Jersey City Mayor James Solomon touted the city’s proposed $886,546,594.16 municipal budget with a 15.5% tax increase in a phone interview yesterday ahead of Wednesday’s introduction by the City Council. By John Heinis/Hudson County View Off the bat, Solomon explained why the city’s long-antic ipated 2026 spending plan was released at about 11 p.m. Friday night. […] The post Jersey City mayor touts $886.5M budget ahead of intro: ‘We did protect core services’ appeared first on Hudson County View. ...read more read less