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Hackensack, NJ Real Estate News

By Sal Poliandro - Helping People Win, Broker Associate
(RE/MAX Properties)
Hackensack History In its early years, Hackensack was a village located in “New Barbadoes Township”. Local government was created by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 14, 1856, designating an “Improvement Commission” to upgrade the sidewalks of the village. Those limited powers were expanded over the years until March 30, 1896, when the Commission was declared the governing body by the Legislature. At the same time, the Legislature made the boundary of the village and the township coincide. The Hackensack Improvement Commission, elected every two years, consisted of a President, one commissioner at large, and a commissioner from each of the five wards. In 1921 the title of the Commission leader was changed from president to mayor by state legislation. The City's form of gove...
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