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Re: Bergen Lafayette: Bullet hits heist victim in buttocks - robbed by 3 shotgun armed masked men
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They need to Nuke this section of JC and get rid of the problem once and for all.

What a waste !

CK

Posted on: 2008/1/18 16:08
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Bergen Lafayette: Bullet hits heist victim in buttocks - robbed by 3 shotgun armed masked men
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Bullet hits heist victim in buttocks

Friday, January 18, 2008
By MICHAELANGELO CONTE
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

A Jersey City man was shot in the buttocks while being robbed by men toting a shotgun and a semiautomatic handgun Wednesday afternoon, officials said.

At about 4:10 p.m. police responding to Brinkerhoff Street on a call of shots fired found the 37-year-old Fulton Avenue man standing and conscious, reports said.

He told police three men wearing masks came up from behind him and one was carrying a rusty handgun while another had what looked like a sawed-off shotgun or rifle, reports said.

At some point the man was shot in the buttocks. Officers found one spent shell casing at the scene, reports said. The gunshot wound did not appear to be life-threatening, officials said. It was not clear if the robbers got anything from the victim based on the police report.

Posted on: 2008/1/18 16:06
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Re: Taxicab meters
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Of interest to people in the Heights

HACKS: HAIL NO!
Drivers rage at 'greener' taxi rules

Friday, January 18, 2008
By AMY SARA CLARK
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

HOBOKEN - Hobokenites may soon be shelling out a dollar more for cab rides.

The fare hike is part of a proposed ordinance that some City Council members say will make cabs safer, more plentiful and better for the environment. The council will discuss the proposal at a special meeting Wednesday and is expected to vote on final approval at its next regular meeting, on Feb. 6.

Highlights include raising the fare from $4 to $5, adding more medallions, legalizing the common practice of drivers picking up more than one fare at a time, requiring more taxis to be "green," and clarifying exactly what "green" means.

Councilwoman Terry La Bruno, who chairs the Parking and Transportation Subcommittee, said she thinks the changes strike a balance between the needs of drivers and riders.

"We're doing our very best to help both sides," she said.

But cab drivers crowded the City Council meeting last night to voice their dismay, saying there are already too many cabs. "Rush hour is not the norm," said driver Robert Dato. "These (cabbies) are on line for an hour waiting for a fare, that's the norm."

The committee originally proposed adding 10 medallions to the current fleet of 58, but is expected to propose seven as a concession to drivers.

But the decrease is not enough, drivers say. Yesenia Camilo, whose father drove a cab for 20 years, stressed that drivers are barely able to make ends meet as it is. She added that the city is selling medallions to close the budget gap but that the drivers shouldn't pay for that problem.

The council is budgeting $1 million in revenue from the sale of additional medallions.

The second concession is legalizing picking up more than one fare at once, but the ordinance will only allow this during rush hour, and only with the consent of the first passenger, who must be dropped off first.

The proposal also aims to make cabs "greener" by requiring all new medallions to be for cars getting at least 25 miles per gallon in the city and get at least an eight on the EPA's "air pollution score." It also requires one-fifth of all cabs to be "green" within five years.

The proposal also includes changes designed to make cabs safer.

Most riders questioned seemed unconcerned about the fare hike.

Allyson Dorf, 30, who works for a nonprofit and recently moved to Hoboken, said when she arrived she was surprised at how low taxi fares were.

"I think that a dollar, it's fine," agreed Carlos Gonzalez, 43, an accountant who lives in Weehawken. "If you live in Hoboken, you can afford it."

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Safety is the top concern
Friday, January 18, 2008

HOBOKEN - Riders may notice the fare hike, and cabbies may be yelling most loudly about the additional medallions, but the proposal before the City Council to amend taxi and limousine ordinances also has a strong focus on improving safety.

Parking and Transportation Subcommittee member Peter Cunningham says he gets complaints all the time about reckless cab drivers who come close to hitting pedestrians.

The proposal raises the minimum age of drivers from 18 to 21, more than doubles the amount of liability insurance required, adds additional criminal background checks and drug and alcohol testing and lowers the number of points drivers can have on their licenses from eight to four.

Drivers are particularly concerned about the change in points, and they let council members know it at Wednesday's City Council meeting.

"One ticket is four points," said driver Rafael Hereia. "What are you going to do, stop driving?"

Committee members Terry La Bruno and Dawn Zimmer said they would reconsider the point change.

AMY SARA CLARK

Posted on: 2008/1/18 15:59
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West Side/440: Clash over future of part of PJP landfill - owner wants to sell to recycling business
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Clash over future of PJP acres

Friday, January 18, 2008
By KEN THORBOURNE
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

The owner of a good chunk of the PJP landfill site in Jersey City confirmed yesterday he wants to sell some of his property to a Jersey City recycling business.

But city officials, who want Edwin Siegel's 32 acres at the environmental cleanup site for their own purposes, trashed that idea.

A recycling plant "is not in accord with the city's vision with that section of the city," or in line with the city's redevelopment plan for the area, said Corporation Counsel Bill Matsikoudis.

Plus, Matsikoudis could have added, the city wants to build new headquarters for the Jersey City Incinerator Authority and the Municipal Utilities Authority on Siegel's property, along with developing 17 acres of open space.

Asked why putting the JCIA and MUA there is more acceptable than a recycling plant, Matsikoudis dubbed the recycling station "a much more intense and noxious use."

Siegel had no comment, except to confirm he's in discussions with Galaxy Recycling of Jersey City. A former lawyer of Siegel's estimated the value of the land at $16 million.

Gary Giordano, manager of the fourth-generation recycling firm on New York Avenue near the Hoboken border, also declined to comment.

Wary of "increased traffic congestion," Councilwoman Mary Spinello opposes both the recycling facility and the city's garbage collection agencies coming to her ward.

The city had whacked Siegel with roughly $17 million in fire code violations. But the Jersey City Construction Board of Appeals, a group of private citizens appointed by the mayor, whittled those fines down to roughly $137,000. And Siegel is challenging those fines in court.

After an epic battle in 2006, Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy and the City Council pushed through a redevelopment plan for the PJP landfill to allow a warehouse to be built on 47 acres of it owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.

But the only other permitted uses for the site are "light assembly," in keeping with what's already there, or open space, city officials said.

Siegel has sued the city to buy his piece of the landfill on the grounds that zoning changes have so devalued his property that the city should be forced to compensate him at pre-zoning change prices.

Posted on: 2008/1/18 15:55
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Re: American Can/ Canco Lofts
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The units on the 1st floor have a terrace, so I don't think they go for 315K

Posted on: 2008/1/18 15:52
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Re: Heights: 'Heavy' fire damages Central Avenue Bagels & free book exchange
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Masoud grew up about 15 miles outside Amman, Jordan, and as a poor child he hungered for books and read whatever he could get his hands on. ...


The people at Advance Publications should help the reporter and this guy market this story to Hollywood through whoever normally focuses on marketing New Yorker stories to Hollywood. This story sounds as if it would make a great movie script.

Posted on: 2008/1/18 15:52
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Lincoln Park Area: Block of Monticello has brighter look for businesses -courtesy of a state program
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Block of Monticello has brighter look for 13 businesses

Friday, January 18, 2008
By KEN THORBOURNE
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

New awnings. Red brick facade. The name of her store, "Grace Bakery and Restaurant" artfully etched in the show window.

Yves Desir, who opened for business at 140 Monticello Ave. on Saturday, couldn't be more pleased with the $1.3 million facade makeover she and 12 other commercial neighbors have received, courtesy of a state program that kicks back sales tax money to the city.

"It's practically a new building," Desir gushed. "I am very pleased with the job they did. It makes the neighborhood look better."

Several city officials, including Mayor Jerramiah Healy, joined in a ribbon-cutting yesterday to celebrate the completion of the facade makeover along Monticello Avenue between Astor Place and Brinkerhoff Street.

Indeed, the block seems transformed from everything around it, with all the businesses on the east side of the street having received new signs, awnings, windows, wall repairs, security gates, lighting, and doors.

"The facade brings out the avenue very distinctly," said Tommie Cates, whose sister runs The Word Works, a store a few doors down from the bakery that sells Biblical materials. "It's definitely upgraded."

Completed in six months by Newark-based Admo Construction Inc., the work was paid for with state Urban Enterprise Zone funds. Roughly a third of Jersey City falls into a UEZ zone where store owners can arrange to charge half of the state's 7 percent sales tax. The 3.5 percent tax they do charge is recycled into the community through projects such as this, city officials said.

"We want this to continue," said Healy. "We are confident we will bring this kind of success to other parts of the city."

Ward F Councilwoman Viola Richardson called the project "a real uplift for this area. Much more needs to be done, but this is a real good beginning," she added.

Michele Massey, executive director of the Main Street Program, the group that oversaw the work, said her group has several other projects on tap, including building renovations and bringing a new supermarket to the area.

Six other similar projects have been completed across the city, said Eugene Nelson, executive director of the Jersey City Economic Development Corporation.

Posted on: 2008/1/18 15:40
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Re: NYC & the Port Authority want trash/freight rail tunnel to Greenville -- Healy opposes it.
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Few months of state clout over rail trash transfers

Friday, January 18, 2008
By RUDY LARINI
NEWHOUSE NEWS SERVICE

A measure included in this year's federal appropriations bill will allow states to regulate any new or expanded rail trash transfer facilities, which are now exempt from state or local control, for the next 81/2 months.

Sen. Frank Lautenberg D-N.J., the measure's sponsor, admitted he could not muster sufficient congressional support for a permanent measure granting states such regulatory authority due to opposition from the Bush administration.

Rail trash transfer stations process crushed construction debris, but not municipal garbage, for shipping by railroad to distant disposal sites. Proponents argue they are cheaper and safer than shipping the debris by truck and reduce truck traffic on roadways.

Officials in the state Department of Environmental Protection, which has been fighting a legal battle to gain regulatory control over the rail transfer facilities, agreed yesterday that railroad cars are a preferred method of transporting the construction debris for disposal.

"We do support the movement of trash by rail," said Wolfgang Skacel, an assistant DEP commissioner for compliance and enforcement. "Rail makes environmental sense."

What the DEP has been seeking in court is the authority to enforce public health, safety and environmental standards, such as air quality and pollution control, at the facilities, which, as railroad operations, are exempt from state and local control under federal law.

In a lawsuit brought by the state, a U.S. district court judge upheld that federal jurisdiction last February. The ruling set aside $2.5 million in fines that had been levied by the DEP for various violations, including a failure to control odor, dust and vermin, at rail trash transfer facilities operated by the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad.

NYS&WR operates facilities in Hudson and Passaic counties, including one in Paterson that served as a backdrop for remarks Lautenberg made yesterday touting his temporary measure, which expires at the end of the federal fiscal year in September.

Posted on: 2008/1/18 15:30
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Re: Amtrak strike will pack Hoboken PATH trains - "Penn Station will be paralyzed"- Planned for Jan.
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The passengers lucky enough to find a ride to a PATH station could still face a grueling trip into Manhattan. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates PATH, will not be able to add peak period trains because the system already runs at capacity, said Mark La Vornga, a spokesman for the agency.
This right here is the fundamental flaw with the Port Authority and why they need some real leadership. No system as important as the PATH should ever be running at capacity.

Posted on: 2008/1/18 15:25
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West Side / 440: PJP Landfill burned for 30 years
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Landfill burned for 30 years

Friday, January 18, 2008

The PJP Landfill site has been a source of controversy for years.

It had been used as a dump since the days trash was transported by horse and wagon, longtime residents said in 1985 when a cleanup was getting under way. The PJP designation came from the PJP Sanitary Landfill Co., which leased the property from 1968 to 1974 and engaged in the disposal of solid waste.

Officials at the time said the fire that burned under the landfill was ignited by volatile solvents and hazardous chemicals that seeped into the earth. Longtime residents said it had been going on for 30 years, from roughly 1956 to 1986, when the state DEP spent $19 million to douse the flames and excavate and remove the more than 5,000 barrels of toxic materials.

Residents said at the time it wasn't until around 1984 that the smoke and fumes made their way to the surface.

Posted on: 2008/1/18 15:07
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Re: Amtrak strike will pack Hoboken PATH trains - "Penn Station will be paralyzed"- Planned for Jan.
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Amtrak strike would overload PATH

Friday, January 18, 2008
By TOM FEENEY
NEWHOUSE NEWS SERVICE

NJ Transit rail customers would face severe service disruptions if nine unions representing Amtrak workers go on strike as threatened on Jan. 30, NJ Transit Executive Director Richard Sarles warned yesterday.

NJ Transit would not be able to run trains into Manhattan if Amtrak workers strike. The agency would be forced to shut down its busiest rail line, which runs entirely on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor tracks.

NJ Transit would respond to an Amtrak strike by running shuttle buses between its rail stations and the PATH stations in Newark, Harrison and Hoboken, Sarles said after the NJ Transit board's monthly meeting in Atlantic City yesterday. Sarles estimated that it would be able to accommodate only between 40 and 50 percent of the passengers it carries during the typical daily peak period.

The passengers lucky enough to find a ride to a PATH station could still face a grueling trip into Manhattan. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates PATH, will not be able to add peak period trains because the system already runs at capacity, said Mark La Vornga, a spokesman for the agency.

There is available capacity on the ferries that run between Hoboken and midtown Manhattan, and additional boats could be added if an Amtrak strike causes a spike in demand, said Pat Smith, a spokesman for ferry operator New York Waterway.

Posted on: 2008/1/18 15:04
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Re: landlord blackmailing to sue, for vacting as lease come to end -help!!
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why do you think it is okay to give a landloard two weeks notice? thats pretty douche....

Posted on: 2008/1/18 15:02
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Trophy Trucks gone, but appealing $6M fines for illegal junkyard next to the former PJP Landfill.
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Trucks gone, but appealing $6M fines

Friday, January 18, 2008

A state appeals court has cleared the way for an out-of-business Jersey City used-truck company to appeal fines of almost $6 million handed down by city officials, who said it maintained an illegal junkyard next to the former PJP Landfill site.

The company, Trophy Trucking, saw its original appeal dismissed in 2006 by the Law Division of Superior Court because it couldn't post a bond of $11.6 million - twice the amount of the fines - as required. But a two-judge panel of the Appellate Division of Superior Court said yesterday that the Law Division didn't give sufficient reasons for dismissing the appeal.

Fire officials and the Jersey City Incinerator Authority cited Trophy Trucking several times from 2003 to 2005 for storing vast piles of truck trailers and other equipment on the property at the foot of Sip Avenue, at Routes 1 and 9.

Trophy leased the property from Edwin Siegal, who has been a long-running dispute with the city over the land he owns on an around the landfill.

Robert J. De Groot, an attorney for the company, said the fines were issued in Jersey City Municipal Court in February 2006 without a trial.

"It was just like Alice in Wonderland," he said. "First the sentence, then the trial."

De Groot said the company has shut down and is clearing the equipment from the site. "The city had a major desire to get them off (the property) as quickly as possible," he said.

An attorney for the city shares that view.

"The city's aggressive issuance of fines to Trophy Trucking, due to their improper operation of what amounted to a junkyard and hazardous dumping ground, compelled Trophy Trucking to clear the site of over a thousand rusting truck bodies and other hazardous debris," said Corporation Counsel Bill Matsikoudis.

PAUL KOEPP

Posted on: 2008/1/18 15:02
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Re: What's up with Grove and Montgomery?
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Atticus wrote:
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NNJR wrote:
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More Condo's?? Jeez!!!



Yea I know, I'm starting to miss all the abandoned buildings.

Posted on: 2008/1/18 15:00
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Re: landlord blackmailing to sue, for vacting as lease come to end -help!!
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I'm not offering any legal advice here, but it's sounds like your leasehold interest in the property is a "tenancy for years". Its a lease with a definate beginning and end (2/1/07-1/31/08 for example). The main characteristic of this lease is that is MUST HAVE A STATED EXPIRATION DATE. No notice need be given in this case. However, here are a few things to consider:

1) On a month-to-month lease (an example of "periodic tenancy"), either party has to give 30 days notice to terminate by default. Since this doesn't sound like a periodic tenancy, there would probably have to be a clause in the lease that states you are required to give notice within that time frame.

2) Each state has different tenancy laws, so be careful what websites you get your info from.

3) Leases lasting 180 days or more MUST be in writing. So simply review your written lease and look for any termination clauses or stipulations referring to renewal terms. If the lease states you must give a 30-day notice to terminate, your landlord can hold you responsible for another term (month of Feb.)

4) ianmac is right.....the landlord should have provided you with bank address, account #, and interest rate after having deposited your security into an interest bearing account.

Both parties should be aware of their rights & obligations to each other before entering real estate contracts, or else the only ones who wind up with the disputed money could be the lawyers

Posted on: 2008/1/18 14:59
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Earl Morgan's Corner: That $25G donation had 'nothing to do' with fire promotions
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That $25G donation had 'nothing to do' with fire promotions

Friday, January 18, 2008
Earl Morgan
Jersey Journal

Rumors began circulating early in December that Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy's administration was planning to promote a bunch of firefighters to the rank of captain. Just before Christmas, the grapevine began buzzing about a bash that was thrown to celebrate promotions in the Fire Department, promotions that had not yet been announced.

Then, late Wednesday, The Jersey Journal received a call from Jersey City Fire Director Armando Roman announcing a ceremony today to promote 26 firefighters to the rank of captain. The event will be held in the Margaret Williams Auditorium at New Jersey City University at 11 a.m.

Roman confirmed he organized and hosted the pre-holiday affair, dubbed "Firefighters and Friends of Jerramiah Healy," with tickets priced at $150 and $500. He also acknowledged presenting Healy with a $25,000 campaign donation during the affair, but emphatically denied that the fund-raiser had anything to do with the promotions.

"I would never do that," Roman said when asked about the juxtaposition of the fund-raiser and the promotions.

"Believe me, if it was about promotions the ticket prices would have been much higher. The mayor is planning to hold a fund-raiser in February. If the donation was tied to the promotions, (February) would have been a better time to do it."

Currently there are 600 firefighters in the Jersey City Fire Department. Of that number, 130 are captains, another 28 are battalion chiefs and 11 hold the rank of deputy chief. So, including Roman and Chief William Sinnott, 171 of the 600 members of the department are ranking officers. That's 28.5 percent.

As far as what these promotions will cost taxpayers - well, firefighters start with a base salary of $41,000 a year and, under the current labor contract, receive annual increases for seven years, topping out at $83,666 a year. A new captain begins with an annual salary of $98,474 a year and receives increases to a maximum of $110,000 a year. These are base figures and don't include longevity increases or overtime pay.

Jersey City officials are struggling, as we speak, to hold down municipal spending in an effort to forestall a property tax increase. Promoting 26 firefighters to captains seems to be a strange way to accomplish that goal.

On the other hand, as Jennifer Morrill, a spokeswoman for Healy, said in a statement issued from the Mayor's Office: "The decision to promote the new captains was triggered by the need to curtail overtime, fill vacancies in the rank resulting from retirements and staff the newly created high-rise unit. Our firefighters deserve the full protection we can give them."

There is no argument that Jersey City's Bravest should have the manpower and equipment needed to do their job. Like Roman, Morrill declared the promotions had nothing to do with the $25,000 donation. But Morrill did add that the mayor was concerned about the public perception of the timing of the two events.

Of course, to allay any suspicion or cynical reaction, the mayor could have declined to take the money.

Posted on: 2008/1/18 14:58
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Re: landlord blackmailing to sue, for vacting as lease come to end -help!!
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Did the landlord provide you with information as to where your security deposit is being held, such as the bank and account information?

Posted on: 2008/1/18 14:34
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Re: What's up with Grove and Montgomery?
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are they starting construction or is it still a parking lot?

Posted on: 2008/1/18 14:23
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Re: What's up with Grove and Montgomery?
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Actually, the complex name is South Grove. The lot is a low rise, mixed used development from the same company that built the Majestic Condominiums. The project will span Grove Street from Montgomery to York.

Posted on: 2008/1/18 14:15
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Re: What's up with Grove and Montgomery?
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More Condo's?? Jeez!!!

Posted on: 2008/1/18 13:59
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Re: N.J. may apologize for role in slavery -JC Deputy Mayor Kabili Tayari "It's a righteous thing to
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Yeah, can see how this anecdote applies to those people. thanks for clearing things up.


The dishonorable Mr. Payne reps district 29. The people in the "anecdote" are his consitituents. He's playing to the peanut gallery. I' glad to see the rather straightforward chain of logic was within your grasp. Well done.


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While I appreciate Justiceiro's point, it applies more to socio-economic class than race.


That's absolutely correct. I grew up in an area that was basically all white folks, and my mother worked at the county hospital. The same story can be told when the hospital attempted to do pro bono work as well.


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Interesting and disconcerting anecdote but doesn't represent the whole community of African-Americans by any stretch.


I think it represents the lumpenproletariat of all colors; and how their "leaders" divide and rule them via categorizing them along racial or other lines, pander to them, and ultimately steal from them or defraud them (the local Newark examples are Sharpe James and Mr. Payne, who are black, but I'm sure it wouldn't be difficult to find a dozen times as many white or latino examples elsewhere)

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Also, I still don't understand how this action opens up the floodgates for reparations and litigation. To claim so seems a little premature and assumptive.


I don't think it does either. I think it's a tad disingenuous to pretend that this is about slavery. It's about identity politics- which is essentially antithetical to everything this republic is supposed to be about. It's about smoke and mirrors, mystification, and political parasitism. You can argue about Slavery all day. That's nice. When your mouth is moving it keeps people's eyes off your hands, which are in the public till.

Posted on: 2008/1/18 13:58
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Re: What's up with Grove and Montgomery?
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Majestic II

Posted on: 2008/1/18 13:36
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What's up with Grove and Montgomery?
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Does anyone know what's happening with Grove and Montgomery? I know it used to be used a base for politicians as well as a gallery. But I drove by the other day and saw that the building has been taken down. (where have I been) Does anyone know what will be at that spot?

Posted on: 2008/1/18 13:33
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Re: landlord blackmailing to sue, for vacting as lease come to end -help!!
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I wonder if you have my old landlady. I told her I was vacating on March 1 on Feb 1, and she informed me that was only 28 days noticed, because February is a short month and I need to give 30.

She also took half the security deposit because the apartment was "really dirty" which it absolutely wasn't, but at that point, I was so happy to be away from her that I didn't care.

Sounds like you have to pay half of February, but better than the entire extra month, I guess...

Posted on: 2008/1/18 13:28
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Re: landlord blackmailing to sue, for vacting as lease come to end -help!!
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i don't know if i would consider your landlord "blackmailing" you for money that she most likely deserves.

are you new to NJ/US? this is a pretty common thing, 1 month in advance. if you didn't know the law, you should have looked into it, especially if it is absolutely necessary that you leave on this date, Jan. 15th.

whether you can dig up some kind of law saying, according to the particular kind of lease you have, that the law is not valid here, or that it IS valid, it still was a pretty gutsy thing not checking this with your landlord before you decided to bail, especially considering your security deposit!

Posted on: 2008/1/18 12:11
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People's Peace Conference 2008 SAT., JAN. 19, 8-4 PM Rutgers Law School
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The People's Peace Conference 2008

SAT., JAN. 19, 2008, 8 AM to 4 PM
Rutgers Law School
123 Washington Ave., Newark

Click here to download the registration form.

THERE'S STILL TIME HELP PUBLICIZE THE CONFERENCE!
Download a text flyer or image flyer for distribution.

Special Guest Performances!

General Session speakers will include:

*Rev. Dr. M. William Howard, Jr., Pastor, Bethany Baptist Church, Newark

*Madelyn Hoffman, Executive Director, NJ Peace Action

*Margaret Stevens and Chuma Onyeagoro, members of the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) NJ chapter

*Ray Stevers, President, NJ Industrial Union Council

*Hip Hop artist and activist, M-1, of Dead Prez

*James Harris, President, NJ NAACP

*Jerome Harris, Chairman, NJ Black Issues Convention

*U.S. Representative Donald Payne

Paula Rogovin, of Military Families Speak Out!

James Kelly, Gold Star Parent

Amiri Baraka, poet icon and revolutionary activist

VOTE in the PEOPLE's PRIMARY! Follow the "paper trail" to vote for your issues and candidates and then join the VIDEO SPEAKOUT to be broadcast on YouTube.

Conference workshops will include:
* Ending the Occupation & Preventing Future Wars of Aggression
* From Newark to Baghdad: Privatization, Cutbacks & the Economics of War
* Challenging Military Recruitment Among the Poor, Working Class,
People of Color & Immigrants
* The War, Civil Liberties & Police Brutality
* The Prison Industrial Complex & the War
* Building the Peace & Justice Movement Among Young People
* A Sustainable World? Challenging Global Warming & Environmental Racism
* Violence Against Women & Women Making Peace
* Stop the Violence: Ending the War in Our Streets

And, a breakout room, sponsored by Healthcare Now and the NJ IUC will be available with information about how to move our healthcare system away from profit and greed and toward Medicare for All.

Last year, 600 participants met, heard speakers on the major issues around the war, and mapped out next steps, including the People's March in August 2007, which was attended by more than 1500 people in sweltering heat. Newark had never seen a peace march this large. We showed the strength and diversity of the people in this state who oppose the war on Iraq and want to see the huge sums that are now wasted on killing and going into the pockets of war profiteers instead spent on taking care of human needs right here at home.

The conference this year will build on the issues raised during the march and focus on solutions, with workshops intended to help us move beyond marching (although we will still march) to grassroots efforts.

Panelists will address not just what is happening but also lead discussions of what we can do together to stop this runaway train that is destroying democracy, wreaking planetary environmental chaos, stealing and killing our children, stealing from our communities, and stealing our future.

Please also donate to support this event and the work of the coalition.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday!

Posted on: 2008/1/18 8:15
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Re: Heights: 'Heavy' fire damages Central Avenue Bagels & free book exchange
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what a shame! sammy's a great guy

Posted on: 2008/1/18 8:12
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Re: landlord blackmailing to sue, for vacting as lease come to end -help!!
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r_pinkowitz wrote:
I just checked this site, your answer is in this section, check the language and the terms of your lease and make sure it's in compliance with NJ laws, if it is you may just have to pay the extra 1/2 month, but I would still call the number Brewster gave you, and double check,(Pinky, I changed the url into an embedded text url otherwise it would make this page scroll wide)Tenats Rights, Chapter Five


Yes, according to LSNJ's he's on the hook for all of Feb, but who the hell are LSNJ? I am annoyed by acronymic organizations that even in their "about us" page don't spell it out, this isn't the 1st time I've seen it.

I'm not sure it's applicable to this case, but the state anti-eviction statute does not apply to owner occupied building of 3 or less units.


Yes, pinkie and brewster, our friend here is on the hook for Feb.

You are also correct in that owner-occupied buildings of 3 or less units are not subject to the NJ State anti-eviction guidelines.

LSNJ is "Legal Services of New Jersey" and on their home page it states: http://www.lsnj.org/

Legal Services of New Jersey (LSNJ), an independent, non-profit organization, coordinates the statewide Legal Services system. LSNJ strives to ensure equal access to justice under law to all people of New Jersey, providing free legal assistance to low-income people in civil matters.


Tenants' Rights in New Jersey

Following is the Web version of Tenants' Rights in New Jersey, Legal Services of New Jersey?s guide to landlord-tenant law for New Jersey residents. The manual includes chapters on finding a place to live, security deposits, leases, rent increases, the responsibilities of landlords and tenants, legal and illegal evictions, condo and co-op conversions, and the right to safe and decent housing. For information about ordering the printed version, visit the LSNJ.org publications page, e-mail publications@lsnj.org, or contact Legal Services of New Jersey at 732-572-9100. The printed manual is free of charge to Legal Services clients and people with low incomes. If you call LSNJ-LAW?, Legal Services of New Jersey's statewide, toll-free legal hotline, at 1-888-576-5529, between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., a hotline intake staff member will determine if you are Legal Services-eligible. If you are eligible, the hotline will mail you a copy.



History

Legal Services programs were started county by county in the mid-60's, tracking those areas where there were supportive bar leaders or local community organizations. In a number of cases, these new programs merged with and supplanted preexisting county bar association legal aid societies. Many Legal Services programs began as part of OEO-funded community action corporations, later splitting and becoming independent. Since the mid-1970's, all county Legal Services programs have been independent non-profit corporations, not part of or affiliated with any other community organization. Each has its own board of trustees, a majority of whom are lawyers appointed by the local county bar association.

Statewide coordination of these separate county programs began later in the 1960's, coordinated first by the State Office of Legal Services within the state Department of Community Affairs, then by an informal project directors group in 1971-1972, by the New Jersey Legal Services Association in 1973, and thereafter by LSNJ, starting later that year (LSNJ had been organized a year earlier, in 1972). New Jersey has thus had a long - and strong - history of statewide coordination going back three decades, through LSNJ and its staff, task forces, statewide training, newsletters, legal and administrative support, fundraising and other work. Recent highlights have included statewide technology coordination, standardizing intake practices, instituting a statewide legal hotline, and program evaluations. Local program staff participate actively in and support these activities. Since 1973, Legal Services has spoken with a unified voice through LSNJ to the judiciary, Legislature, Governor and executive branch, and is perceived by each as a unified system?an enormous strength.

The various growth and retrenchment periods have each in turn tended to further strengthen this systematic coordination. During the expansion period from 1976 to 1979, New Jersey put substantial resources into increasing LSNJ's staff. Then, during the 1981-1983 retrenchment phase, LSNJ was called upon to coordinate the planning response and the quest for new resources. This emphasis on securing state level restoration and expansion funding continued through the remainder of the 1980's and 1990's.


Hudson County
Northeast New Jersey Legal Services
Hudson County Office

(201) 792-6363


574 Summit Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07306-2797
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Executive Director: John H. Fitzgerald

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Re: Corzine Proposes Steep Rise in Tolls - Higher tolls to affect everyone
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It is a bit late so would you please summarize for me: how much is the estimated increase in the cost of one kilo of potatoes or apples? 0.01 cents?

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Re: Corzine Proposes Steep Rise in Tolls - Higher tolls to affect everyone
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Haha, this is the first time that I've heard of a spending freeze (and I'm still waiting for cuts) from our current governor. He even admits that his talk of cuts is just a gambit to raise tolls; "he suggested the process of making cuts would help prove his plan to raise tolls?or raise taxes".

Raising tolls or raising taxes is what our governor is all about. Trimming even a small part of the waste is not even on the agenda.

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Toll Increases or Not, Corzine Will Freeze Spending

Gov. Jon Corzine
said today that he will freeze spending in next year?s state budget whether or not the Legislature passes his plan to raise tolls and restructure the state?s battered finances. Since there is a $3 billion deficit anticipated for next year?s budget, the governor would likely have to find billions in cuts to balance a $33.5 billon budget.


?It won?t be easy,? Corzine told a gathering of mayors at the Statehouse annex this morning. But he suggested the process of making cuts would help prove his plan to raise tolls?or raise taxes?is necessary to fix the state?s finances. ?Freezing spending will help people understand how much we need to restructure,? Corzine said.


The governor is tentatively scheduled to introduce a budget on Feb. 26. He also said that he would push a plan to require voter approval for all future state borrowing and a measure requiring all future expenditures to have dedicated revenue sources.


?If I don?t do it through the Legislature, I will do it through executive order,? Corzine said. Under his restructuring plan, tolls would rise 50 percent every four years between 2010 and 2022. A new public corporation would manage the roads and sell bonds that the toll increases would retire. The state would then use the nearly $40 billion of new revenue from the bonds to cut in half the state?s $32 billion debt burden and fund transportation projects for 75 years. - Scott Goldstein

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