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Jersey City’s mayor is suing 100 developers to claw back revenue after his 15% tax hike proposal was blocked, auditing tax breaks and forcing current water/sewer rates—already netting $2.5M. He’s pushing for a constitutional amendment to tax waterfront properties, despite state law blocking it, and is reviewing claims of excessive sick days for promoted officers. Blaming past administrations for hiding $52M in healthcare costs, he’s demanding a state comptroller probe and pushing for $120M in state aid. With over $55M in cuts already, he warns that without a solution, the state could seize control—citing Hoboken’s 2009 collapse and comparing this to Atlantic City’s 2015 crisis, all while residents face rising property values and a deepening fiscal emergency.

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