Those are just a bit of the news from this week’s Hudson County news roundup.
“Fire prevention is not really broadcasted as much as it should be in New Jersey,” Amaker-Mayo said. “Technically, we have enough resources, but I feel like the government has been stingy.”
“Hopefully this brings some more attention to it, that the fact beyond just noise, you have real safety concerns,” Jersey City Fulop said.
Workers who came out to protest are part of the Hudson County Office of Reintegration, a branch of the Department of Housing and Community Reintegration. What they do is provide services aimed at supporting individuals with mental health or substance abuse disorders, or face homelessness, among other life saving resources.
“It’s the best time for people to watch this in cinemas because there’s a lot of things happening around us, a lot of problems people are dealing with.”
“The Jersey City Women’s Advisory Board is here for every single woman in this city so that their voices are amplified.”
“[Speranza’s] doing our best to share that missing history… I think it’s fantastic that we have a Women’s History Month, but it can’t stop there.”
“I just didn’t think I would end up here,” said Jersey City owner Muñoz on a phone call to Slice of Culture.
“I always talk to customers, just chit chatting to understand, ‘Oh, what do you like or what do[es] your country offer? What are the flavors that you would want to add?’”
“I love it here [with the Peacocks]. It’s a great environment. It’s a different environment… I just get to learn a lot of new stuff and meet a lot of new people,” Eaton told Slice of Culture.
