Mike Hayes
Articles by Mike Hayes
Mike Hayes covers equity and access to opportunity in New Jersey. He joined WNYC and Gothamist in 2023. Before that, he worked as a freelance journalist writing about policing and criminal justice. He has written for ProPublica, CNN, HuffPost, BuzzFeed News and The Appeal. He is also the author of the book, “The Secret Files: Bill De Blasio, The NYPD, and the Broken Promises of Police Reform.” In 2019, he was a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists.
Farmworkers in New Jersey earn $12.81 an hour, putting them behind other minimum wage workers in the state.
Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration is working with Undue Medical Debt, a nonprofit, to eliminate health care debt for nearly 50,000 residents.
The owners hinted in an Instagram post that they hope to reopen at a new location.
This October, New Jersey will begin telling localities how much affordable housing they need to build under the state’s unique Mount Laurel Doctrine.
Attorneys for Millburn Township are moving to appeal a judge’s order requiring the town to advance a plan to build 75 affordable units in its downtown.
A judge has ordered Millburn Township to pay the legal fees in the ongoing battle over a 75-unit affordable housing development.
Hoboken voters will weigh in on a ballot referendum in November that will make it easier for property owners to raise rents in rent-controlled apartments when they turn over.
The 2 million square feet of warehouses were expected to bring 1,200 construction jobs and just as many permanent jobs once they were finished.
Police found the teenager, whose name hasn't been released, at the Beach 90th Street Station in Rockaway Beach around 5:30 p.m. on Friday. EMS pronounced him dead at the scene.
Residents who live nearby have fiercely opposed the development, saying the multilevel building will be a traffic-snarling eyesore.
The mayor of Montvale is shopping around plans for a lawsuit to upend New Jersey housing law.
Millburn officials have resisted building the 100% affordable complex for years.
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