Councilman Tavarez is turning one!

VIP Reception

Friday, July 3rd - from 6PM – 9PM

The Riverside Manor Lounge

27 East 33rd St. Paterson, NJ

Donation: $50

Click here to purchase Tickets for Cocktail reception

For more information, please call 862-262-8621

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After Party From 9PM – 2AM

$10

Click here to purchase a 5 Tickets After Party Package

(No wait in line, access to VIP Lounge)

Click here to purchase a 10 Tickets After Party VIP Package

(Dont wait in line, Table in VIP Lounge)

For more information, please call 973-703-1326

If you are unable to attend, please click HERE to make donation in any amount to support Councilman Tavarez’ efforts.

Your support is needed and truly appreciated!

LIVE WHERE YOU WORK – PATERSON

HOME BUYERS PROGRAM

The City of Paterson  is one of several governmental agencies throughout the state of New Jersey who have been selected by the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA) to participate in the Live Where You Work Program. This special homebuyer incentive program provides low interest 30 or 40-year fixed rate first mortgage loans to homebuyers who work in and who are looking to purchase a home in the City of Paterson. Continue reading »

FREE $40 COUPON

**PROGRAM FROM THE TV CONVERTER BOX**

APPLY @ PATERSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE OFFICE
125 ELLISON STREET 2ND FLOOR
TIME: 10AM – 3PM

CONTACT NANCY GRIER @

973-321-1212 X 2233

Until June 12, 2009

DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING CALLERS MAY DIAL
1-877-530-2634 (TTY)

Paterson Education Fund deplores the NJ Supreme Court decision to replace the Abbott remedies with the School Funding Reform Act [SFRA].

 “Paterson children lost today, and for the foreseeable future,” said Irene Sterling, President of the Paterson Education Fund, as the NJ Supreme Court gutted the Abbott remedies in favor of the  School Funding Reform Act [SFRA].

As a consequence:
•         Paterson schools will be flat funded for the next two years.
•         Further program cuts for support services and extended learning opportunities will be required to cover the costs of rising salaries and other fixed costs. Continue reading »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 29, 2009
 
Contact: Cynthia Carrasco
Phone: 202-496-7206
Email: ccarrasco@hnbf.org
 
The Hispanic National Bar Foundation Partners with Comcast to Create Opportunities for Promising First-Year Law Students With An Innovative Law Fellowship Program
 
Washington, DC-The Hispanic National Bar Foundation (HNBF) is pleased to announce the launch of the 2009 HNBF Law Fellows Program for first-year law students, thanks in large part to the generous sponsorship of Comcast Corporation and the Comcast Foundation.  The HNBF, along with its corporate partners, designed this exciting new program for Hispanic law students with the goal of creating significant professional opportunities and impacting diversity in corporate legal departments.  PepsiCo and Chevron have also joined Comcast as sponsors in this effort to opening opportunities for Hispanic law students in the legal profession. Continue reading »

by The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk
Thursday May 28, 2009, 5:30 AM

TRENTON — New Jersey’s Supreme Court today will rule on whether a new school funding formula proposed by Gov. Jon Corzine is constitutional, which could potentially end the long-running, and controversial, Abbott vs. Burke school funding case that has sent billions of dollars to the state’s poorest communities over the past three decades.

The state’s highest court in April heard arguments on the new funding formula approved last year by lawmakers at the behest of Corzine, which would replace decades of court oversight. In a series of decisions since the mid 1980’s, the court said the state’s poorest districts — the so-called Abbott districts, such as Newark, Paterson and Camden — must be funded on par with the state’s wealthiest. The new system distributes school aid based on enrollment, with a bonus for the number of students who are poor, handicapped or otherwise more expensive to serve. MORE>>

by John Reitmeyer/Statehouse Bureau
Wednesday May 27, 2009, 8:07 PM

The flat income tax Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Lonegan is pushing as a key component of his campaign would provide huge tax cuts for the rich, but lower income residents would pay more — some twice as much.

Lonegan, the former mayor of Bogota, wants a 2.9 percent flat income tax to replace the state’s graduated system, which charges more for those who make the most and has rates ranging from 1.4 percent to 8.97 percent. MORE>>

The BROTHERS of Paterson have created a survey to gauge your view of the Paterson Police Department.  The results will be presented at their Police/Community Forum on May 18th at 6:00PM.  The forum will take place at the Christopher Hope Center located at 60 Temple Street.  To take the survey and for more information, please click below:

http://brothersofpaterson.com/default.aspx

For Immediate Release
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Contact: Julio Tavarez
862-262-8621
ESPAÑOL

COUNCIL MEMBERS RIGO RODRIGUEZ AND JULIO TAVAREZ PLEASED BY JUAN PABLO DUARTE PLAZA PRESENTATION

Paterson, NJ – Councilman at Large Rigo Rodriguez and 5th Ward Councilman Julio Tavarez were delighted, as well as other council members, by the project presented by the Plaza Juan Pablo Duarte Committee at the Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 City Council Workshop Meeting.  The committee, lead by Deputy Mayor Elsa Mantilla, is proposing to adopt and rename the pocket park located on the corner of Straight Street and Market Street Juan Pablo Duarte Plaza (see map above). Continue reading »

Join Us!
The Julio Tavarez Civic Association, Inc. will be launching our “Keep Paterson Clean Project” on Saturday, April 25th at 10AM in various locations throughout the 5th Ward.

Here are the locations for each neighborhood:

- Dublin: Mill St (Between Slater St and Grand St)
Leader: Dalila Rodriguez – 973.689.4802

- Lower Eastside: Park Ave. (Between East 23rd St and East 24th St)
Leader: Donald Whitaker – 973.953.8218 (Note: Corrected Number)

- Near Eastside: 17th Ave. (Between East 28th St. and East 29th St.
Julio Tavarez: 862.262.8621

- Sandy Hill: Martin St. (Between Oak St. and Cedar St)
Leaders: Ramon Leon – 973.979.5168 and Wayne Brown 973.419.2663

-Unity Square Park: East 18th St. (Between Pearl St. and Van Houten St.)
Leaders: Ivry Fulton – 973.930.2523 and Lety Reyes – 862.262.2258

If you would like to volunteer for one of the Teams, please contact Councilman Julio Tavarez at 862.262.8621.