About 100 people spoke at Jersey City's Wednesday council meeting, and all but a handful asked that Councilwoman Amy DeGise resign. But DeGise, politically connected throughout Hudson County, says she remains 'committed to this position on the council.'
“July 19th and the weeks that have followed have been some of the most difficult, traumatic times of my life,” DeGise said from the council’s dais, where plexiglass shields installed in the pandemic coincidentally created a barrier between the governing body and the overcapacity crowd. “I am grateful that no one was seriously injured and I feel horrible about that situation.”
But she said the court process must be allowed to play out and then went on to complain about how she’s been treated. About 100 people spoke at the meeting, and all but a handful asked that she resign. The most emotional moment of the night came when Kenneth Bandes of Families for Safe Streets held up a photo of his daughter, who was run over and killed by a bus at the age of 19.
Many speakers told the council they had lost trust in DeGise, and that a person who would break the law should not be in a position to make laws for the citizenry. DeGise’s case has not yet gone to court. The case has been moved from Hudson County, where she’s so politically connected,“Her behavior shows a disregard for human life,” Molly Booth, a longtime Jersey City resident who explained she had never spoken at a council meeting before, said.
In the time since the crash, regional news outlets have dug up a series of embarrassing incidents from DeGise’s past. She’s racked up dozens of parking tickets since 2005, and nine were still unpaid as of early this month,
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