The nine-member city council unanimously adopted the mayor’s neighborhood stabilization program ordinance during its regular meeting on Tuesday evening.
Big stories
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Council unanimously passes abandoned properties acquisition ordinance
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Nine running for school board seats; Wendy Guzman calls it quits
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City store sells winning Jersey Cash 5 Jackpot ticket worth $127,000
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Two-percent tax increase approved by city council
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Timesheets of three recreation employees missing; city pays using offline checks
City Politics
Council unanimously passes abandoned properties acquisition ordinance
Nine running for school board seats; Wendy Guzman calls it quits
Almost a dozen city residents are running for three — three-year term — up for grabs school board seats.
Two-percent tax increase approved by city council
In a 5-4 vote during Tuesday evening’s city council meetings, members of the governing body approved a 2-percent tax increase for city property owners.
Police News
21-year-old in critical but stable condition after North Main Street shooting
A city man was wounded while inside a vehicle near North Main and Arch streets during the evening hours of Sunday, according to the Paterson Police Department.
Police officer loses defamation case against Paterson Pulse
A city police officer who was pilloried in the Paterson Pulse newspaper after an unfriendly interaction with the publication’s founder lost her case in an appeal in the New Jersey Superior Court earlier in the month.
Clifton man arrested for sexually assaulting disabled city woman
A Clifton man who sexually assaulted a mentally and physically disabled individual in the city on July 12 was brought into custody yesterday, according to the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office.