{"id":322197,"date":"2026-08-15T19:26:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T19:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322197\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T19:26:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T19:26:38","slug":"mayor-rejects-hoboken-councils-request-to-cancel-street-pilot-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322197\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Rejects Hoboken Council&#8217;s Request To Cancel Street Pilot Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We hear the questions and concerns being raised by community members about the current design of Grand Street, and we also recognize that there are many possible ways to design the street moving forward&#8230;We will continue the pilot as planned to ensure we have the information necessary to make an informed and thoughtful decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The city <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-jersey\/hoboken\/hoboken-has-gone-9-years-without-traffic-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">has not had a traffic death<\/a> on its streets in nine years.<\/p>\n<p>Russo said that personal preferences shouldn&#8217;t overshadow the constituents&#8217; concerns.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the day after the City Council meeting, Russo said on social media, &#8220;Last night felt like a win for residents, as the City Council voted 7-2 to immediately reverse the Grand Street pilot program. Unfortunately, that win was quickly ripped away. Mayor Jabbour and her administration are refusing to comply with the mandate of the City Council majority and 3rd Ward residents. Please tell the Mayor\u2019s office how you feel&#8230;.I&#8217;ll fight for change with everything I have. We will not be ignored.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Russo encouraged residents to call the mayor&#8217;s office at 201-420-2000. Jabbour&#8217;s office said residents can send an <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-jersey\/hoboken\/mailto:GrandStreetPilot@hobokennj.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">email with feedback here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We hear the questions and concerns being raised by community members about the current design of Grand Street,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-322197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}