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A Hackensack resident for over 45 years, Mayor John Labrosse was first elected to the City Council in 2009 and has served as Mayor since 2013. Under Labrosse’s administration, the City has lowered taxes the past 3 years, has seen two credit rating increases, has attracted over one Billion Dollars of investment in Hackensack, and is ...
Hackensack is the most populous municipality and the county seat of Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [12] [21] The area was officially named New Barbadoes Township until 1921, but has informally been known as Hackensack since at least the 18th century. [22] As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 46,030 ...
Then in 1850 the Northern Valley Railroad was built, for commuting to Englewood or even New York City. We welcomed people from everywhere between 1820 and 1920. Before 1883, most came from England, Scotland, Holland, France, and Scandinavia.
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In 2013, Labrosse's Citizens For Change campaign ran on a reformistplatform of ending corruption, intimidation and cronyism. The slate promised they would hire city employees and contractors based on merit as opposed to family, friendship and prior association. It is something they criticized previous administrations for, namely those led by the Zi...
Last summer, residents packed the City Council chambers for a meeting in which the council discussed privatizing garbage collection. Residents claimed the move would put most of the sanitation workers out of jobs and said that the council should have purchased new trucks instead. Some, who is on the Hackensack United For Progress council slate, was...
The city has had five different city managers since 2013. In 2013, the council asked former City Manager Stephen Lo Iacono to step down. In a joint statement, Labrosse and Canestrino said that his employment was not a “good fit.” Rottino was then appointed as the interim city manager. In 2014, Rottino was fired. The city appointed Art Koster as the...
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May 6, 2017 · From 1989 to 2005, Jack Zisa was the mayor of Hackensack. In that time, his brother Ken became the police chief. Ken Zisa was also elected to the General Assembly representing a district that ...
The City operates under the New Jersey Municipal Manager Law of 1923. This form of government separates policy making (the work of the Mayor and City Council) from the execution of policy (the work of the City Manager). This maintains professional management and a City-wide perspective through: nonpartisan election, at large representation, concentration of executive … Continue reading ...
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