Jersey City's council was warned by the city's own planning division that banning senior housing at the Christ Hospital site would invite a lawsuit. They passed it anyway. Now a court has struck it down as arbitrary and capricious.
What comes next?
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A judicial ruling has rolled back a downzoning that was passed last year to block redevelopment of the Christ Hospital site. Last December, then-councilmen Richard Boggiano and James Solomon propos…
👏🚌 Great job Hoboken. Wish Jersey City public comms wasn’t so car-brained about road closures and actually explained bus detours. All the downtown buses were running down Grove St due to the World Cup stuff. Scared of car drivers getting angry at any change, while bus riders are chopped liver.
1. This was clearly illegal from day 1.
2. The city still has lots of ways to slow this down for years.
3. I don't trust HRH.
4. The best way to have a hospital on site is to subsidize it with market rate housing.
This is a really, really bad look by both the city and Dobson. The latter should really know better. Filtering exists. Any additional unit of housing keeps rents more affordable for everyone.
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Jersey City's council was warned by the city's own planning division that banning senior housing at the Christ Hospital site would invite a lawsuit. They passed it anyway. Now a court has struck it down as arbitrary and capricious.
What comes next?
betterblocksnj.org/2026/06/13/c...
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A judicial ruling has rolled back a downzoning that was passed last year to block redevelopment of the Christ Hospital site. Last December, then-councilmen Richard Boggiano and James Solomon propos…
