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Real Estate
New Details, Video Show Workforce Housing, Transit Hub Project In Hackensack
Bergen County officials have released a brand-new video rendering of Bergen Junction, a transformational mixed-use development in Hackensack that aims to provide affordable housing for essential workers, support veterans, and revitalize the NJ TRANSIT Hackensack Bus Transfer (scroll for video). The project — announced by Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco, the Board of Commissioners, and the Bergen County Improvement Authority — will replace the former Bergen County probation building and outdated bus terminal with state-of-the-art facilities. Bergen Junction will feature a five…
Real Estate
Inside Ora: Brand-New Hackensack Mixed-Use Building Nearly Ready To Start Leasing
Hackensack’s downtown renaissance continues with the grand opening of Ora. The stunning 270-unit mixed-use community at 321 Main St. will soon offer luxury studio, one, and two-bedroom units. Executives from The Hampshire Companies, along with project partners Russo Development and Riverbank Management LLC, were joined by Hackensack Mayor John Labrosse and Deputy Mayor Kathleen Canestrino for the ribbon-cutting ceremony last month. Ora stands seven stories tall at the intersection of Main and Berry streets, the former site of Oritani Bank, and is managed by Russo Property Management.…
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'Bunch Of Lies:' Hackensack Councilman Won't Apologize To Soccer Coach Over Racial Remark
Hackensack's mayor is demanding an apology from a councilman accused of making racially insensitive remarks about a local soccer coach. Several city residents showed up to the city council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 8 council meeting detailing alleged remarks made by Councilman Leo Battaglia, who was apparently overheard making derogatory comments about Royals FC Coach Shaun Holder on Sept. 12. Battaglia, at the Oct. 8 meeting, said: "I want to make it very clear I never intentionally made any kind of racial statement about any person. I've been very involved in the recreational program in t…
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Update
: Four Women Hospitalized, One Serious, From Fentanyl ODs At Riverside Square Mall
UPDATE: Four women who work at The Shops at Riverside in Hackensack were hospitalized -- one of them in serious condition -- after an apparent group drug overdose in a lower parking garage early Wednesday evening. Fentanyl was to blame, city officials said. Responders administered Narcan to five women in all -- ages 29 to 41 -- and conducted CPR on the most seriously injured victim, who'd apparently staggered toward the middle of the lot before collapsing. She remained unresponsive despite efforts to revive her -- first by passersby who include a nurse practitioner, then by police an…
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New Hackensack Police Director Hits Ground Running
A highly-respected law enforcement veteran has become Hackensack's new police director. Raymond Guidetti, who retired as a lieutenant colonel after a highly distinguished career with the New Jersey State Police, began working last week, multiple department and city sources confirmed Tuesday. "We've been getting memos from him already on things like internal policies and expectations," one department member said. Guidetti, 54, of Paramus, was officially appointed to the position for three years at Monday night's Mayor and Council meeting, according to city spokesman Nick Bond. “I am very p…
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‘Win-Win’: New Hackensack Police Pact Boasts Changes Aimed At Boosting Growing Prestige
A new contract secured by the union representing more than 100 Hackensack police officers gives them a 2.75% pay bump and revises their work schedule for the first time in nearly 25 years. Officers will move to 12-hour work tours, from what had been 11 hours, under the five-year deal collectively bargained between the city and New Jersey State Police Benevolent Association's Local #9. They’ll work alternately for 16 days of 8-day shifts, followed by 16 days of 8-night shifts, or vice versa -- with critically consistent starting and finishing times. At the same time, “major modifications” t…
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Hackensack Deputy Mayor Accused Of Bringing
Covid-p
ositive Relative Into Locked-Down City Hall
Hackensack government went on alert after an elected official was accused of escorting a relative he knew had tested positive for the coronavirus into City Hall even though the building had been closed to the public. The alleged Dec. 29 incident involving Deputy Mayor David Sims raised concerns over infection, although no one who was at City Hall has reported contracting COVID-19 since then. Although the person with Sims wasn’t publicly identified, various city sources said it was a female family member who doesn’t live with him who needed a document notarized. She apparently interacted wi…
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Hackensack City Hall, Other Offices Closed To Public Amid
Covid-
19 Resurgence
Hackensack officials closed City Hall on Tuesday and said all other city offices will be closed to the public beginning next Monday amid growing concern about the statewide resurgence in COVID-19 cases. "In the interest of public health and safety, we will be closing our city offices to the public due to the rise of coronavirus infections throughout the area," Mayor John Labrosse said Tuesday afternoon. "Unfortunately, this serves as a reminder that we are still very much battling this pandemic, and we need everybody to redouble their efforts to combat the virus," the mayor said. City offi…
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