Overview
94
Meetings indexed
100
Documents collected
58
Meeting dates with docs
35
Executive sessions (closed)
2 yrs
Date range
25 MB
Raw PDFs on disk
Vote outcomes (from minutes)
| Outcome | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| Adopted | 2315 | |
| Deferred | 185 | |
| Failed | 10 | |
| Returned To Admin | 0 |
About this dataset
Municipal Council meetings collected from the public Newark Legistar REST API. Documents (agendas + minutes) downloaded as PDF and converted to Markdown via GLM-OCR running locally. Executive Sessions are closed meetings with no public documents — they appear in the index but contribute no text. Analysis covers all public Regular, Special, and committee meetings of the full Municipal Council body only.
Resolution & Ordinance Activity
Resolution items by department (7R codes)
Count of 7R items across all agendas and minutes
| Department | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 7R1 — Admin | 1067 | |
| 7R2 — Economic & Housing Dev | 984 | |
| 7R5 — Health & Community Wellness | 647 | |
| 7R8 — Council & City Clerk | 546 | |
| 7R6 — Law | 425 | |
| 7R12 — Water & Sewer | 345 | |
| 7R3 — Engineering | 255 | |
| 7R9 — Public Safety | 203 | |
| 7R4 — Finance | 168 | |
| 7R11 — Recreation & Cultural Affairs | 58 | |
| 7R7 — Mayor's Office | 36 | |
| 7R10 — Public Works | 14 |
Ordinance topics (Section 6)
Keyword-bucketed from ordinance lines; “other” = unmatched
| Topic | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 309 | |
| Tax Abatement | 43 | |
| Traffic Parking | 27 | |
| Administrative | 26 | |
| Infrastructure | 14 | |
| Rent Control | 11 | |
| Zoning Land Use | 8 | |
| Affordable Housing | 4 | |
| Cannabis | 1 | |
| Public Health | 1 |
Economic & Housing Development (7R2)
317 total 7R2 items • 191 involve private land sale or redevelopment (city land disposals to developers; 179 are formally coded Private Sale/Redevelopment, the rest related dispositions). The council acts as a land conveyor: approving individual lot sales, then endorsing developers' state subsidy applications.
Year-over-year trend
Affordable % = share of private sale items containing any affordable housing language
2024
74
private sale items
🏗 New construction: 24
🔧 Rehab only: 14
🏠 Has affordable: 26 (35%)
2025
81
private sale items
🏗 New construction: 61
🔧 Rehab only: 6
🏠 Has affordable: 16 (20%)
2026
36
private sale items
🏗 New construction: 20
🔧 Rehab only: 3
🏠 Has affordable: 6 (17%)
Service types
| Type | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| Private Sale/Redevelopment | 179 | |
| Professional Services Contract | 17 | |
| Resolution of Support | 11 | |
| Acceptance of Grant Funds | 9 | |
| Professional Service Contract | 5 | |
| Grant Agreement | 4 | |
| Execute a Community Benefits Agreement | 4 | |
| Need for Housing Project | 4 | |
| Execute Affordable Housing Agreement for HOME fund | 3 | |
| Estoppel Certificate | 3 | |
| Affordable Housing Agreement for HOME Funds | 2 | |
| Declaring an area in need of redevelopment. | 2 |
AMI levels cited in affordable items
| AMI Level | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|
| 80% AMI | 17 | |
| 60% AMI | 2 | |
| 50% AMI | 1 | |
| 120% AMI | 1 | |
| 40% AMI | 1 | |
| 100% AMI | 1 |
Repeat developers receiving city land (3+ transactions)
| Developer | Total | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Collaborations, LLC | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| ABE Gezint, LLC | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Community Asset Preservation Corporation | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Global Houz LLC | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| The Manor Restaurant LLC | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Ortech Renovation and Construction Limited Liability Company | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Leveluxe, LLC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Eclat Way Limited Liability CompanyY | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ascension Capital Partners I, LLC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Na Tak Realty Associates LLC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| BDG Development LLC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Level 6ix Group LLC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Maiseo Enterprises LLC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Aspire Tax Credit & large project endorsements
| Date | Entity | Total Cost | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-26 | Iberia II Realty Urban Renewal, LLC | $802,718,190 | To provide support for the submission of an application for tax credits sought by Developer under th… |
| 2026-05-06 | KS Nova Towers Urban Renewal LLC | $324,110,150 | To provide support for the submission of an application for tax credits sought by Developer under th… |
| 2026-06-17 | 69 Sherman Avenue Urban Renewal Co, LLC | $38,046,212 | To provide Municipal Council support, for the submission of an application, for tax credits sought b… |
| 2026-06-17 | Stella Gardens Preservation, LLC | $137,665,418 | To provide Municipal Council support, for the submission of an application, for tax credits sought b… |
Notable findings
2026-02-04
Washington Bay Group — affordable units reduced
Resolution authorizing reduction in subsidized/designated HOME Assisted Units. Prior agreement (Dec 2024) required affordable deed restrictions on 5 two-family homes.
2024–2025
The Manor Restaurant LLC — 4 city land parcels
A restaurant entity received 4 separate Private Sale/Redevelopment authorizations. Purpose and use of lots not specified in agenda text.
2024-11-26
Iberia II Realty — $802M Aspire Tax Credit application
450–466 Market St / 31–39 Jefferson St, East Ward. City contribution: $0. Financed via traditional debt and equity. Largest single project in corpus.
HUD & Federal Funds Deep Dive
How the HUD pass-through works: HUD awards a block grant directly to Newark
(e.g. $8M in HOME / HOME-ARP funds accepted Sep 2024 for affordable housing production/preservation — separate from the $7.4M annual CDBG entitlement).
The city then re-grants those funds to individual developers as deed-restrictive HOME loans or affordable housing agreements
(typically $300K–$1.5M each), with affordability covenants attached.
Total HOME grants identified in corpus: $11,639,400 •
Total direct HUD acceptance: $8,000,000
HUD/HOME funding recipients
Sorted by amount. Excludes private land sales — these are direct federal/HOME grant instruments.
| Date | Entity | Instrument | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-18 | United States Department of Housing and Urban Deve | Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds | $8,000,000 |
| 2025-08-06 | New Community Homes Development LP | Execute a Deed Restrictive Affordable Housing Agreement | $3,600,000 |
| 2024-07-10 | Thomas Street Urban Renewal, LLC | Affordable Housing Agreement for HOME Funds | $2,200,000 |
| 2025-08-06 | Domus Corporation | Execute a Deed Restrictive Affordable Housing Agreement | $1,489,400 |
| 2025-02-05 | 449 WASHINGTON STREET URBAN RENEWAL CO. LLC | Execute an Affordable Housing Agreement for HOME funds. | $1,000,000 |
| 2026-06-17 | Foveonics Imaging Technologies, Inc., d/b/a Foveon | Cooperative Purchasing Agreement | $850,000 |
| 2025-08-06 | Springview Development Group LLC | (1)Execute Affordable Housing Agreement for HOME funds. | $750,000 |
| 2024-08-07 | Ascension Capital Partners I LLC | Execute an Affordable Housing Agreement for HOME funds. | $625,000 |
| 2024-12-18 | Washington Bay Group 1 LLC | Execute Affordable Housing Agreement for HOME funds | $550,000 |
| 2026-02-04 | Washington Bay Group 1 LLC | Federal HUD HOME Loan | $550,000 |
| 2026-04-15 | Rising Plains Urban Renewal LLC | Execute Affordable Housing Agreement for HOME funds. | $525,000 |
| 2024-08-07 | Jarid Jamar Construction Company, Inc. | Execute Affordable Housing Agreement for HOME funds. | $440,000 |
| 2024-07-10 | E. Gill Development, LLC | Affordable Housing Agreement for HOME Funds | $375,000 |
| 2026-04-01 | 229 South 11th LLC | Grant Agreement | $300,000 |
| 2026-04-01 | TMA General | Execute Affordable Housing Agreement for HOME funds. | $85,000 |
| 2024-08-07 | Performance Trophies and Medals | Use of State Contract(s) #T2435 Master Blanket 42008-NJ | $5 |
Workforce development grants
Federal workforce funding channelled through the One Stop Career Center. Total: $19,166,855
| Date | Program | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-10 | WorkFirst NJ (WFNJ) | $473,315 |
| 2024-07-10 | WIOA (Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act) | $6,234,817 |
| 2024-10-23 | WIOA (Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act) | $12,971 |
| 2025-04-02 | Summer Youth Work Experience (SYWEP) | $2,459,450 |
| 2025-07-02 | WIOA (Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act) | $7,645,416 |
| 2025-07-02 | WIOA (Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act) | $12,971 |
| 2025-10-01 | NJ LEAD (Re-entry) | $175,000 |
| 2025-11-25 | WorkFirst NJ (WFNJ) | $473,315 |
| 2026-05-06 | Summer Youth Work Experience (SYWEP) | $829,600 |
| 2026-06-17 | Summer Youth Work Experience (SYWEP) | $850,000 |
Kawaida Towers — 5-meeting deferral, then $8M federal earmark
17-21 Halsey Street, Central Ward. Total project cost: $23M.
The OCA Architects contract ($297K) appeared on five consecutive agendas Jul–Oct 2025 before passing.
In April 2026 the council authorized a separate $8M Community Project Funding Grant (federal congressional earmark).
Kawaida Towers is historically significant: a Black community-controlled housing project blocked by city government in 1972,
now revived five decades later.
Kawaida Towers — full council timeline
| Date | Doc | Amount | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-02 | agenda | — | To provide professional Architecture, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection an |
| 2025-08-06 | agenda | — | To provide professional Architecture, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection an |
| 2025-09-04 | agenda | — | To provide professional Architecture, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection an |
| 2025-09-04 | minutes | — | To provide professional Architecture, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection an |
| 2025-09-17 | agenda | — | To provide professional Architecture, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection an |
| 2025-10-01 | agenda | — | To provide professional Architecture, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection an |
| 2026-03-18 | minutes | — | Authorize Execution of an Agreement for the Sale and Redevelopment of Land Between the City of Newar |
| 2026-04-15 | agenda | — | To provide for a Grant and Grant Agreement with Kawaida Towers JV Partners, LLC in the amount of $8, |
Washington Bay Group — HOME funds received twice, affordable commitment reduced
Dec 2024: $550K deed-restrictive HOME affordable housing agreement for 5 two-family homes.
Feb 2026 (same meeting, two agenda items): $550K HUD HOME loan authorized for the same entity and a resolution reducing the number of subsidized units was adopted. The affordable obligation was weakened at the same meeting new federal money was committed.
Feb 2026 (same meeting, two agenda items): $550K HUD HOME loan authorized for the same entity and a resolution reducing the number of subsidized units was adopted. The affordable obligation was weakened at the same meeting new federal money was committed.
Washington Bay Group — transaction log
| Date | Service | Amount | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-18 | Execute Affordable Housing Agreement for HOME funds | $550,000 | Deed-restrictive HOME affordable housing agreement |
| 2026-02-04 | Federal HUD HOME Loan | $550,000 | Reduction in subsidized units authorized |
Areas declared "In Need of Redevelopment"
NJ legal designation granting eminent domain authority and enabling tax exemptions. Concentrated in Central and East Wards.
| Date | Status | Ward | Properties |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-25 | Under investigation | Central | (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 42-50 Park Place/Block 125/Lot 15/Central Ward 13-33 Mulberry Street/Block 125/Lot 15.01/Centra |
| 2024-07-10 | Under investigation | Central | (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 20-24 Branford Place/Block 57/Lot 161/Central Ward |
| 2024-08-07 | Under investigation | East | (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 114-120 Lister Avenue/Block 2438/Lot 34/East Ward 122-152 Lister Avenue/Block 2438/Lot 40/East |
| 2025-05-21 | Under investigation | North | (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 828-832 Summer Avenue/Block 815/Lot 12/North Ward |
| 2025-06-04 | Under investigation | West | (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 474 South 15th Street/Block 329/Lot 30/West Ward |
| 2025-08-06 | Under investigation | South | (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 559-569 Springfield Avenue and 643-653 South 11th Street, Newark, New Jersey (Block 2618; Lots |
| 2025-09-17 | Under investigation | Central | (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 17-25 Academy Street/Block 53/Lot 4/Central Ward 27 Academy Street/Block 53/Lot 9/Central Ward |
| 2026-02-18 | Under investigation | East | (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 50 Jefferson Street/Block 174/Lot 9/East Ward 48 Jefferson Street/Block 174/Lot 11/East Ward |
| 2026-02-18 | Under investigation | North | (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 15-19 Herbert Place/Block 617.01/Lot 52, 54/North Ward 11-13 Herbert Place/Block 617.01/Lot 55/ |
| 2026-05-06 | Under investigation | North | (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 452-458 Summer Avenue/Block 625/Lot 17/North Ward |
| 2026-05-06 | Under investigation | North | (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 55 Hinsdale Place/Block 617.01/Lot 9/North Ward 15-19 Herbert Place/Block 617.01/Lots 52, 54/No |
Professional services contracts (7R2)
Planners, surveyors, environmental consultants, appraisers — the procurement bench for redevelopment.
| Date | Firm | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-16 | Trinitas Regional Medical Center -Early Interventi | $5 | To provide HIV/AIDS-related health and support services to the Newark Eligible M |
HOME Affordable Housing Production Pipeline (Jun 2024 – Jun 2026)
Federal HOME and HOME-ARP funds flow from HUD → city → developer as deed-restrictive loans or grants. Only the HOME-subsidized units carry long-term affordability covenants; the remaining units in each project may be market-rate or income-restricted at higher AMI levels not captured in the resolution text.
11
HOME-funded projects
338
Total units in pipeline
87
HOME-subsidized units
22
HOME-ARP units (≤30% AMI)
$11M
Total HOME grants
Scale check: 87 HOME-subsidized units committed over two years, at a cost of $11,639,400 in federal funds.
22 of those are HOME-ARP units at ≤30% AMI — the deepest affordability tier, funded from COVID-era American Rescue Plan money.
In the same period, the council approved 30+ market-rate or lightly affordable private developments with no HOME subsidy required.
The 169 Clinton Ave homeless shelter — blocked by abstention in Apr 2025 — would have housed a comparable population
to the entire HOME-ARP unit pipeline, at zero cost for the first two years.
| Date | Entity / Address | Ward | Total Units | HOME Units | HOME Grant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-10 | Thomas Street Urban Renewal, LLC 184–194 Thomas Street | East | 63 | 11 senior age-restricted | $2,200,000 |
| 2024-07-10 | E. Gill Development, LLC 63 South 12th Street | West | 3 | 3 | $375,000 |
| 2024-08-07 | Ascension Capital Partners I LLC 41–47 Astor Street | East | 16 | 16 | $625,000 |
| 2024-08-07 | Jarid Jamar Construction Company, Inc. 147 & 149–151 South 10th Street | West | 6 | 4 | $440,000 |
| 2024-12-18 | Washington Bay Group 1 LLC⚠ units reduced 719–725 South 11th St / 716–718 South 12th St | South | 10 | 5 homeownership | $550,000 |
| 2025-02-05 | 449 Washington Street Urban Renewal Co. LLC 449 Washington Street | Central | 10 | 10 | $1,000,000 |
| 2025-08-06 | ARP New Community Homes Development LP 202 South Orange Avenue | Central | 120 | 11 ≤30% AMI (homeless / at-risk of homelessness) | $3,600,000 |
| 2025-08-06 | ARP Domus Corporation 102–108 Third Avenue | Central | 25 | 11 ≤30% AMI (homeless / at-risk of homelessness) | $1,489,400 |
| 2025-08-06 | Springview Development Group LLC 559–569 Springfield Ave / 643–653 South 11th St | South | 63 | 7 | $750,000 |
| 2026-04-01 | TMA General Contracting LLC 43 Jacob Street | South | 3 | 3 | $85,000 |
| 2026-04-15 | Rising Plains Urban Renewal LLC 475–481 South 16th Street | West | 19 | 6 40 / 60 / 80% AMI tiers | $525,000 |
Washington Bay Group 1 LLC — Feb 2026 amendment reduced the number of HOME-designated affordable units. Same entity flagged for double-dip land acquisition. Grant amount ($550K) unchanged.
HOME grants by ward
| Ward | Total HOME $ | HOME Units |
|---|---|---|
| Central | $6,089,400 | 32 |
| East | $2,825,000 | 27 |
| South | $1,385,000 | 15 |
| West | $1,340,000 | 13 |
AMI note: Most HOME agreements in this corpus do not specify AMI caps in the resolution text —
that detail lives in the underlying deed restriction. Exceptions confirmed from resolution language:
- New Community Homes & Domus Corp — HOME-ARP: ≤30% AMI (target: homeless or at-risk)
- Rising Plains URE — tiered: 40 / 60 / 80% AMI
- Washington Bay Group — homeownership units (for-sale, not rental)
- All others — AMI cap unspecified in public record
Redevelopment Designation Map — East & Central Ward
What AINR designation means: When the council declares a parcel an "Area in Need of Redevelopment"
under N.J.S.A. 40A:12A, the city acquires statutory eminent domain authority over that property —
it can be acquired involuntarily at assessed value. The city also gains power to grant tax exemptions and
enter redevelopment agreements that override standard zoning. Investigations are the step before designation;
the planning board studies the parcel and issues a finding. Plan amendments change the development rules —
height, density, permitted uses — across an entire redevelopment zone. "Need for Housing" findings are
required by NJHMFA before a developer can apply for Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC).
⚠ Data gap — map is incomplete: The council passes AINR investigation and designation resolutions
by ward label only — e.g. "Investigation for area in need of redevelopment in the North Ward — roll call, all yes" —
with no street address recorded in the meeting transcript. The actual property details exist only in the
resolution text filed in Legistar (not yet scraped). Every map pin here represents an AINR action where
the address was recoverable from transcript context; an unknown number of additional designations exist
whose addresses are not visible in this corpus. Cross-reference with
Newark's planning department
or Legistar resolution text for the complete picture.
3
AINR declarations (eminent domain active)
5
Investigations ordered
3
Redevelopment plans amended
3
Need for Housing findings
🔍 Investigation CPB directed to study parcel — no rights vest yet
⚑ Declared AINR Formally designated — eminent domain authority live
✎ Plan amended Development rules changed across entire zone
⌂ Need for Housing LIHTC gateway finding — enables tax credit application
East Ward
Pattern: Lister Avenue declared AINR 2024 (industrial corridor adjacent to Superfund site).
Jefferson Street cluster opened Jan–Feb 2026 — 8 parcels on adjacent blocks investigated within 4 weeks
with no stated developer or intended use. Riverfront Plan amended twice in 3 months.
East Ward is seeing coordinated investigation activity with no disclosed pipeline.
🔍 Investigation
2024-04-10
114–120 Lister Ave | 122–152 Lister Ave | 122–152 Lister Ave Rear
Block 2438 / Lots 34, 40, 62
Investigation authorized Apr 2024; AINR declared Aug 2024. Lister Ave runs through the lower Ironbound/Broadway industrial corridor, adjacent to Diamond Alkali Superfund parcels. No developer or intended use disclosed in either resolution.
⚑ Declared AINR
2024-08-07
114–120 Lister Ave | 122–152 Lister Ave | 122–152 Lister Ave Rear
Block 2438 / Lots 34, 40, 62
Formally declared Area in Need of Redevelopment Aug 2024. City now holds eminent domain authority over these three parcels. No redevelopment agreement or developer in corpus.
✎ Plan amended
2024-09-05
Passaic Riverfront (East Ward waterfront)
Multiple — see Newark's River Plan
6th Amendment to Newark's River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan adopted Sep 2024. 7th Amendment followed Dec 2024 — two amendments in 3 months signals active renegotiation of development rules on the East Ward riverfront. Plan amendments change permitted uses, density, and public access obligations for the entire riverfront corridor.
✎ Plan amended
2024-12-04
Passaic Riverfront (East Ward waterfront)
Multiple — see Newark's River Plan
7th Amendment to Newark's River Plan — second amendment within same calendar year. Specific changes not detailed in council resolution; full text in ordinance 6F-d adopted Dec 2024.
🔍 Investigation
2026-01-21
25–27 Madison St | 29 Madison St | 31 Madison St | 14–16 Jefferson St
Block 173 / Lots 19, 21, 23, 41, 42, 43
6 parcels on two streets near Penn Station. Investigation authorized Jan 2026.
🔍 Investigation
2026-02-18
48 Jefferson St | 50 Jefferson St
Block 174 / Lots 9, 11
Adjacent block to the Jan 2026 investigation — opened 4 weeks later. Together Block 173 and Block 174 form an 8-parcel contiguous cluster on Jefferson Street. Two separate investigations opened in consecutive months with no stated developer or purpose in either resolution. Coordinated acquisition pattern.
Central Ward
Pattern: Two AINR declarations in the government/court district (Branford Place 2024,
Academy Street 2025). Downtown Core Plan amended 2024. Three "Need for Housing" findings on the Springfield /
West Kinney corridor 2025–2026 — including a $137.7M preservation project. The Central Ward is simultaneously
being designated for redevelopment (displacement risk) and housing preservation (protective).
🔍 Investigation
2024-03-20
20–24 Branford Place
Block 57 / Lot 161
Investigation authorized Mar 2024; AINR declared Jul 2024. Branford Place is a short block in the downtown court/government district, steps from City Hall.
⚑ Declared AINR
2024-07-10
20–24 Branford Place
Block 57 / Lot 161
Declared AINR Jul 2024. Single parcel in the government district. No developer disclosed.
✎ Plan amended
2024-08-07
Downtown Core District / Newark Plaza area
Multiple — see Downtown Core District Redevelopment Plan
6th Amendment to the Newark Downtown Core District Redevelopment Plan adopted Aug 2024, also amending the Newark Plaza Urban Renewal Plan. Downtown Core covers the Central Ward commercial/government spine (Broad/Market Streets corridor). Plan amendments change height, use, and density rules for the entire district.
🔍 Investigation
2025-01-08
17–25 Academy St | 27 Academy St | 29–31 Academy St
Block 53 / Lots 4, 9, 11
Investigation authorized Jan 2025; AINR declared Sep 2025. Academy Street runs through the Central Ward government and court district. Adjacent to the Downtown Core Plan area.
⚑ Declared AINR
2025-09-17
17–25 Academy St | 27 Academy St | 29–31 Academy St
Block 53 / Lots 4, 9, 11
Formally declared AINR Sep 2025 — 8 months after investigation. Three parcels on Academy Street in the government district. No developer or plan disclosed. City holds eminent domain.
⌂ Need for Housing
2025-08-06
125 West Kinney Street
Block 2509 / Lot 60
Cottage Place Apartments LLC (Boston, MA) — $34.5M LIHTC project. Council declared housing need to enable NJHMFA tax credit application. No city funding committed. West Kinney Street is the same block as the Lincoln Park / W Kinney AINR designation.
⌂ Need for Housing
2025-12-17
15–17 and 65 Lincoln Park | 18–28 W Kinney Street
Blocks 117–118–123
'Need for Housing Project' designation for six parcels — affirmative housing designation (potentially positive). Eminent domain authority attached. No developer assigned as of Dec 2025.
⌂ Need for Housing
2026-06-17
331–343 Springfield Avenue
Block 2544.08 / Lot 1
Stella Gardens Preservation LLC (NYC) — $137.7M LIHTC preservation project. Largest single project in the corpus by total cost. 'Preservation' signals rehab of existing affordable stock, not new construction. Zero city contribution. Springfield Avenue is the main commercial corridor through the Central Ward.
Controversies & Notable Findings
Finding 1 — The Deferral Epidemic
14 distinct 7R2 items appeared on 3 or more consecutive agendas without passing.
The council rarely records the reason for deferral in the agenda text; the minutes note only "motion to defer" with no vote count published.
Items that generate political friction silently accumulate appearances rather than being voted down on the record.
Repeatedly deferred 7R2 land disposition items
Sorted by number of appearances. Same resolution, same entity, same property — reprinted meeting after meeting.
| Apps | Entity / Note | Amount | Date span | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7× | Community Collaborations, LLC Preferential sale to city employees | $47,250 | 2024-09-05 → 2025-08-06 | To provide for new construction of a two-family home and rehabilitation of a thr |
| 6× | ABE Gezint, LLC Land acquisition to expand adjacent private property | $23,400 | 2024-07-10 → 2024-11-07 | To create a side yard for the adjacent owned property at 140-142 Leslie Street. |
| 5× | Community Asset Preservation Corporation | $12,764 | 2024-08-07 → 2025-12-03 | To rehabilitate property and sell to an owner-occupant homeowner at 80% AMI or l |
| 5× | OCA Architects, Inc. | — | 2025-07-02 → 2025-10-01 | To provide professional Architecture, Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing an |
| 4× | Global Houz LLC | $182,562 | 2025-08-06 → 2025-10-01 | New construction of five (5) 2-family homes to sell at market rate. |
| 4× | The Manor Restaurant LLC Restaurant LLC purchasing land for grocery/mixed-use development | $100,000 | 2025-10-01 → 2026-02-04 | New construction of a mixed-use building with a grocery store. |
| 4× | Ortech Renovation and Construction Limited Liability Co | $39,650 | 2025-10-22 → 2025-12-03 | New construction of a 2-family home to sell at market rate |
| 3× | City of Newark, One Stop Career Center | $473,315 | 2024-07-10 → 2025-07-02 | Acceptance of WorkFirst New Jersey (WFNJ) Grant Funds |
| 3× | Eclat Way Limited Liability CompanyY | $26,250 | 2024-12-04 → 2025-01-22 | New construction of a 2-family home and provide 2 market rate rental units. |
| 3× | Na Tak Realty Associates LLC | $50,000 | 2025-05-07 → 2025-06-04 | New construction of a 3-family home to rent out at market rate |
| 3× | BDG Development LLC | $169,998 | 2025-10-01 → 2025-11-06 | New construction of a 3-family home to sell at market rate on 403 South 11th Str |
| 3× | Level 6ix Group LLC | $217,402 | 2026-01-21 → 2026-02-18 | On 80-84 19th Avenue, new construction of two (2) two-family homes; 36 Livingsto |
| 3× | Maiseo Enterprises LLC | $36,000 | 2026-03-18 → 2026-04-15 | New construction of a two-family home to be rented to Section 8 Housing Choice V |
| 3× | Leveluxe, LLC | $113,777 | 2026-03-18 → 2026-05-06 | The new construction of two (2) residential homes, consisting of one (1) four-fa |
Finding 2 — Manor Restaurant LLC: 4 attempts, price cut 25%
A restaurant entity (795 Sanford Ave, Newark) is buying two West Ward city lots to build a
"mixed-use building with a grocery store" — no minimum affordable unit requirement in any version of the deal.
After three failed votes at $100,000, the sale price was reduced to $75,000 on the fourth attempt (Feb 2026).
The price cut to get a deal through the council — rather than a competing bidder — is a recurring mechanism in contested dispositions.
Manor Restaurant LLC — transaction log (92–94 Stuyvesant Ave, West Ward)
| Date | Sale Price | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-01 | $100,000 | New construction of a mixed-use building with a grocery store. |
| 2025-10-22 | $100,000 | New construction of a mixed-use building with a grocery store. |
| 2025-11-06 | $100,000 | New construction of a mixed-use building with a grocery store. |
| 2026-02-04 | $75,000 | New construction of a mixed-use building with a grocery store. |
Finding 3 — Preferential city-land sales to Newark municipal employees
Community Collaborations LLC (187 Livingston St, Newark) received two South Ward lots for $47,250 combined
to build homes explicitly "to sell at market rate to City of Newark employees."
After 6 consecutive deferrals and a price increase to $70,875, the deal passed in Aug 2025 — with the employee-preference
language quietly dropped, replaced with plain "at market rate." The program created a preferential pipeline
for municipal workers funded by underpriced public land, then was quietly reframed as a market-rate sale before passing.
Employee-preference housing resolutions
| Date | Entity | Sale Price | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-05 | Community Collaborations, LLC | $47,250 | To provide for new construction of a two-family home and rehabilitation of a three-family home to se |
| 2024-09-18 | Community Collaborations, LLC | $47,250 | To provide for new construction of a two-family home and rehabilitation of a three-family home to se |
| 2024-10-02 | Community Collaborations, LLC | $47,250 | To provide for new construction of a two-family home and rehabilitation of a three-family home to se |
| 2024-10-23 | Community Collaborations, LLC | $47,250 | To provide for new construction of a two-family home and rehabilitation of a three-family home to se |
| 2024-11-07 | Community Collaborations, LLC | $47,250 | To provide for new construction of a two-family home and rehabilitation of a three-family home to se |
| 2024-11-26 | Community Collaborations, LLC | $47,250 | To provide for new construction of a two-family home and rehabilitation of a three-family home to se |
Finding 4 — Aspire Tax Credit & Trust Fund: affordable ratios not disclosed
The NJ Aspire Tax Credit can cover up to 40% of total project cost. The council's required sign-off
("Community Benefits Agreement") should lock in affordable unit commitments — but most CBA resolutions in this corpus
contain no unit count in the body text. Where counts are disclosed:
Ascension Capital Partners (May 2026): 3 affordable out of 24 units (12.5%).
The unit figures are embedded in the state NJEDA application, not in the council resolution — meaning the
public record of what was committed is inaccessible from Legistar alone.
Aspire / Trust Fund / CBA resolutions — unit disclosures
"not disclosed" means no unit count appeared in the resolution text. The actual commitments are in the NJEDA application.
| Date | Entity | Program | Affordable / Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-10 | The Unity 12th St Development Urban Renewal, LLC | Affordable Housing Trust Fund | not disclosed |
| 2024-09-18 | United States Department of Housing and Urban Developme | Aspire Tax Credit | not disclosed |
| 2024-10-02 | 81-93 Orange Street Urban Renewal, LLC | Aspire Tax Credit | not disclosed |
| 2024-10-08 | 81-93 Orange Street Urban Renewal, LLC | Aspire Tax Credit | not disclosed |
| 2024-11-07 | New Jersey Performing Arts Corporation | Aspire Tax Credit | not disclosed |
| 2024-11-07 | Forest Hill House Preservation Urban Renewal, LLC and A | Aspire Tax Credit | not disclosed |
| 2024-11-26 | Iberia II Realty Urban Renewal, LLC | Aspire Tax Credit | not disclosed |
| 2024-12-18 | Terrell Redevelopment Partners Urban Renewal, LP | Aspire Tax Credit | not disclosed |
| 2025-03-05 | 930 McCarter Urban Renewal, LLC and Elizabeth Developme | Aspire Tax Credit | not disclosed |
| 2025-04-02 | New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Developmen | Aspire Tax Credit | not disclosed |
| 2025-08-06 | 300 Garside Management Urban Renewal, LLC | Affordable Housing Trust Fund | not disclosed |
| 2025-08-06 | SWPN 479 Clinton Avenue LLC, C/O South Ward Alliance a | Aspire Tax Credit | not disclosed |
| 2025-09-04 | Global Houz LLC | Aspire Tax Credit | not disclosed |
| 2025-11-25 | Badger Madison Community Partners, LLC | Affordable Housing Trust Fund | not disclosed |
| 2025-11-25 | A-7 West End Development Associates, LLC | Affordable Housing Trust Fund | not disclosed |
| 2025-12-03 | A-7 West End Development Associates, LLC | Affordable Housing Trust Fund | not disclosed |
| 2025-12-17 | 489-559 Irvington Avenue Urban Renewal, LLC | Affordable Housing Trust Fund | not disclosed |
| 2025-12-17 | 489-559 Irvington Avenue Urban Renewal, LLC | Affordable Housing Trust Fund | not disclosed |
| 2026-04-01 | 229 South 11th LLC | Affordable Housing Trust Fund | not disclosed |
| 2026-05-06 | Acension Capital Partners, LLC | Affordable Housing Trust Fund | not disclosed |
| 2026-05-06 | KS Nova Towers Urban Renewal LLC | Aspire Tax Credit | not disclosed |
| 2026-06-17 | 69 Sherman Avenue Urban Renewal Co, LLC | Aspire Tax Credit | not disclosed |
| 2026-06-17 | Stella Gardens Preservation, LLC | Aspire Tax Credit | not disclosed |
Finding 5 — Out-of-state developers receiving Newark city land
Several 7R2 land dispositions flow to entities with addresses outside New Jersey.
The most notable: ABE Gezint LLC (Elizabeth-area entity, NJ boundary) — purchasing a single Newark lot
as a side yard for their adjacent private property, not for redevelopment — appeared on 6 consecutive agendas.
81-93 Orange Street Urban Renewal LLC (Pasadena, MD) received an Aspire CBA sign-off
for a project at one of Newark's most active redevelopment corridors.
Non-NJ entities receiving city land or tax credit approvals
| Date | Entity | State | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-18 | United States Department of Housing and Urban | DC | $8,000,000 | Acceptance of grant funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban |
Essex County Tax Board — Cross-Jurisdictional Findings
Source: Essex County Board of Taxation meeting minutes, January 2023 – April 2026. These proceedings directly affect every Newark property owner and PILOT developer but are rarely covered in local reporting.
Finding 6 — The 2027 Newark Revaluation Will Upend Every Current Tax Abatement
The State approved Newark's revaluation contract on October 31, 2024. ASI (American Survey Inc.) is conducting full property inspections across all five wards; as of March 2026, 84% of residential and 60% of commercial properties have been visited. The revaluation takes effect on the 2027 tax list.
Backstory: The revaluation was originally ordered for 2025. It was delayed after the prior Tax Assessor (Aaron Wilson) resigned effective March 31, 2023, leaving the revaluation file in disarray — bids had been returned in September 2022 with no contract awarded, and the RFP had to be rebuilt from scratch. In April 2023, the Essex County Tax Board threatened to send a letter to the New Jersey Attorney General about Newark's failure to advance the revaluation. Frank Dallessio stepped up and negotiated a 2-year extension, formally approved by the State in November 2023, pushing the target to 2027.
Every active PILOT and long-term tax abatement in Newark was negotiated against pre-revaluation assessed values — some of which have not been updated for decades. When 2027 resets the ratables, developers holding abatements will have grounds to renegotiate, and city negotiators face a window to extract updated PILOT payments or let agreements lapse. Whether the administration treats this as leverage or as a routine administrative update is the central fiscal question of the next two years.
Revaluation progress log (Essex County Tax Board minutes, Jan 2023 – Apr 2026):
Backstory: The revaluation was originally ordered for 2025. It was delayed after the prior Tax Assessor (Aaron Wilson) resigned effective March 31, 2023, leaving the revaluation file in disarray — bids had been returned in September 2022 with no contract awarded, and the RFP had to be rebuilt from scratch. In April 2023, the Essex County Tax Board threatened to send a letter to the New Jersey Attorney General about Newark's failure to advance the revaluation. Frank Dallessio stepped up and negotiated a 2-year extension, formally approved by the State in November 2023, pushing the target to 2027.
Every active PILOT and long-term tax abatement in Newark was negotiated against pre-revaluation assessed values — some of which have not been updated for decades. When 2027 resets the ratables, developers holding abatements will have grounds to renegotiate, and city negotiators face a window to extract updated PILOT payments or let agreements lapse. Whether the administration treats this as leverage or as a routine administrative update is the central fiscal question of the next two years.
Revaluation progress log (Essex County Tax Board minutes, Jan 2023 – Apr 2026):
| Date | Status |
|---|---|
| Jan 2024 | RFP advertised; Newark Tax Maps being updated |
| Mar 2024 | RFP readvertised — no firm responded to first round |
| Oct 2024 | State approves contract (Oct 31). ASI begins outreach letters to all Newark taxpayers |
| Nov 2024 | Chapter 91 income/expense forms mailed to commercial properties; Dallessio: "2-year process, all properties inspected by mid-2026" |
| Jan 2025 | Dallessio warns Mayor and Business Administrator: letter sent explaining "consequences if Newark delays revaluation any further" |
| Feb 2025 | South Ward inspections begin Jan 29; 900 properties inspected by 15 inspectors in first weeks |
| Apr 2025 | South + East Wards active; only 15% entry rate — inspectors turned away at 85% of properties |
| Jun 2025 | Central Ward begins; 17 inspectors; entry improves to 21% |
| Sep 2025 | 62% of inspections complete across 4 of 5 wards; 20% residential entry rate persists |
| Dec 2025 | 80% residential, 25% commercial visited; second notices mailed to non-entry properties |
| Jan 2026 | 75% residential + 45% commercial first-knock complete; Dallessio reports ahead of schedule |
| Mar 2026 | 84% residential, 60% commercial inspected; West Ward and Central Ward commercial focus |
| Apr 2026 | Inspectors working North + West Wards; postcards sent to non-entry properties; revaluation on track for 2027 |
Finding 7 — Inspector Entry Rate: 15–21% Citywide
Throughout the inspection campaign, fewer than one in five Newark property owners allowed inspectors inside. The South Ward entry rate was 15% from February through May 2025; the Central Ward's rate climbed only to 21% by June 2025. Second notices and postcards were dispatched citywide, but entry remained low.
The consequence: the 2027 revaluation will be based overwhelmingly on exterior inspection and comparable sales data, not interior condition assessments. For income-producing properties (multi-family rentals, commercial buildings, PILOT developments), this means assessors will rely heavily on Chapter 91 income/expense submissions. Developers who fail to file Chapter 91 forms forfeit the right to appeal their assessment — a procedural trap that could lock in unfavorable valuations for abatement holders who are not paying attention.
The consequence: the 2027 revaluation will be based overwhelmingly on exterior inspection and comparable sales data, not interior condition assessments. For income-producing properties (multi-family rentals, commercial buildings, PILOT developments), this means assessors will rely heavily on Chapter 91 income/expense submissions. Developers who fail to file Chapter 91 forms forfeit the right to appeal their assessment — a procedural trap that could lock in unfavorable valuations for abatement holders who are not paying attention.
Finding 8 — Newark Alone Blocked the 2024 County Abstract
In October 2024, every Essex County municipality except Newark had filed its Added/Omitted Assessment Books. Newark's failure to file held up the county's entire Abstract of Ratables — the document used to set county-wide tax rates — through November 2024. The board voted to table the Abstract until Newark complied.
Newark also missed the standard January 10 deadline for the 2025 Tax List (requiring a board-approved extension to January 31, 2025) and similarly missed the January 10, 2024, deadline for the 2024 list. This pattern of administrative non-compliance with state tax calendar requirements — unique among Essex County's 22 municipalities — creates downstream delays for county financial planning and signals a stressed assessor's office managing a city of 300,000 properties largely alone.
Newark also missed the standard January 10 deadline for the 2025 Tax List (requiring a board-approved extension to January 31, 2025) and similarly missed the January 10, 2024, deadline for the 2024 list. This pattern of administrative non-compliance with state tax calendar requirements — unique among Essex County's 22 municipalities — creates downstream delays for county financial planning and signals a stressed assessor's office managing a city of 300,000 properties largely alone.
Finding 9 — County Is Building a PILOT Inventory: 5% Compliance List
April 2026: Tax Administrator Joan Grodman announced she is "preparing a list of all properties in the County that have a PILOT program for submission to the Administration for compliance to pay the County 5% of the in-lieu payments received by each Municipality where the PILOTs are located."
Under N.J.S.A. 40A:20-14, municipalities that grant long-term tax abatements (PILOTs) must remit 5% of all in-lieu payments collected to the county. Essex County is now formally auditing compliance. For Newark — which has hundreds of active PILOT agreements and collects tens of millions annually in PILOT payments — this list, once produced, will be the most complete public inventory of every abatement property and its payment amount in the city's history.
This list is potentially obtainable via an OPRA request to Essex County once published. It would directly cross-reference against the abatement projects documented in this corpus.
Under N.J.S.A. 40A:20-14, municipalities that grant long-term tax abatements (PILOTs) must remit 5% of all in-lieu payments collected to the county. Essex County is now formally auditing compliance. For Newark — which has hundreds of active PILOT agreements and collects tens of millions annually in PILOT payments — this list, once produced, will be the most complete public inventory of every abatement property and its payment amount in the city's history.
This list is potentially obtainable via an OPRA request to Essex County once published. It would directly cross-reference against the abatement projects documented in this corpus.
Finding 10 — Newark Appealing Its Own Equalization Ratio
This is a recurring pattern, not a one-time event. In November 2023, Newark filed a formal complaint with the Division of Taxation about its 2023 equalization ratio. In November 2024, Newark again filed an appeal of its 2025 equalization ratio — this time joined by East Orange, Orange, and South Orange.
The equalization ratio is used by the state to measure how assessed values compare to market values countywide. It determines each municipality's share of the county tax levy. A higher ratio means properties are assessed closer to full market value, which increases the municipality's county tax burden. Newark's repeated appeals argue its ratio is set too high — that the state is overcounting Newark's assessment base relative to actual conditions.
The process: the Deputy Attorney General and Division of Taxation review usable vs. non-usable sales with the Tax Assessor. Cases resolve by January and may require a "ratio override" to the tax list. Outcomes of both appeals were not documented in the minutes reviewed. The 2027 revaluation, once complete, will make the ratio dispute moot for that cycle — assessed values will align with market values citywide — but it also means the ratio fight is likely to intensify during the revaluation year as both sides argue about which sales were "usable."
The equalization ratio is used by the state to measure how assessed values compare to market values countywide. It determines each municipality's share of the county tax levy. A higher ratio means properties are assessed closer to full market value, which increases the municipality's county tax burden. Newark's repeated appeals argue its ratio is set too high — that the state is overcounting Newark's assessment base relative to actual conditions.
The process: the Deputy Attorney General and Division of Taxation review usable vs. non-usable sales with the Tax Assessor. Cases resolve by January and may require a "ratio override" to the tax list. Outcomes of both appeals were not documented in the minutes reviewed. The 2027 revaluation, once complete, will make the ratio dispute moot for that cycle — assessed values will align with market values citywide — but it also means the ratio fight is likely to intensify during the revaluation year as both sides argue about which sales were "usable."
How PILOTs and Tax Abatements Get Approved in Newark
Two separate legal mechanisms — frequently confused, very different in who controls them.
Long-Term PILOT (up to 30 years)
N.J.S.A. 40A:20
N.J.S.A. 40A:20
Step 1. Developer forms a dedicated "Urban Renewal LLC" (required by law — hence all the "Urban Renewal LLC" entities in this corpus).
Step 2. Developer and the Mayor's Administration negotiate a Financial Agreement — the actual contract: typically 10% of gross revenue annually, up to 30 years. Terms are not published to Legistar.
Step 3. Resolution goes to Municipal Council for a vote. The resolution text authorizes the mayor to execute the agreement but rarely states the dollar amounts.
Step 4. Mayor signs. Done.
No Essex County approval. No State approval. No Planning Board vote. No referendum. The council vote is the only external check.
Step 2. Developer and the Mayor's Administration negotiate a Financial Agreement — the actual contract: typically 10% of gross revenue annually, up to 30 years. Terms are not published to Legistar.
Step 3. Resolution goes to Municipal Council for a vote. The resolution text authorizes the mayor to execute the agreement but rarely states the dollar amounts.
Step 4. Mayor signs. Done.
No Essex County approval. No State approval. No Planning Board vote. No referendum. The council vote is the only external check.
Short-Term Abatement (up to 5 years)
N.J.S.A. 40A:21
N.J.S.A. 40A:21
Step 1. Council passes an ordinance enabling the program for a zone or property type — done once, not per project.
Step 2. Individual property owner applies to the Tax Assessor.
Step 3. Tax Assessor approves or denies. No negotiation, no Financial Agreement, no per-project council vote.
The improvement (not the land) is exempted from local taxes for up to 5 years. County and school taxes still apply to the land value.
Common for homeowner renovations and small commercial rehabs.
Step 2. Individual property owner applies to the Tax Assessor.
Step 3. Tax Assessor approves or denies. No negotiation, no Financial Agreement, no per-project council vote.
The improvement (not the land) is exempted from local taxes for up to 5 years. County and school taxes still apply to the land value.
Common for homeowner renovations and small commercial rehabs.
Aspire Tax Credits — a third, separate track
Aspire is a state income tax credit administered by the NJEDA in Trenton — not a property tax break. The council's role is only to pass a resolution of support (the CBA resolutions that appear constantly in this corpus as 7R2 items). That vote doesn't grant anything; it signals municipal backing for the developer's state application. Approval comes from the NJEDA board. Developers routinely stack Aspire credits on top of a 30-year PILOT on the same project — capturing both state income tax relief and municipal property tax abatement simultaneously.
What Essex County controls
Almost nothing in the approval process. The Essex County Tax Board oversees property assessments, equalization ratios, and revaluation orders — but has no authority to approve or deny PILOT agreements. Their only statutory role is collecting the 5% county remittance on PILOT revenues (N.J.S.A. 40A:20-14), which they are now formally auditing after years of inconsistent compliance. The Planning Board separately approves the land-use aspects of a project (site plan, variances, height, density) — independent of and not contingent on the tax treatment.
What This Means for Newark Residents — Plain Terms
The tax base problem
Property taxes in Newark fund three things: the city, the county, and the schools. When a developer gets a 30-year PILOT, they pay a negotiated amount to the city only. The schools get nothing. The county gets 5% of whatever the city collects.
A 500-unit luxury tower worth $150 million would owe roughly $5–6 million a year in normal property taxes, of which about $3 million would go to Newark public schools. Under a typical PILOT, the developer pays around $800K to the city, schools receive zero, and the county gets $40K. That $3 million gap — the school taxes that were never collected — has to come from somewhere. It comes from every other property owner in Newark not on abatement: homeowners, small landlords, small businesses.
This has been happening across hundreds of projects for 30+ years. The reason residents couldn't clearly see it was that outdated assessed values made the numbers look small. The 2027 revaluation makes the real numbers visible for the first time.
A 500-unit luxury tower worth $150 million would owe roughly $5–6 million a year in normal property taxes, of which about $3 million would go to Newark public schools. Under a typical PILOT, the developer pays around $800K to the city, schools receive zero, and the county gets $40K. That $3 million gap — the school taxes that were never collected — has to come from somewhere. It comes from every other property owner in Newark not on abatement: homeowners, small landlords, small businesses.
This has been happening across hundreds of projects for 30+ years. The reason residents couldn't clearly see it was that outdated assessed values made the numbers look small. The 2027 revaluation makes the real numbers visible for the first time.
For current PILOT developers
Existing PILOT agreements are contracts — the revaluation doesn't void them mid-term. A developer with a 30-year PILOT signed in 2015 keeps paying their negotiated amount through 2045.
The exposure comes at expiration. When the PILOT ends, the developer faces the full tax bill at 2027 assessed values. A building assessed at $10M today might be assessed at $80–100M post-revaluation. The difference between their PILOT payment and the real tax bill becomes undeniable — and developers will lobby aggressively for renewal before that happens.
The city has a closing window to negotiate better terms before expirations hit.
The exposure comes at expiration. When the PILOT ends, the developer faces the full tax bill at 2027 assessed values. A building assessed at $10M today might be assessed at $80–100M post-revaluation. The difference between their PILOT payment and the real tax bill becomes undeniable — and developers will lobby aggressively for renewal before that happens.
The city has a closing window to negotiate better terms before expirations hit.
For homeowners
Newark has historically over-assessed modest homes relative to market value and under-assessed commercial and luxury property. The revaluation should correct this — modest homes may see flat or lower assessed values while large commercial and luxury developments see dramatic increases.
If corrected as intended, some longtime homeowners could see lower tax bills even as the city collects more overall. Whether this happens depends on whether the revaluation is done accurately (the 80% exterior-only inspection rate is a concern) and whether the council sets the tax rate to capture the new revenue or simply holds rates flat.
If corrected as intended, some longtime homeowners could see lower tax bills even as the city collects more overall. Whether this happens depends on whether the revaluation is done accurately (the 80% exterior-only inspection rate is a concern) and whether the council sets the tax rate to capture the new revenue or simply holds rates flat.
For Newark schools
School funding is the most direct casualty. The school levy is the largest single component of the property tax bill — roughly 50–60% of the total. PILOTs exclude school taxes entirely.
A 300-unit building generating $600K in PILOT revenue might be displacing $1.5–2M in school taxes it would owe if taxed normally. The BOE meetings being transcribed in this project are full of budget stress, overcrowding, and deferred repairs — in part because the district is being asked to educate a growing population while the buildings those families live in contribute nothing to the school tax base.
The 2027 revaluation will make this gap mathematically precise for the first time.
A 300-unit building generating $600K in PILOT revenue might be displacing $1.5–2M in school taxes it would owe if taxed normally. The BOE meetings being transcribed in this project are full of budget stress, overcrowding, and deferred repairs — in part because the district is being asked to educate a growing population while the buildings those families live in contribute nothing to the school tax base.
The 2027 revaluation will make this gap mathematically precise for the first time.
The honest bottom line
The PILOT system as it operates in Newark transfers public money — in the form of foregone tax revenue — to private developers in exchange for development that may or may not benefit existing residents. Longtime Newark residents, especially homeowners and renters in neighborhoods not on the development boom, have been carrying a disproportionate share of the tax burden to fund schools and services that serve a growing population partly housed in tax-exempt buildings.
The 2027 revaluation doesn't fix that. What it does is make the numbers real. After that, continuing to grant generous PILOTs is a visible political choice with a visible price tag — not an administrative technicality buried in a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute a Financial Agreement that never appears in the public record.
The 2027 revaluation doesn't fix that. What it does is make the numbers real. After that, continuing to grant generous PILOTs is a visible political choice with a visible price tag — not an administrative technicality buried in a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute a Financial Agreement that never appears in the public record.
Newark Downtown District — Market Reality vs. PILOT Rationale
Source: Newark Downtown District Q1 2024 Real Estate Report (CoStar data). The NDD is the 501(c)(3) special improvement district whose boundaries exactly coincide with the PILOT concentration zone documented in this corpus.
Finding 11 — Office Market Is Contracting, Yet PILOT-Subsidized Office Conversions Continue
Downtown Newark office occupancy fell to 80.2% in Q1 2024 — down 3.7 percentage points year-over-year and at a 7-year low. Total vacancy stands at 19.8% (15.2% direct + 4.6% sublet). Net absorption was negative 37,000 sq ft in Q1 2024, and negative 575,000 sq ft over the trailing 12 months — meaning the market is shedding office tenants at scale. Market rents of $31.35/sq ft represent only a 4% gain over the prior year despite ongoing concessions.
This directly contradicts the stated rationale for PILOT agreements that include office components. Every 30-year PILOT approved during a period of 19.8% vacancy transfers the risk of an oversupplied office market onto the city's tax base. If a PILOT-financed building sits partially vacant, the 5–20% PILOT remittance still flows to the city, but the full assessed value that would otherwise fund schools and services is permanently foregone. The market data shows the city is subsidizing supply into a market already in structural decline.
By the numbers (Q1 2024, CoStar / NDD):
This directly contradicts the stated rationale for PILOT agreements that include office components. Every 30-year PILOT approved during a period of 19.8% vacancy transfers the risk of an oversupplied office market onto the city's tax base. If a PILOT-financed building sits partially vacant, the 5–20% PILOT remittance still flows to the city, but the full assessed value that would otherwise fund schools and services is permanently foregone. The market data shows the city is subsidizing supply into a market already in structural decline.
By the numbers (Q1 2024, CoStar / NDD):
| Asset Class | Q1 2024 Occupancy | YOY Change | 2021 Q1 (baseline) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office | 80.2% | −3.7% | 83.2% |
| Retail | 91.4% | +1.4% | 89.3% |
| Multifamily (market rate) | 94.0% | +1.7% | 91.5% |
| Multifamily (affordable only) | 98.0% | −0.4% | 98.2% |
Finding 12 — Market-Rate PILOT Towers Are Leasing Up at $2,204/Month While Affordable Units Sit at $1,599
Three PILOT-subsidized market-rate towers completed since Q3 2022 have added 726 units to downtown Newark — Newark Urby (250 units), Indigo Residence (106 units), and ICONIQ 777 (370 units). As of Q1 2024 these projects are still in lease-up, which is why overall multifamily occupancy temporarily dipped before recovering to 94.0%.
The rent gap tells the equity story: effective rents at market-rate buildings average $2,204/unit; effective rents at 100%-affordable properties average $1,599/unit — a 27.5% gap. Both asset classes are over 94% occupied, meaning demand is not the differentiator. The difference is who captured the value: in market-rate PILOT buildings, the developer retains the upside from above-market rents while paying 5–20% of revenues to the city instead of full property taxes. In affordable buildings — many of which are also PILOT-financed via N.J.S.A. 40A:21 — rents are capped by program rules, limiting private profit but also limiting the city's PILOT share.
726 units of market-rate housing in 30-year PILOTs, at $2,204/month average rent and minimal tax remittance, represents a multi-decade income stream that will never appear on the city's tax rolls at assessed value.
The rent gap tells the equity story: effective rents at market-rate buildings average $2,204/unit; effective rents at 100%-affordable properties average $1,599/unit — a 27.5% gap. Both asset classes are over 94% occupied, meaning demand is not the differentiator. The difference is who captured the value: in market-rate PILOT buildings, the developer retains the upside from above-market rents while paying 5–20% of revenues to the city instead of full property taxes. In affordable buildings — many of which are also PILOT-financed via N.J.S.A. 40A:21 — rents are capped by program rules, limiting private profit but also limiting the city's PILOT share.
726 units of market-rate housing in 30-year PILOTs, at $2,204/month average rent and minimal tax remittance, represents a multi-decade income stream that will never appear on the city's tax rolls at assessed value.
Finding 13 — NJPAC ArtSide: The Largest Single Aspire Credit in This Corpus, With Goldman Sachs as Equity Partner
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and partners received a $199.7 million Aspire tax credit award from the NJEDA for a 577,940 sq ft mixed-use project — the largest single Aspire award documented in this corpus. The total project cost is approximately $356 million. The award ($332.8M certified, capped at 60% of costs = $199.7M) means the state is covering 56% of total development costs through transferable tax credits.
Partners: NJPAC holds an 80% ownership interest. The developer of record is LMXD — an affiliate of L+M Development Partners. Goldman Sachs owns the balance. The NJEDA designated the project "transformative," which unlocks a higher credit tier and requires a finding that economic benefits will be felt broadly across New Jersey — not just within the project.
Phase 1 — ArtSide (under construction as of Q1 2024):
The "transformative" designation and Riverfront Park: The NJEDA specifically cited NJPAC's proximity to Riverfront Park as a community benefit justifying the transformative designation. The NDD's own report notes that the park "is not open to the public in downtown Newark" and that "access points have not been built out." A public benefit that does not yet exist was used to qualify for the highest Aspire credit tier.
Partners: NJPAC holds an 80% ownership interest. The developer of record is LMXD — an affiliate of L+M Development Partners. Goldman Sachs owns the balance. The NJEDA designated the project "transformative," which unlocks a higher credit tier and requires a finding that economic benefits will be felt broadly across New Jersey — not just within the project.
Phase 1 — ArtSide (under construction as of Q1 2024):
- 25-story tower: 189 units on Center Street
- 7-story mid-rise: 146 units on extended Mulberry Street
- 2 townhomes: 15 units total
- 53,000 sq ft Cooperman Family Arts Education & Community Center
- Renovation of 17,000 sq ft Episcopal Church building (currently office space for a nonprofit)
- Partial demolition of Cathedral House at 24 Rector Street
- 12,600 sq ft retail + 10,500 sq ft office
The "transformative" designation and Riverfront Park: The NJEDA specifically cited NJPAC's proximity to Riverfront Park as a community benefit justifying the transformative designation. The NDD's own report notes that the park "is not open to the public in downtown Newark" and that "access points have not been built out." A public benefit that does not yet exist was used to qualify for the highest Aspire credit tier.
Finding 14 — The NDD Itself Is Funded by Special Assessment on the Same Properties Receiving PILOTs
The Newark Downtown District is funded through a special assessment on district commercial and residential properties — including properties that hold PILOT agreements. Its Board of Trustees consists of business and property owners, non-profit representatives, and municipal officials. Newark Alliance, which administers the SBSP small-business grant program within the same footprint, has a board that overlaps with major downtown institutional players (Prudential, Invest Newark, City of Newark) and meets quarterly with the Mayor.
This creates a self-reinforcing governance loop: the institutions that benefit most from PILOTs (large property owners in the district) fund the organization that produces market data, advocates for "downtown investment," and provides the political narrative that justifies continued PILOT approvals. The NDD's quarterly real estate reports — like this one — are the primary public data source on downtown market conditions, and they are produced by the beneficiary of those conditions.
When the NDD reports that "multifamily market rate occupancy increased 2.0% to 94.0%," this is accurate data. But it is data selected, framed, and published by an organization whose members collectively benefit from the PILOT regime that produced those occupancy rates. Independent analysis — including this report — uses that same data to reach different conclusions about who captures the value.
This creates a self-reinforcing governance loop: the institutions that benefit most from PILOTs (large property owners in the district) fund the organization that produces market data, advocates for "downtown investment," and provides the political narrative that justifies continued PILOT approvals. The NDD's quarterly real estate reports — like this one — are the primary public data source on downtown market conditions, and they are produced by the beneficiary of those conditions.
When the NDD reports that "multifamily market rate occupancy increased 2.0% to 94.0%," this is accurate data. But it is data selected, framed, and published by an organization whose members collectively benefit from the PILOT regime that produced those occupancy rates. Independent analysis — including this report — uses that same data to reach different conclusions about who captures the value.
East, Central & South Ward — Material Impact Analysis
1
Blocked — vote failed
4
Pending decisions
3
Proceeding / under construction
3
Resolved in corpus
11
Total findings
Status key:
✗ Blocked — vote failed motion failed — 4-YES / abstention bloc deadlock ·
⏳ Pending council decision or construction not yet started ·
🔄 Proceeding approved and active ·
✓ Resolved ordinance passed / action complete
Risk key: Environmental contamination / health Flood Risk flood / climate Industrial industrial land use encroachment Tax Subsidy foregone tax revenue Affordability affordable housing loss or gap Displacement resident displacement risk
Risk key: Environmental contamination / health Flood Risk flood / climate Industrial industrial land use encroachment Tax Subsidy foregone tax revenue Affordability affordable housing loss or gap Displacement resident displacement risk
East Ward
Flood Risk
⏳ Pending
2026-05-20
Ironbound flood protection — USACE project in site-access phase only
Site access agreement granted May 2026; construction timeline post-2026, no funding milestone in corpus.
Congress authorized the Passaic River Tidal Protection project in a 2013 Hurricane Sandy disaster relief appropriation — 13 years before the council granted USACE site access in May 2026. The project is intended to provide flood relief for the Ironbound, which floods regularly (Sandy, Ida, and recurring tidal surges). As of June 2026, the city has only signed a right-of-entry for surveys and pre-construction work. No construction start date, no funding breakdown, and no community relocation or property impact disclosures appear in the corpus. The Ironbound remains at active flood risk while the project is in a pre-construction planning phase.
US Army Corps of Engineers — NY District
Environmental
⏳ Pending
2025-10-07
Diamond Alkali Superfund — symbolic resolution only, no remediation commitment
Non-binding resolution adopted 8–0 Oct 2025; actual EPA-led remediation has no Newark-controlled timeline.
The Lower Passaic River / Diamond Alkali Superfund site is one of the most contaminated waterways in the US — the former Diamond Alkali plant at 80 Lister Avenue in Newark manufactured Agent Orange and DDT, leaving dioxin contamination in river sediment that directly affects East Ward communities. The council's October 2025 resolution 'supporting remediation' is a non-binding statement. The actual cleanup is governed by an EPA consent decree with PPG Industries and Occidental Chemical — Newark is not a party and has no enforcement lever. No funding commitment, no community health monitoring program, and no timeline appear in any other item in the two-year corpus.
EPA (lead agency)PPG Industries (consent decree party)NJDEP
Industrial
🔄 Proceeding
2026-05-20
Doremus Avenue industrial expansion — truck & trailer depot approved
Sale approved by council May 2026; construction not yet started as of corpus end.
847–983 Doremus Avenue ($4M) was sold to build a truck and trailer parking facility 'leveraging proximity to the Port of Newark.' The same developer also received 198–202 Meeker Ave for 80–100 residential units (20% affordable minimum). The deal bundles increased port-industrial land use at the Doremus waterfront — already among the most diesel-polluted corridors in New Jersey — with a residential project farther inland. Doremus Avenue already hosts active trucking contracts totalling $6.75M+ in the corpus. 77–101 Riverside Avenue was also included for industrial remediation and redevelopment. No environmental impact assessment is mentioned in the council resolution.
$4,000,000 •
847-983 Doremus Avenue, LLC (500 Avenue P, Newark)
Affordability
🔄 Proceeding
2024-12-18
470 Ferry Street — 16 market-rate units, zero affordable, on Ironbound commercial spine
Sale approved Dec 2024; 5-story construction underway.
City land at 470 Ferry Street (Ironbound) sold for $32,439 to build a 5-story, 16-unit all-market-rate building with ground-floor parking. Ferry Street is the commercial and cultural spine of the Portuguese and Brazilian Ironbound community. No affordable set-aside was required — the lot falls below the mandatory inclusionary threshold for smaller developments. This is the smallest-denomination version of the affordability gap: city-owned parcels on high-value corridors disposed of at well below market value with no affordable housing obligation attached.
$32,439 •
Gomes Development Inc. (645 Belgrove Dr)Central Ward
Tax Subsidy
⏳ Pending
2025-04-02 → 2025-05-07
32 Fulton Street — 396-unit tower, 30-year tax abatement, 20% affordable — still deferred
CBA adopted Apr 2025; tax abatement ordinance deferred at Apr and May 2025, no final passage found in corpus through Jun 2026.
The Berger Organization — one of NJ's largest real estate groups — is seeking a 30-year tax abatement on a 396-unit building at 32 Fulton Street in the Central Ward: 316 market-rate, 80 affordable (20%), 5 accessible units, and a 107-car parking garage. The CBA was adopted in April 2025 but the actual abatement ordinance has been deferred at every reading since. For a building of this size, a 30-year abatement on the assessed value of a 400-unit tower represents tens of millions in foregone tax revenue to the city, county, and school district. Newark's school district is majority state-funded precisely because its rateable base is so eroded by abatements and exempt property. Every new large abatement deepens that structural deficit.
Fulton Street Newark, LLC (Berger Organization, 50 Park Place)
Displacement
⏳ Pending
2025-12-17
26–28 W Kinney / Lincoln Park — affordable housing project designation
Redevelopment designation introduced Dec 2025; outcome and developer not yet determined in corpus.
A 'Need for Housing Project' designation was introduced Dec 2025 for six parcels at 26-28, 22-24, and 18-20 West Kinney Street plus 15-17 and 65 Lincoln Park (Blocks 117–118–123, Central Ward). Unlike some redevelopment designations, this one was explicitly framed as for an affordable housing project — which is potentially positive. However, 'redevelopment' designations grant the city eminent domain authority over designated parcels. If the designated area contains occupied rental units (West Kinney is a residential block), current tenants could face relocation. No developer, unit count, or affordability target was disclosed in the Dec 2025 resolution. The Lincoln Park area is among the few remaining concentrated affordable-rent blocks in the Central Ward.
Not yet assigned
Affordability
🔄 Proceeding
2024-10-02 → 2026-04-01
Estoppel certificates — affordability covenants at risk in Broad Street refinancings
Three estoppels issued 2024–2026; each is a discrete action but the pattern signals active refinancing of HOME-funded Central Ward projects.
What is an estoppel certificate? When a developer with a city redevelopment agreement wants to refinance or sell their building, their new lender demands the city sign an estoppel certificate. It is a formal statement by the city certifying: (1) the redevelopment agreement is in good standing, (2) the developer is not in default, and (3) the city will not exercise any rights — including its reverter clause, which lets the city reclaim the property if the developer fails to build affordable housing — that could impair the lender's position. The subordination part goes further: the city agrees its enforcement rights sit behind the new mortgage in legal priority. If the developer later defaults and the lender forecloses, the lender gets a clean title — and the city's affordability covenant can be extinguished in the foreclosure sale. This is a documented HUD-acknowledged risk: HOME-funded affordable units have been lost nationally through exactly this mechanism when subordination agreements were not carefully drafted to preserve the deed restriction through foreclosure.
What this corpus shows: Three estoppel certificates were issued on Central Ward projects over two years — Broad Street URE (Oct 2024), Two Center Street URE (Mar 2026, with a $4M subordination intercreditor agreement), and 1007–1009 Broad Development URE (Apr 2026). None of the three council resolutions include language confirming the affordability deed restriction survives the new financing. The Two Center Street deal is the highest-risk: a $4M intercreditor agreement signals significant new senior debt priming the city's position. If any of these projects default, the affordable units could disappear with no council vote — just a foreclosure filing.
What this corpus shows: Three estoppel certificates were issued on Central Ward projects over two years — Broad Street URE (Oct 2024), Two Center Street URE (Mar 2026, with a $4M subordination intercreditor agreement), and 1007–1009 Broad Development URE (Apr 2026). None of the three council resolutions include language confirming the affordability deed restriction survives the new financing. The Two Center Street deal is the highest-risk: a $4M intercreditor agreement signals significant new senior debt priming the city's position. If any of these projects default, the affordable units could disappear with no council vote — just a foreclosure filing.
Broad Street Urban Renewal, LLCTwo Center Street Urban Renewal, L.L.C. ($4M subordination)1007-1009 Broad Development Urban Renewal LLC
Tax Subsidy
✓ Resolved
2025-03-19 → 2025-04-02
1098 Broad Street — 35 market-rate units, 0 affordable, 30-year abatement passed
Adopted Apr 2025 after first reading Mar 2025.
35 entirely market-rate rental units at 1098 Broad Street received a 30-year tax abatement — zero affordable units required, 750 sq ft of commercial space included. Broad Street is the main arterial through the Central Ward. Passed on first reading without the deferral pattern seen on larger projects. A 30-year abatement on a purely market-rate building in a gentrifying corridor provides no community benefit offset beyond the nominal addition to housing supply.
1098 Broad Street Urban Renewal Company, LLC (27 Austin St, Newark)
Tax Subsidy
✓ Resolved
2024-11-26 → 2025-01-22
566–570 Springfield Ave — 25-year abatement, only 2 of 24 units affordable (8%)
Final passage January 2025 after three readings.
A 25-year tax abatement on Springfield Avenue — a historically Black commercial corridor in the Central Ward — for a building with 22 market-rate and only 2 affordable units (8.3%) capped at 60% AMI. The developer is based in Rutherford, NJ (suburban Essex County). The abatement was granted under the Long-Term Tax Exemption Law, which requires a minimum affordable percentage but does not set a minimum higher than the statutory floor. State law allows this ratio; the council had discretion to require more but did not. Springfield Avenue has seen multiple comparable abatement grants with similarly thin affordable allocations.
566-570 Springfield Urban Renewal, LLC (Rutherford, NJ — out-of-state)
Industrial
✓ Resolved
2024-12-18
1270 McCarter Highway — industrial warehouse approved, Central Ward
Adopted Dec 2024.
City-owned parcels sold for light manufacturing / industrial warehouse use. The Dec 18 2024 agenda (7R2 List of Property) identifies all four lots explicitly as Central Ward:
Appraised value: $875,000 · Assessed value: $1,059,900 · Sale price: negotiated at $875,000 (appraised floor, below assessed). McCarter Highway is a major arterial bordering the Central Ward with residential density immediately east. Industrial approval on this corridor locks in non-residential use on four contiguous parcels that could otherwise anchor mixed-use or residential development near Penn Station.
281–289 Passaic Street / Block 436 / Lot 13 / Central Ward
1266–1270 McCarter Highway / Block 436 / Lots 18, 20 / Central Ward
1272 McCarter Highway / Block 436 / Lot 21 / Central Ward
1274 McCarter Highway / Block 436 / Lot 22 / Central WardAppraised value: $875,000 · Assessed value: $1,059,900 · Sale price: negotiated at $875,000 (appraised floor, below assessed). McCarter Highway is a major arterial bordering the Central Ward with residential density immediately east. Industrial approval on this corridor locks in non-residential use on four contiguous parcels that could otherwise anchor mixed-use or residential development near Penn Station.
Margate 1270 McCarter Highway, LLC (250 Passaic St area)South Ward
Affordability
✗ Blocked — vote failed
2025-04-02
169 Clinton Ave homeless shelter lease — voted down by abstention bloc, never revived
Failed Apr 2, 2025: 4 YES, 3 ABSTAIN (Gonzalez, Quintana, Ramos), 1 ABSENT (Silva). Not re-introduced in corpus through Jun 2026.
Ordinance 6PSF-f authorized a 15-year lease (+ two optional renewals totalling 32 years) of 169 Clinton Avenue, Block 2588, Lot 20 (South Ward) from a Jersey City LLC to house 'a significant homeless population in the City of Newark.' Rent: $0 for the first two years, escalating to $3,992,130/year by Year 10. The city's own Director of Homeless Services commented in support before the public hearing.
Six community members testified at the public hearing (Felicia Alston-Singleton, Alif Muhammad, Lisa Parker, Shakir McDougald, Debra Salters, Munirah El-Bomani). Despite the public record and administration support, the ordinance failed — not because anyone voted No, but because three members abstained: Carlos M. Gonzalez (At-Large), Luis A. Quintana (At-Large), and Anibal Ramos Jr. (North Ward). Michael J. Silva was absent. In New Jersey, a resolution requires an affirmative vote of a majority of the full council (5 of 9); 4 yes votes with 3 abstentions fails that threshold. Abstaining carries no political cost of a recorded No vote while achieving the same blocking effect. The ordinance was never re-introduced in the two-year corpus. Newark's unsheltered population remains without the proposed facility.
Six community members testified at the public hearing (Felicia Alston-Singleton, Alif Muhammad, Lisa Parker, Shakir McDougald, Debra Salters, Munirah El-Bomani). Despite the public record and administration support, the ordinance failed — not because anyone voted No, but because three members abstained: Carlos M. Gonzalez (At-Large), Luis A. Quintana (At-Large), and Anibal Ramos Jr. (North Ward). Michael J. Silva was absent. In New Jersey, a resolution requires an affirmative vote of a majority of the full council (5 of 9); 4 yes votes with 3 abstentions fails that threshold. Abstaining carries no political cost of a recorded No vote while achieving the same blocking effect. The ordinance was never re-introduced in the two-year corpus. Newark's unsheltered population remains without the proposed facility.
$3,992,130 •
169 Clinton Development Urban Renewal, LLC (246 Danforth Ave, Jersey City, NJ)Office of Homeless Services — Director Luis Ulerio (commented in support)Long-term tax abatements — East & Central Ward (extracted from corpus)
25- and 30-year abatements eliminate property tax on new buildings for the full term. Each reduces the city's rateable base — Newark schools are majority state-funded in part because of this structural erosion.
No abatements extracted automatically — see curated findings below.
Recurring Programs & Entities
Count = number of distinct meeting dates on which the entity or program appears in any document.
| Entity / Program | Meetings | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban Renewal | 45 | |
| Newark Housing Authority | 29 | |
| Central Planning Board | 28 | |
| HUD | 23 | |
| NJDOT / Municipal Aid | 21 | |
| Ryan White | 21 | |
| WIOA / Workforce | 16 | |
| North Jersey District Water Supply | 16 | |
| UASI / Emergency Preparedness | 14 | |
| Newark Beth Israel | 10 | |
| Ironbound BID | 8 | |
| Catholic Charities | 7 | |
| Green Acres / Tree Canopy | 7 | |
| WIC Program | 5 | |
| HOPWA | 5 | |
| Positive Healthcare | 3 |
Public Civic Voice
Names extracted from “Comments were made by…” lines in meeting minutes. Note: minutes record that someone spoke at a public hearing, not what they said. The same name across multiple items in one meeting counts as multiple appearances.
| Speaker | Appearances (hearing slots) | |
|---|---|---|
| Debra Salters | 83 | |
| Munirah El-Bomani | 55 | |
| Lisa Parker | 53 | |
| Alif Muhammad | 43 | |
| Donna Jackson | 42 | |
| Felicia Alston-Singleton | 40 | |
| Shakir McDougald | 31 | |
| Cassandra Dock | 25 | |
| George Tillman | 23 | |
| Ché Colter | 15 | |
| Hellane Freeman | 13 | |
| Muta El-Amin | 13 | |
| Rodney Davis | 13 | |
| Gayle Chaneyfield Jenkins | 10 | |
| Lev Zilbermints | 5 | |
| Emily Aikens | 4 | |
| Nadirah Brown | 4 | |
| John Reverendo | 4 | |
| Eric Adams | 3 | |
| Jule Baskerville | 3 | |
| John Morando | 3 | |
| Lisa Mitchelson-Parker | 3 | |
| Atisha Davis | 3 | |
| Lamont Vaughn | 3 | |
| Angela Williamston | 2 | |
| Tanisha Gardner | 2 | |
| Elijah Morgano | 2 | |
| Myles Zhang | 2 | |
| Debra Mapson | 2 | |
| Christina Cherry | 2 |
Repeatedly Deferred Items
Items appearing with “Deferred” notation in two or more separate minutes documents.
| Item Code | Times Deferred | Dates |
|---|---|---|
6PSF | 47 | 2024-11-07, 2024-12-18, 2024-12-18, 2024-12-18, 2024-12-18, 2024-12-18, 2024-12-18, 2024-12-18, 2025-03-05, 2025-05-07, 2025-05-07, 2025-06-04, 2025-07-02, 2025-07-02, 2025-07-02, 2025-08-06, 2025-08-06, 2025-09-04, 2025-09-04, 2025-09-04, 2025-09-09, 2025-09-17, 2025-09-17, 2025-09-17, 2025-09-17, 2025-10-22, 2025-11-06, 2025-11-25, 2025-11-25, 2025-11-25, 2025-12-17, 2025-12-17, 2025-12-17, 2025-12-17, 2025-12-17, 2025-12-17, 2026-01-07, 2026-01-07, 2026-01-07, 2026-01-07, 2026-01-07, 2026-01-07, 2026-01-07, 2026-01-07, 2026-02-04, 2026-02-18, 2026-02-18 |
7R2-c | 24 | 2024-10-02, 2024-10-02, 2024-10-02, 2024-10-23, 2024-10-23, 2024-11-07, 2024-11-07, 2024-11-07, 2024-11-26, 2024-11-26, 2024-11-26, 2024-12-18, 2025-03-05, 2025-06-04, 2025-09-04, 2025-09-17, 2025-11-06, 2025-11-25, 2025-12-03, 2026-02-04, 2026-02-18, 2026-03-04, 2026-04-15, 2026-05-06 |
7R2-a | 13 | 2024-10-02, 2024-10-02, 2024-12-18, 2025-02-19, 2025-03-05, 2025-03-05, 2025-03-05, 2025-03-19, 2025-03-19, 2025-03-19, 2026-01-07, 2026-02-18, 2026-04-01 |
7R6-a | 12 | 2024-11-07, 2024-11-07, 2024-11-26, 2024-12-04, 2024-12-04, 2024-12-18, 2024-12-18, 2025-03-05, 2025-03-19, 2025-04-02, 2025-04-02, 2025-08-06 |
625 | 12 | 2025-07-02, 2025-08-06, 2025-09-04, 2025-09-04, 2025-09-04, 2025-09-17, 2025-09-17, 2025-09-17, 2025-09-17, 2025-10-01, 2025-12-03, 2025-12-03 |
7R2-b | 10 | 2024-10-02, 2024-11-07, 2024-11-26, 2024-12-18, 2025-04-02, 2025-04-16, 2025-05-07, 2025-05-21, 2025-11-06, 2026-05-06 |
7R2-f | 10 | 2024-10-02, 2024-10-08, 2025-10-22, 2025-11-06, 2025-11-06, 2025-11-25, 2025-11-25, 2025-12-03, 2025-12-03, 2026-04-01 |
6SF | 8 | 2025-05-07, 2025-05-21, 2025-07-02, 2025-07-02, 2025-07-02, 2025-08-06, 2025-08-06, 2025-08-06 |
6F | 7 | 2024-12-18, 2025-09-04, 2025-09-17, 2026-01-21, 2026-01-21, 2026-02-04, 2026-02-04 |
7R2-e | 6 | 2024-10-02, 2024-12-18, 2025-10-22, 2026-04-01, 2026-04-15, 2026-05-06 |
60425 | 6 | 2025-08-06, 2025-08-06, 2025-08-06, 2025-09-04, 2025-09-17, 2025-09-17 |
7R2-i | 4 | 2024-10-02, 2024-10-23, 2024-11-07, 2024-11-26 |
7R2-d | 4 | 2024-10-08, 2025-05-21, 2025-12-03, 2026-04-01 |
7R9-a | 3 | 2024-11-07, 2024-11-26, 2024-12-04 |
7R6-b | 3 | 2024-12-18, 2025-04-02, 2025-08-06 |
7R2-h | 3 | 2025-10-22, 2025-11-06, 2025-12-03 |
624 | 2 | 2024-11-07, 2024-12-18 |
6PSE | 2 | 2024-12-18, 2025-05-21 |
7R6-g | 2 | 2025-04-02, 2025-04-16 |
7R8-f | 2 | 2025-10-07, 2025-10-21 |
7R2-g | 2 | 2025-11-06, 2025-11-25 |
Council Activity
Motion frequency by member (from minutes)
Count of times each member's surname appears as the maker of a motion.
| Council Member | Motions Made | |
|---|---|---|
| the | 1715 | |
| Council | 207 | |
| Kelly | 99 | |
| Scott | 81 | |
| Ramos | 79 | |
| Quintana | 72 | |
| Silva | 59 | |
| Crump | 51 | |
| Gonzalez | 22 | |
| Bey | 14 |