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Jury Awards $5.3M To Worker Injured At Site Of 45-Story Jersey City High-Rise Jury Awards $5.3M To Worker Injured At Site Of 45-Story Jersey City High-Rise
Jury Awards $5.3M To Worker Injured At Site Of 45-Story Jersey City High-Rise A jury in Jersey City awarded $5.3 million to an ironworker who underwent a series of surgeries and was left disabled by an accident at the site of a downtown luxury high-rise condominium project, his lawyers announced. Attorneys with the Clark Law Firm argued that AJD Construction Company created the hazardous condition by using pieces of a building it was replacing as fill on the site of the 235 Grand complex in downtown Jersey City. “This left large chunks of concrete, wood, and glass strewn about the site, including on the job access road which was used by everyone to walk around the si…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Dad Killed Biking To 2nd Job In Jersey City: Family Dad Killed Biking To 2nd Job In Jersey City: Family
Dad Killed Biking To 2nd Job In Jersey City: Family Guillermo Acevedo was biking to his second job in Jersey City when he was fatally struck by a vehicle on Saturday, Nov. 4, those who knew him said. At 4 p.m., Jersey City police responded to Marin Boulevard and 16th Street where a 2018 Hyundai Elantra collided with Acevedo, Kimberly Wallace-Scalfione, a spokeswoman for the mayor's office said.  The driver attempted to turn left at the intersection when the crash occurred, Wallace-Scalfione said. The driver remained on the scene and called 911, she said. Acevedo, a father of three boys, 16, 14 and 8, was a cook in downtown Jersey City,…

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by Sam Barron
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New Jerseyans Still Scrambling To Get COVID-19 Tests Before Christmas New Jerseyans Still Scrambling To Get COVID-19 Tests Before Christmas
New Jerseyans Still Scrambling To Get Covid-19 Tests Before Christmas New Jersey residents are back waiting in long lines for COVID-19 tests on Thursday. Some took off work to stand in line for their appointment after having done the same on Wednesday, only to be turned away. Bagels and coffee were being distributed to people waiting in line at LevelUp MD Urgent Care in Bloomfield around 8:15 a.m. Some had gotten there as early as 7 a.m. The approximate wait time was 2 hours. LevelUp Urgent Care in BloomfieldSpecial to Daily Voice Downtown Jersey CitySpecial to Daily Voice Residents waiting at the Paramus Municipal Pool testing site stayed for nearly …

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by Cecilia Levine
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'All Because Of Sweatpants': Man Accuses Popular Jersey City Bar Of Racial Profiling (VIDEO) 'All Because Of Sweatpants': Man Accuses Popular Jersey City Bar Of Racial Profiling (VIDEO)
'All Because Of Sweatpants': Man Accuses Popular Jersey City Bar Of Racial Profiling (Video) Charles "CJ" Pace had just finished painting his new Downtown Jersey City photography studio Saturday when he went to The Ashford a few blocks away to grab a bite with some friends. He was wearing "jogger" sweatpants, which are in violation of the Newark Avenue establishment's dress code. And so, when the bouncer told him Pace and his friends had to sit outside, he understood, he said. But about an hour later, when the 25-year-old model was wrapping up and waiting for the bill, when a group of white men similarly dressed in joggers walked over to the bouncer. He watched in disbelief as th…

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by Cecilia Levine