August 26 - Departure of Communications Director Desiree Peterkin Bell

 “We are bidding farewell to one of the most dedicated and hard-working members of the Newark municipal team,” Mayor Booker said. “During her time with us, Desiree restructured the City’s Public Information Office to be more responsive, effective and innovative. Her creativity and commitment to redefine how municipal government communicates to better inform residents has been invaluable. I wish her all the best as she continues her public service career in the Nutter Administration,” said Mayor Booker.

 

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August 24 - Furlough Day is Friday, August 27; Some Services to Shut Down Wednesday, August 25

Mayor Cory A. Booker and Acting Business Administrator Michael E. Greene, Esq. announced today that the City of Newark will impose its mandatory furlough days for all employees of the Department of Neighborhood and Recreational Services starting on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. All municipal recreation centers and swimming pools, including Camp Watershed, will be closed this Wednesday. In addition, bulk trash will not be picked up. Garbage and recycling pick-up services will not be interrupted and will continue with the normal schedule.

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August 20 - Three Wilson Avenue Intersections to be Modernized

Wilson Avenue’s intersections with Lafayette Street and Houston Streets in the Ironbound’s residential area, and that with Avenue L, in the neighborhood’s industrial zone. Plans call for the installation of new traffic signal systems, LED warning signs, curbing, sidewalks, paving, striping, and crosswalks at the sites, with construction beginning in 2011. Learn More

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August 20 - Newark Riverfront Boat Tour Schedule

“Our city exists because of its river,” said Mayor Booker. “It is the reason that people came to this place: Native Americans, European Puritans, American Industrialists, and the Great Migration of African-Americans. But for too long Newarkers have been alienated and blocked off from their riverfront. My administration is dedicated to bringing Newark and Newarkers back to the water.” Learn More

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August 23 - "School Bus Express" Immunization Program

The program starts Monday, August 23, 2010, and runs through Saturday, September 18, 2010. Hours are: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 7 p.m.; and Saturday 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.  Services are being offered at the Department of Child and Family Well-Being, 110 William Street, Newark. The clinic will be closed on the Labor Day Holiday and any scheduled furlough days. Learn More

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August 12 - "Lead Safe House" In West Ward

The City of Newark, The Kresge Foundation and the Newark Partnership for Lead Safe Children held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to celebrate the opening of the city’s first “lead safe house” in the West Ward. An increased demand for relocation resources and lead safe housing prompted Mayor Booker to seek funding to increase lead safe housing opportunities across all ofNewark’s neighborhoods. In addition to the new West Ward lead safe house, the city has two houses with a total of seven units, located in the South Ward, designated as lead safe homes where families relocate during remediation of lead at their homes. Learn More

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July 29 - Summer Youth Employment Program Provides More Than 1500 Jobs

Mayor Cory A. Booker, Deputy Mayor of Economic and Housing Development Stefan Pryor, Newark Workforce Investment Board Executive Director Nelida Valentin, and Youth One Stop Career Center Assistant Director Terrance L. Bankston announced today that more than 1,500 Newark high school-age youth, ages ranging from 14 to 21,  are spending the summer learning valuable workplace lessons through the City’s paid Newark summer youth employment program which runs from Tuesday, July 12 through Friday, August 19, 2010.

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July 29 - City of Newark Expands Red Light Camera Program

Mayor Cory A. Booker, Acting Engineering Director Mehdi Mohammadish, and Police Director Garry F. McCarthy announced today that the City of Newark will expand its “Project Red Light” Automated Photo Enforcement System on Sunday, August 1, 2010, by ending its 30-day warning period at the intersections of McCarter Highway and Edison Place and McCarter Highway and Market Street.

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July 29 - Philanthropic Donation to Keep Municipal Pools Open

Mayor Cory A. Booker joined with Hayward Industries, Inc. executives this afternoon for a press conference to announce the company is making a corporate philanthropic donation of $150,000 to help the City of Newark keep its six municipal swimming pools open for three more weeks so that Newark residents can enjoy recreational swimming until the end of the summer swimming pool season. The announcement was made at the John F. Kennedy Recreation and Aquatics Center in the city’s Central Ward.

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July 22 - Emergency Budget Gap Press Conference [VIDEO]

VIDEO: Mayor Cory Booker calls an emergency press conference to discuss drastic measures that need to be taken in order to fill a $70 million budget gap.
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June 30 - Tickets to July 1 Inauguration Available to Public Today