‘We Ain’t Got Nothing’: Ahead Of July 15 Council Meeting, Jersey City Residents Open Up On How Proposed 20% Property Tax Increase Would Hurt Them
Jordan Coll and Adrienne J. Romero
July 14, 2026
Illustration by Elizabeth Romage / SOC Images. Editor’s Note: This article was updated to include that July 15’s council meeting will be voting on the introduction of a 15.5% increase, according to a city official who reached out to Slice of Culture. John Q., who’s better known by his nickname
