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Baraka Signs Affordable Housing Ordinance Into Law
Baraka Signs Affordable Housing Ordinance Into Law By Alexandra Hill • Oct 12, 2017 After months of debate and contentious city council meetings over how to keep housing affordable for residents in New Jersey’s largest city, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka today signed two groundbreaking affordable housing ordinances. The “Inclusionary Zoning for Affordable Housing”…
City hires 2,600 Newark kids in expanding summer jobs program
City hires 2,600 Newark kids in expanding summer jobs program By Erin Serpico | For NJ.com on July 06, 2015 at 3:07 PM, updated July 06, 2015 at 4:45 PM NEWARK — Mayor Ras Baraka arrived at the Summer Youth Employment Program kick-off at the Essex County College gymnasium Monday…
Baraka Launching ‘Newark 2020’ Jobs Program
Baraka Launching ‘Newark 2020’ Jobs Program By Salvador Rizzo • 04/25/17 10:21am Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. Max Pizarro for Observer Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is launching a jobs program for the state’s largest city, aiming to find full-time employment for 2,020 residents by 2020. Baraka announced the Newark 2020 initiative…
13,000 Petitions Strong…Mayor Baraka Delivers the FACTS!!!
Team Baraka and Senator Cory Booker deliver 13,000 Petitions for re-election. Mayor Baraka reminds naysayers of the FACTS!
MAYOR RAS BARAKA’S RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN RESPONSE TO NEW CHALLENGER ENTERING 2018 MAYORAL RACE
MAYOR BARAKA FIERCELY DEFENDS INCLUSIONARY ZONING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL
THE ECONOMIST HAILS MAYOR BARAKA FOR CITY’S ECONOMIC TURNAROUND
Baraka and roll Newark’s rebound Ras Baraka, a mayor who initially alarmed businesses, is doing a grand job Sep 23rd 2017 | NEWARK WHEN Ras Baraka was elected Newark’s mayor in 2014, the business world was worried. He had brokered peace between the Crips and the Bloods, two fierce rival…
What to expect in Newark’s state of the city address
Newark Seeks Applications For Auxiliary Police Program
