was subsequently reelected to a full ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The Bayonne City Council, through a letter penned by Councilman Neil Carroll, has requested a comprehensive review of all applicable county, state and federal laws impacting scrapyards.The letter comes after the body, and several members of the public, shared their concerns about such ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The Bayonne City Council used their last meeting of 2025 to make official a number of appointments to boards, commissions, and positions, including Donna Russo who was officially appointed as the city’s Law Director to replace Jay Coffey who announced his retirement earlier this ...
BAYONNE, NJ - In a vote delayed by nearly a week, the Bayonne City Council acted on the advice of outgoing Mayor Jimmy Davis on Tuesday when they voted 5-0 to appoint Robert “Red” Kubert to the top position on an interim basis. Kubert will now serve the remainder of the term, or until June 30, ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The Bayonne City Council approved this week the appointment of Donna Russo to replace Jay Coffey as director of the Bayonne Law Department.Outgoing Mayor Jimmy Davis nominated Russo to fill the role vacated by Coffey’s retirement this month.Russo, who has been practicing for 38 years, ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The approval of nearly 30 current and future abatements made in massive year-end push to advance several luxury developments across the city coinciding with the failure to renew a program providing five years abatements for one and two family home owners drew the ire of some critics ...
BAYONNE, NJ - A vote to select an interim mayor to fill the remaining portion of Mayor Jimmy Davis’ term was postponed on Wednesday.According to Council President Gary LaPelusa, the vote, which he said has been a subject of discussion among his colleagues, will take place at a special meeting of ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - A bill sponsored by Senator Angela McKnight (D-Hudson) that would expand which health care professionals can approve home instruction for students with medical needs advanced Thursday in the Senate Education Committee.The legislation, co-sponsored by Senator Paul Moriarty ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Jay Coffey, one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in Bayonne’s recent history, retired from city service on Dec. 1 after nearly 35 years.Coffey spent 30 of those years working for the City of Bayonne, serving as Assistant City Attorney for 11½ years and as Law Director ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Bayonne Councilman Loyad Booker solicited the support of his colleagues to push back on efforts by the federal government to cut funding for a grant program that helps low-income residents pay their utility bills.The Low Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) program, administered ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Mayor Jimmy Davis has made his January 1, 2026 resignation official. Davis, who informed the Bayonne City Council of his intention via letter, is vacating his office to take over as Hudson County Sheriff.With the resignation, the Bayonne City Council has the opportunity to appoint an ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - Representative Rob Menendez (NJ-08) has continued to lead efforts to curb helicopter tourism with his introduction of the Communities Before Air Tourism Act, legislation that would require the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) and National Park Service (“NPS”) to consult ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The Bayonne City Council approved a pair of resolutions related to the sale of the 9th Street building currently being used by Bayonne Equal Opportunity Foundation (BEOF) for the Head Start program.The first resolution authorized an expenditure to allow for an investigation into ...
BAYONNE, NJ - While a number of speakers praised the Bayonne Fire Department for its handling of a fire at the scrap metal site on Second Street, they also urged the Bayonne City Council to find a way to relocate the facility out of a residential area.Gene Perry, a resident of the area and a ...
BAYONNE, NJ - 10 percent of revenues the city receives from payments in lieu of taxes (pilot) agreements would go directly to the Bayonne Board of Education, under a proposal under consideration by the Bayonne City Council.The measure was proposed by Councilwoman Jacqueline Weimmer and seconded by ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Faced with a 37 percent increase to the cost of the state health insurance plan, the Bayonne City Council is considering going at it on their own.A representative of Brown and Brown, Bayonne’s insurance consultant, told council members at this week’s caucus meeting that they have met ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Effective Wednesday, Oct. 1, the Bayonne Building Department will replace Continuing Certificates of Occupancy (CCOs) with Resale Certificates for property sales.The certificates are required when selling one-family homes, two-family homes, multi-family dwellings, or commercial ...
BAYONNE, NJ — Concerns over traffic conditions on Goldsborough Drive have prompted a rare agreement between longtime administration critic Tom Solari and First Ward Councilman Neil Carroll, two figures who are often on opposite sides of city politics.The Citizen Bayonne complex, located at 155 ...
BAYONNE, NJ - On some days, it takes Carmello Debari as long as a half hour to navigate his wheelchair two blocks.A resident near Andrews Street in midtown, Dabari said curb cuts that are supposed to help disabled people cross streets are problematic, and sometimes dangerous, partly because they ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Tina Siciliano was sworn in as Bayonne’s new Health Officer earlier this week.Prior to being nominated for the position by Mayor Jimmy Davis, Siciliano worked for the city as a registered Environmental Health Specialist since 2018. She also worked for Hudson County Government as a ...
WASHINGTON, DC- Legislation by Representative Rob Menendez (D-NJ-08) that would strengthen telecommunications networks against cybersecurity attacks and natural disasters was recently passed by the US House of Representatives. H.R. 1717, the Communications Security Act, makes permanent the ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Animal right activists were back in front of the Bayonne City Council this week asking members to take action to prevent the future use of lethal methods to control flocks of Canadian geese in local parks.“I cry for these geese,” said resident Darlen Dynega “Keeping silent while our ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Said to be an effort to develop additional affordable housing, the Bayonne City Council is expected to sign off on the sale of property on West 8th and 9th streets to the Bayonne Housing Authority.One of the properties currently houses Head Start programs run by the Bayonne Economic ...
TRENTON, NJ - Legislation sponsored by Assemblyman William Sampson IV (D-Hudson) that would protect New Jersey residents from misleading mental health advertising passed the Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee recently. Bill A5603 would prohibit a person from advertising ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - Representative Rob Menendez (D-NJ-8) has joined three of his Congressional colleagues to introduce the Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act of 2025, which lowers out-of-pocket healthcare costs for Medicare beneficiaries by capping co-pays for those seeking care at ambulatory ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Former Bayonne City Council President Sharon Ashe-Nadrowski was back in council chambers earlier this week knocking back claims from some members of the body that said they didn’t know that a car impound storage area had been established near Second Street and Avenue A.As previously ...