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Op-Ed: Jersey City must not become a playground for predatory landlords again
By John Heinis , June 13, 2025 11:00 am - Published in the Hudson County View . In an editorial, Jersey City Together members Uche Akpa...
New Jersey Together
Jun 164 min read
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Essex Together/NJT celebrates Passage of YIGBY housing Plan.
Essex Together/NJT leaders and allies pushing for the passage of the YGIBY Plan. On June 2nd, 2025, the Montclair, New Jersey Town...
New Jersey Together
Jun 91 min read
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Celebrating a Housing Victory in Jersey City: Breaking Ground on Bayfront
JCT/NJT Leader Uche Akpa at the Bayfront groundbreaking May 14th, 2025 marked a major milestone in the fight for housing justice in...
New Jersey Together
May 201 min read
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Essex Together/NJT leaders Support the "Yes in God's Back Yard" Campaign for More Affordable Housing
Essex Together/NJT leader Rev. Margarette Ouji of the First Lutheran Church of Montclair testifying in favor of the "Yes in God's...
New Jersey Together
May 131 min read
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NJ Gubernatorial Candidates Commit to Work with New Jersey Together
April 27, 2025 - Nearly 200 leaders from New Jersey Together (NJT) gathered to call on the gubernatorial candidates to commit to their...
New Jersey Together
May 12 min read
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NJ Together to hold gubernatorial Action on April 27
New Jersey Together will hold a public action with New Jersey gubernatorial candidates on Sunday, April 27th at 2:30 PM at B'Nai Keshet...
New Jersey Together
Apr 141 min read
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Jersey City Together Celebrates Victory on Safe Drinking water
Jersey City Together leaders celebrate completion of water fountain project at PS30 in Jersey City On March 20, 2025, fifty leaders from...
New Jersey Together
Apr 112 min read
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​​Let’s make housing production a reality in N.J.
Updated: Apr. 09, 2025, 2:53 p.m.|Published: Apr. 09, 2025, 2:12 p.m. Published on NJ.com Utilizing abandoned sites and encouraging...
New Jersey Together
Apr 113 min read
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Essex Together / New Jersey Together Op-Ed Writing Workshop- March 11, 2025
Looking for ways to take productive action? Join the interfaith organizing coalition Essex Together to learn how to make effective...
New Jersey Together
Mar 31 min read
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Jersey City Together Tenant Leaders, Allies Fight Back Against Landlord Harassment, Neglect
Jersey City- On Thursday November 21, tenants who live at 336 New York Avenue and allies from Jersey City Together called on the Jersey...
New Jersey Together
Nov 26, 20242 min read
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Jersey City Together Calls for Tax Justice for 95/5 Homeowners
On Thursday, November 14, 60 homeowners, and allies, from Jersey City Together (JCT) gathered outside of Jersey City Hall to call on...
New Jersey Together
Nov 20, 20242 min read
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City should reduce property taxes for homeowners in unfair housing program: Opinion
Published in the Jersey Journal , October 31, 2024 (photo by Mariano Mantilla) By Luisa Reyes and Rosemary Nwabueze We are two of...
New Jersey Together
Oct 31, 20243 min read
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Update from 5/22/24 NJT Meeting with NJ DOC Commissioner Victoria Kuhn
On May 22, NJT leaders and staff including Edwin Ortiz of the Returning Citizens Support Group, Talitha Turner of Second Chance Quest,...
New Jersey Together
Jun 15, 20242 min read
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May 25 JCT Action on Mental Health
Since 2021 the JCT Public Health and Safety team has been persistently urging Jersey City officials to hire trained outreach workers to...
New Jersey Together
May 8, 20242 min read
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A blueprint for Newark’s housing future – and for other cities | Opinion
By Michael Gecan. and Al-Tariq Witcher Published in the Star-Ledger/NJ.com, on April 30, 2024 Just a few weeks ago, two Rutgers...
New Jersey Together
May 2, 20243 min read
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STATE DOC COMMISSIONER COMMITS TO IMPLEMENTING NJT’S FINES AND FEES PLAN STATEWIDE, WORK TOGETHER ON MORE PROGRESS
On March 6th, 2024, sixty-five New Jersey Together clergy and community leaders from Essex Together, Morris Together, and Jersey City...
New Jersey Together
Mar 19, 20242 min read
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Criminal Justice Reform Action March 6, 2024 @ 11:30
Please join us Wednesday, March 6 at 11:30 at Bethany Baptist Church in Newark for a public event with Department of Corrections...
New Jersey Together
Feb 15, 20241 min read
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Update: Progress on Fines and Fees
Since March 15th, New Jersey Together leaders have been able to convince Essex County and the State of New Jersey to make the same...
New Jersey Together
Dec 20, 20233 min read
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Commentary: Supporting Cohome in Morristown
By Marnie Kaller Morristown and its neighboring towns and areas have much to recommend them – historical sites that remind us of the...
New Jersey Together
Nov 15, 20233 min read
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Update: Jersey City Mental Health Crisis Outreach Workers
Since 2020, Jersey City Together (JCT) has been pushing Jersey City officials to hire trained outreach workers with expertise in dealing...
New Jersey Together
Nov 15, 20231 min read
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