Hello downtown residents!

I am curious to know your experiences with the active once a week street cleaning pilot that started in January.

Is the available weekly parking experience markedly different?
Has the street cleanliness noticeably changed?


Below is a link to the actual survey that the city opened, just in case you haven't seen it and provided them your thoughts:

https://www.jerseycitynj.gov/cityhall/ ... anitation/street_sweeping

JC List started approximately 20 years ago, before Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Nextdoor were even in a formative phase. The Webmaster of JCList was light years ahead of the curve. I believe the founder of JCList is named Dan. I am not sure if Dan still runs this sight or whether someone else took over. But Dan did a a tremendous job in leveraging social media to bring the JC community together. I'm not sure if his efforts and impact have ever been recognized or full appreciated. But his impact is absolutely unique and indelible. So if you're still out there Dan I just wanted to say what a great job you did and how advanced you were. Thank you for your efforts.

City deciding on whether to offer expansions for housing properties.
https://www.nj.com/hudson/2023/06/jers ... itys-housing-dilemma.html

Poor forest mgt.

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Interesting... thanks for posting the link.

If you want to check a air quality station near you...
https://aqicn.org/map/northamerica/

Thanks for all your recommendations. I am stuck in New Jersey due to work, and I need a dentist ASAP. Well, I'll see who can have me on a short call.

Can someone refer a good private investigator?


Thank you!

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(gee kind of young..rip)

Robert Byrne, longtime Jersey City city clerk, dies at age of 63

Updated: May. 20, 2023, 7:36 p.m.|Published: May. 19, 2023, 5:21 p.m.
By Ron Zeitlinger | The Jersey Journal

Robert Byrne, who presided over Jersey City City Hall meetings as city clerk for parts of five different decades, died Friday at the age of 63.

“Anyone who dealt with Jersey City over the last 30 years would have encountered Robert Byrne, and every single one of them would have left with a positive and memorable experience,” Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop said. “For me, I have countless examples as he embraced me when I was an outside councilman first elected and taught me about government. He swore me in at midnight when I was first elected mayor of Jersey City.

more…

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2023/05/robe ... rk-dies-at-age-of-63.html

But, thank God, maybe cooler heads will prevail.

https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/the-ukraine-refugee-question

Truly he is risen (Just back here after a long absence).

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LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER HIGH SCHOOL GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY CELEBRATES START OF CONSTRUCTION ON WORLD-CLASS PUBLIC MAGNET SCHOOL DEDICATED TO STEM EDUCATION

Posted on 05/02/2023

JERSEY CITY, NJ - Wielding special commemorative shovels, elected, civic, and educational leaders, including Jersey City Mayor Steven M. Fulop; Liberty Science Center President and CEO Paul Hoffman; LSC Board Member and Benefactor Laura Overdeck; Amy Lin-Rodriguez and Craig Guy, respectively the Superintendent and former President of the Hudson County Schools of Technology; and Ivory Williams, LSC Vice President for STEM Teaching, Learning & Innovation dug into ceremonial soil today, marking the groundbreaking for Liberty Science Center High School (LSCHS) in Jersey City, NJ.

The momentous event celebrated the official start of construction for LSCHS, which is slated to open in 2025. A world-class public magnet STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) academy that will be operated by the Hudson County Schools of Technology, LSCHS will provide programs in Earth (Sustainable Engineering and Climate Science, Life (Biological Sciences), and Space (Astrophysics) to 400 students in grades 9 - 12 from across Hudson County.

more on JC gov site

https://www.jerseycitynj.gov/news/libe ... rhighschoolgroundbreaking

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Governor..err..I mean..Mayor Fulop Good Morning America 3 interview (5 minutes)

https://youtu.be/rVZ9TPqLO80

There are a number of attorneys that handle appeals and are only paid if you win the appeal. Might be worth talking to one. The advice I got was that the 1st level of appeal (county) normally doesn't go well.

I went through the tax appeal stage at the county level more than fifteen years ago. I had a (are) victory (my assessment was lowered) but spent a lot of time gathering comps to back up my argument. It helped that I had a tenant who was a realtor who had access to the MLS system that got me all the comps I needed.

Alas, I too bemoan the demise of this site. In addition to the reasons stated above, the platform is a little clunky. I can't seem to log on on my phone or home PC. And you can't post photos etc.

It's such a shame. The really unexpected bravery of allowing free speech should have made this site take off.

Sounds like a plausible explanation.
I wonder if the bad actors have drited over to reddit?
It's too bad because there were some pretty intelligent posters over the years.
I miss some of the knowledge and information they'd posted.

It turned into Breitbart so the last of the decent people on here left. I check this page rarely anymore. The Trumpees can talk amongst themselves.

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The number of users makes for wider appeal. As the users dropped off here, and the only ones left were bona fide nuts or asses who want to insult insult people (sometimes to a disgusting extent) it became irrelevant.
Reddit does have its nuts, but they are far fewer and the r/jerseycity moderator seems to do a fine job without impeding freedom of speech.

It's a shame but many posters felt the moderator was too moderate. Not left slanting enough

Hmmmm.
So what is the appeal of reddit?

reddit

Looking at Jersey City in its present state I hope this is a late April Fool's joke from Neverleft.

Hi guys,

I filed an online property assessment appeal for NJ (hudson county jersey city) as after the re-evaluation they did, my new assessment is much higher than the recent sold prices after plugging in the numbers.

However few weeks later, i received letter from jersey city attorneys stating "cross-petition" for appeal filed. In the appeal, it said reason for appeal: under-assessed. There is no other detail.

Does anyone know what this is all about, is my understanding correct that jersey city is filing a cross-appeal on my appeal, basically i am saying the assessment is too high and they are saying the current assessment is too low? What would be the next step, do i need to do anything.

thanks

Steve Fulop will do to the state what he did to JC, take away parking, raise taxes, and increase the debt. So, he will be following also in the steps of Murphy whose budget is more than $50 billion but was $34 billion 6 years ago.

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I'm Running for Governor (4/11/2023)


Steven Fulop 2025 Democrat for Governor

From my time serving as a U.S. Marine to leading Jersey City as Mayor, my career has always been guided by a strong desire to take on difficult challenges and find solutions that help improve peoples’ lives. Now I’m running for Governor to bring those same values to Trenton.

https://youtu.be/7H5_zHhQTyM

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Nice community piece with pictures. (Doesn’t’ seem to be behind the pay wall yet)


Urban farm will nurture nature, kids and a community | Faith Matters

Published: Apr. 09, 2023, 8:00 a.m.
By Rev. Alexander Santora/For the Jersey Journal

Drive through the townships of Wall and Howell in Monmouth County and you see why New Jersey is dubbed the Garden State. You might not consider Jersey City, but it does have some small urban farms. And driving down Rose Avenue in Greenville, you’ll see the newest one.

The quarter-acre plot of land was a lot of overgrown weeds two years ago. But Monica Shaw saw an opportunity to teach city kids and residents that growing vegetables can be done right in their backyards. Or on a common farm.

https://www.nj.com/opinion/2023/04/urb ... munity-faith-matters.html

Happy Easter and Peace to all....

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Ha thx. Growing up in JC was great...some good times back then. Funny I always remember my mother and the parents of the block telling us all to stay away from the Butterfly Head Shop up Journal Square. Ha which made us all the more curious of what they were selling and why.

This is the first year no one immediately wrote “April Fools” on a reply to my piece minutes after I posted it. Nice but I do miss all the traffic on JCList.

Got to go the Easter Bunny is coming. Lol.

This is truly a pisser to read Neverleft.

I sent it to all of the now Senior Citizens I grew up with in JC mentioned in the piece. We all suffered with the paranoia of the sixities.

"Life is change. How it differs from the rocks."
Jefferson Airplane.