The application that set all of this in motion is for a dispensary on 14th and Hudson Streets in the former location of Hudson Tavern. It’s at the base of a residential building owned by an LLC affiliated with Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop’s wife Jaclyn. And it sits in the second ward, led by Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher.
She didn’t realize legislation she had approved last year would allow dispensaries in part of her ward, and she admitted she regrets not paying closer attention at the time.
Fisher alerted her neighbors to the application via her regular digital newsletter, saying she personally has been against dispensaries in Hoboken for years, but that her primary concern was for residents near Hudson Tavern to know about what was in the works.
She received about 100 emails in response, she said most being opposed to the dispensary, and more than 100 people attended the Cannabis Review Board meeting last week. The entire saga took Fisher off guard, she said.
“No one thought through the implications, and unfortunately the first (application reviewed) happened to be in my ward,” Fisher said.