A lifelong Bayonne resident, who has rented since he left home at 18, became the first homebuyer in the city to purchase a house under the New Jersey’s Live Where You Work program, as reported in today’s Jersey Journal. The program helps people become homeowners in cities where they work.

The state-sponsored program helped the 50-year-old Bayonne union worker, Stephen Cylek, Jr., cover his down payment and closing costs.

Cylek recently moved into his new four-bedroom house on Zabriskie Avenue. The $300,000 house comes with a large garage in which he can store his “toys,” which include motorcycles and cars.

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