NEWARK, NJ - A developer is seeking to build four residential towers - one that has a pool on the roof - on different streets in a ward that is dotted with dilapidated two and three-family homes.

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New West 1, based in Ramsey, had four applications seeking variances for the four residential buildings in the West ...