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Re: Save Riverview Park!
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Thanks to everyone who took the time to get out to that website. Here's the official statement:

To all Pro-active citizens of Riverview Fiske Park:

Thank you for your interest and feedback. Again, as we have stressed on
many occasions, this document is indeed a draft. The City Parks and
Open Space Master Plan does not represent specifically what the City
intends to do in each park, it does provide us with a valuable tool for
planning, budgeting and grant application submittals. Additionally the
Plan provides the City with a prioritization, inventory and organization
with recommendations (primarily broad) for all city parks; all of which
has been analyzed by the City's Consultant, in an attempt to satisfy
various Parks and Open Space shortcomings.

All public feedback is instrumental in crafting the final document, and
many specific recommendations and elements that the community would like
(or would NOT like) will be considered on a individual park by park
basis before a final draft is prepared by our consultants. Please note
that this community input does not end there, because during the
conceptual drawing phase when the Park is scheduled for improvements.
Public input will be solicited early in the conceptual stages of
individual Park design, prior to any final construction documents being
drafted.

Our goal has been, and remains, to improve and enhance all City Parks
utilizing a comprehensive City Parks and Open Space Master Plan.

We have received literally dozens of comments from Riverview-Fiske Park
residents regarding the suggestions from our consultants that volleyball
and tennis courts be added to the Eastern section of the park. If the
intent of our consultants was to try to address some of the shortages in
park amenities city-wide (and there are many), their intentions were
honorable. But given the overwhelming community reaction to these
items, we see no fundamental reason to continue to suggest their
placement. Therefore, please be assured that the volleyball and tennis
courts shall be removed from the final draft.

If you have any further comments concerning Riverview-Fiske Park,
please feel free to e-mail me on this or any other related subject.

Sincerely,

Glenn A. Wrigley, A.I.A., Chief Architect
CITY OF JERSEY CITY
575 Route 440
Jersey City, NJ 07305
201-547-5900
wrigleyg@jcnj.org



Brian F. Weller, C.L.A., A.S.L.A.
Landscape Architect

City of Jersey City
Division of Architecture
575 Route 440, 2nd Floor
Jersey City, New Jersey 07305
Phone (201) 547-5900
Fax (201) 547-5806







Posted on: 2007/1/24 16:49
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Re: Fulop: Vega and Lipski rake in developer $$$
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"If Healy and Fulop both run for mayor next time -- it is very possible that you will see neither Healy nor Fulop as mayor. I really hope Jersey City doesn't get a really bad mayor because of this."

Or Healy can do what he did last time, hold up his real competition in court so long on bogus charges, that they barely get their name on the ballot and no one votes for them because they had literally no time to campaign.

This statement almost suggests that Healy is a good mayor. To me, you run on a platform that states no more tax abatements for the waterfront area, period, because they are no longer neccessary... and then get elected and are completely all for tax abatements for waterfront developers, well that's simply an outright lie. I don't care whether you are for or against tax abatements for certain areas, you say what you mean and mean what you say.

Direct and outright lying does not a good mayor make and gee... you wonder why some of question campaign funding from developers, etc., etc.

Althea

Posted on: 2007/1/24 16:47
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Re: Fulop: Vega and Lipski rake in developer $$$
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Quote:

bryhove wrote:
Check this one out!

http://stopstevelipski.com/


Who is behind this stopstevelipski.com site? I am no fan of Steve Lipski but what do I get from this site -- a link back to a 2004 Star-Ledger article?

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from stopstevelipski.com
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Read the story, he said it, "...anyone but Lou Manzo"

The Star-Ledger Archive
COPYRIGHT ? The Star-Ledger 2004

Lipski flier lumps together foe, ex-mayor and KKK

By Maria Zingaro Conte, Journal staff writer

A flier featuring a picture of mayoral candidate Louis Manzo, former Jersey City Mayor Gerald McCann and a picture of a hooded Ku Klux Klansman hit mailboxes in some Jersey City neighborhoods this week.

The full-color mailing - titled "Who's really behind Lou Manzo?" - was sent out by another mayoral candidate, Ward C Councilman Steve Lipski.

Lipski said the picture of the hooded Klansman was an allusion to a comment by a federal judge who in 1982 likened several Jersey City officials, including McCann - a Manzo supporter - to "hooded night-riders."

The judge made the remarks when he issued a ruling to cancel the layoffs of 50 white firefighters, which he called "an obvious ploy to shift blame on the court-ordered hiring of minority firefighters."

But the ad does not reference the court case and never spells out any connection between Manzo, McCann and the Klan.

Lipski said he decided to run the ad to make people aware of McCann's past.

"I'm basically, in that literature, telling the people of Jersey City to vote for anyone but Lou Manzo because he will be a nightmare," Lipski said.

Manzo blasted the mailer as an insult to the city's minority communities.

"I think it's despicable, deplorable and tasteless," Manzo said. "It's an insult to the African-American community of Jersey City. It shows a total disrespect for them."

The advertisement also identifies McCann as Manzo's paid chief of staff - a title which Manzo has previously described as inaccurate. McCann is a volunteer legislative aide, Manzo said.

McCann, who in 1991 was convicted for fraud and tax evasion, called Lipski a hypocrite for bringing up the 1982 case.

"Lipski supported me in 1989. Subsequent to this whole thing, he supported me for mayor . . . That's just the hypocrisy of it," McCann said. "If I'm with them, they're with me. If I'm against them, they're against me. That's all this is."

Maria Zingaro Conte covers Jersey City. She can be reached at mzconte@jjournal.com.

Posted on: 2007/1/24 16:37
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Re: Fulop: Vega and Lipski rake in developer $$$
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Quote:

Woodsy wrote:
Who is Steve Kush and what is this $17,675.30 he's talking about?


He runs a political consultancy firm. Here is more on the $17K:

Steve Kush

Posted on: 2007/1/24 16:36
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Re: Fulop: Vega and Lipski rake in developer $$$
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Quote:

EthanCrane wrote:
Quote:

injcsince81 wrote:

I am very concerned that he'll bring the development that JC has experienced so far to a grinding halt.

He'll need to convince me that he's not anti-development if he wants my vote.


I'm just not sure what you're referring to.


His tax abatement voting records.

You need to give business to gain business.

Simple as that. Always has been, always will be.

His tax abatement voting record does not impress me.

Posted on: 2007/1/24 16:28
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Re: Fulop: Vega and Lipski rake in developer $$$
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Who is Steve Kush and what is this $17,675.30 he's talking about?

Posted on: 2007/1/24 16:25
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Re: Fulop: Vega and Lipski rake in developer $$$
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Quote:

injcsince81 wrote:

I am very concerned that he'll bring the development that JC has experienced so far to a grinding halt.

He'll need to convince me that he's not anti-development if he wants my vote.


I'm just not sure what you're referring to. Fulop is driving the revitalization of Newark Avenue almost singlehandedly. I've seen him at neighborhood meetings where the neighbors are strongly against local development, but he's for it. I think he understands how important development is to downtown Jersey City. Just because he's against developer contributions doesn't mean he's against development. I haven't followed every issue, and maybe he's voted against some projects you're for, but in general I think he's absolutely for sensible development.

Posted on: 2007/1/24 16:21
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Re: Fulop: Vega and Lipski rake in developer $$$
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If Healy and Fulop both run for mayor next time -- it is very possible that you will see neither Healy nor Fulop as mayor. I really hope Jersey City doesn't get a really bad mayor because of this.

Quote:

EthanCrane wrote:

Meanwhile, our awful mayor hates the idea because he knows Fulop will be his chief competition in the next election. It's in his best interest to block anything Fulop tries to do, so that Fulop doesn't have a record of successes to point to when he's campaigning.

I'm really longing for the day when I can say "Mayor Fulop."

Posted on: 2007/1/24 16:11
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Re: Fulop: Vega and Lipski rake in developer $$$
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Quote:

EthanCrane wrote:


I'm really longing for the day when I can say "Mayor Fulop."


I am not.

I am very concerned that he'll bring the development that JC has experienced so far to a grinding halt.

He'll need to convince me that he's not anti-development if he wants my vote.

So far I have not been impressed.

Posted on: 2007/1/24 16:10
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Re: Fulop: Vega and Lipski rake in developer $$$
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Check this one out!

http://stopstevelipski.com/

Posted on: 2007/1/24 16:09
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Re: Fulop: Vega and Lipski rake in developer $$$
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It makes me crazy that Fulop is the only one who sees these contributions as a problem. Lipski, showing himself to be a scoundrel, responds with personal attacks against Fulop, saying that he's grandstanding and that he wants to hurt less well-off candidates, instead of addressing the issue itself.

Meanwhile, our awful mayor hates the idea because he knows Fulop will be his chief competition in the next election. It's in his best interest to block anything Fulop tries to do, so that Fulop doesn't have a record of successes to point to when he's campaigning.

I'm really longing for the day when I can say "Mayor Fulop." Albany finally got Spitzer to shake the graft out. Can't we have some intelligent reform, too?

Posted on: 2007/1/24 16:04
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Re: Support Redevelopment Pay to Play Reform
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SF, never mind...I just read the post. Oy vey!

Posted on: 2007/1/24 16:00
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Re: Support Redevelopment Pay to Play Reform
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You might want to call it something else....

Quote:

Mouse wrote:
Open Call --

JCLIST "Bum Rush" of City Hall tonight.

-M


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Posted on: 2007/1/24 15:49
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Re: Support Redevelopment Pay to Play Reform
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Quote:

super_furry wrote:
I second that!!!

Call the city clerk at (201) 547-5150 to put your name on the list to speak. If you are on the list you don't HAVE to speak, but if you don't call, you'll lose that option.

Another reason to attend -- you never know exacly who (ahem!) may show up to bash the ordinance.

Quote:

Mouse wrote:
Open Call --

JCLIST "Bum Rush" of City Hall tonight.

-M


Who is (ahem!) ?

Posted on: 2007/1/24 15:43
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Re: Support Redevelopment Pay to Play Reform
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I second that!!!

Call the city clerk at (201) 547-5150 to put your name on the list to speak. If you are on the list you don't HAVE to speak, but if you don't call, you'll lose that option.

Another reason to attend -- you never know exacly who (ahem!) may show up to bash the ordinance.

Quote:

Mouse wrote:
Open Call --

JCLIST "Bum Rush" of City Hall tonight.

-M

Posted on: 2007/1/24 15:38
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Re: Fulop: Vega and Lipski rake in developer $$$
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bravo mr.fulop

Posted on: 2007/1/24 15:31
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Re: Fulop: Vega and Lipski rake in developer $$$
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Wow. This has more drama than the soaps. Anyone know when the next General & Mayoral JC elections are?

Posted on: 2007/1/24 15:22
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Jersey City needs to be more aggressive to woo Merrill Lynch's 48 story/2.3mil sq ft of office space
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If city wants to be a player, then it better bring 'A' game

Jersey Journal -- January 24

Jersey City has a reputation as a bargaining chip - but this time, city officials are hoping to cash in.

Merrill Lynch is looking for roughly 2.3 million square feet of office space, most likely in the form of a high-rise as tall as 48 stories, and recently sent out requests for development proposals to Jersey City, Manhattan and Long Island City.

Merrill Lynch currently occupies roughly 4 million square feet in New York and another 3 million elsewhere in New Jersey, but its leases on more than half that space are scheduled to expire in 2013.

A representative for the international financial giant was mum about its intentions: "Like any well-managed company, we are in the midst of reviewing our options."

Several sources were initially skeptical about Jersey City's chances, saying corporations often use Jersey City as a negotiating ploy to elicit a better package from New York City.

"They bait New York and pretend they're moving out," one insider said.

But Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy is trying to do his part to bring the company here.

"Jersey City would welcome the addition of Merrill Lynch to our Gold Coast, as their presence here would further solidify our status as the economic engine of the state," he wrote in a statement.

But Healy needs to get even more aggressive - akin to the administration's all-out blitz when the New York Jets were considering Jersey City as a potential site for their training facility and headquarters - to win this time.

He needs to be an entrepreneur, putting on a visible public relations show while simultaneously working behind the scenes to come up with creative incentive packages.

Jersey City's main resources include tax abatements and the state's business employment incentive program, which are dwarfed by the power its peer across the river can wield, so Healy should consider lobbying state lawmakers for greater tools to attract business.

Commuting to 'The Office'?

Perhaps they'll introduce a new character on the NBC comedy "The Office" - one who lives in Hoboken and commutes by train to Dundler-Mifflin in Scranton, Pa.

It could be reality - in 25 years or so.

Pennsylvania officials are currently holding public meetings on reviving passenger rail service between Scranton and the Mile Square City and, via the PATH, the Big Apple.

The proposal highlights the skyrocketing real estate prices in the New York City region, as well as an indication of the lack of decent jobs in post-industrial regions.

In some ways, it's a bit sad. People are willing to spend at least four hours a day on a crowded train since they can't afford to live and work in the same state. In today's busy and fast-paced world, four hours is an eternity and surely could be better spent.

The rail line is not expected to be completed by 2030. Maybe by then we can come up with a better solution than two-hour train rides.

If not, read any good books lately?

Posted on: 2007/1/24 15:19
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Fulop: Vega and Lipski rake in developer $$$
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Fulop: Vega and Lipski rake in developer $$$

Wednesday, January 24, 2007
By KEN THORBOURNE
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

Jersey City Downtown Councilman Steve Fulop lashed back Monday at colleagues who criticized his developer pay-to-play proposal, accusing them of taking personal potshots at him in the press.

Fulop directed most - but not all - of his ire at City Council President Mariano Vega and Journal Square Councilman Steve Lipski.

Vega was quoted in a local weekly newspaper as stating Fulop is "probably the wealthiest member of the council," so he can afford to ban developer money, since "he (Fulop) can raise money from other wealthy people when it comes time to run."

And, in a letter to The Jersey Journal, Lipski accused Fulop of "impetuous lawmaking" and attempting to "grandstand."

Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy also panned Fulop's plan in a letter to the Journal, arguing Fulop's idea was undemocratic.

At Monday's caucus, Fulop fumed at what he considered unnecessary personal roughness and fired back at Lipski, calling him the "poster boy" for why reform is needed.

Fulop accused Lipski as well as Vega of taking money from developers and failing to file up-to-date financial disclosure statements with the state's Election Law Enforcement Commission.

Fulop, who acknowledged taking developer money himself, ticked off several projects in which he voted against an ordinance that would have benefited a developer; the ordinance was approved, with Vega and Lipski voting for it.

"The council and the mayor just wanted to stay on the developer gravy train," Fulop said.

Lipski told Fulop his letter wasn't a personal attack. His real objection, Lipski said, was "there wasn't any council engagement" and Fulop never consulted with the city's legal department before proposing the ordinance.

"The executive director of the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency was never contacted to talk about the 'gravy train' or any other kind of train," Lipski said.

Vega sat quiet through most of the discussion at Monday's caucus, except to introduce First Assistant Corporation Counsel Joanne Monahan, who told the council that in her opinion the council couldn't tell the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency who to select as a developer since the agency is an independent entity.

In Jersey City, the redevelopment agency "designates" developers. Five members of the agency's board are appointed by the mayor, while the other two are council members.

Fulop's proposal - scheduled for an introductory vote tonight - would ban developers from giving campaign donations to the mayor and council members while the city is figuring out who to "designate" to build a project. The campaign ban would last for the duration of the project.

Posted on: 2007/1/24 15:16
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Mayor may seek reinstated charges, Bradley Beach cop's conduct is at issue
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Mayor may seek reinstated charges
Bradley Beach cop's conduct is at issue

Wednesday, January 24, 2007
BY MARYANN SPOTO
Star-Ledger Staff

Attorneys for Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy and his wife may ask a Superior Court judge to reinstate charges against a Bradley Beach police officer that stemmed from an argument outside a bar the mayor alleges he was trying to break up.

At a pre-conference hearing in Bradley Beach yesterday, the attorneys said Monmouth County Prosecutor Luis Valentin had no right to dismiss disorderly persons charges against Officer Terry Browning at the same time a grand jury decided not to indict Browning on more serious offenses.

They want to ask Superior Court Assignment Judge Lawrence Lawson to reinstate the misdemeanor offenses of simple assault and harassment that would go to municipal court.

When the grand jury decided not to indict Browning last month on more serious offenses, Valentin dismissed those misdemeanors but kept the charges against Healy of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, also to be heard in municipal court.

In a letter to Healy's attorneys, Valentin said he dismissed the lesser charges against Browning because the grand jury found no basis for the more serious offenses.

Attorneys James Fagen and Ralph Lamparello said they haven't made a decision about going to Lawson yet because they have not received a copy of the grand jury testimony despite being assured by Valentin's office that there was no objection to getting the transcript.

Fagen said on Jan. 10 he sent a consent form to First Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Peter Warshaw Jr. asking for the release of the grand jury testimony, but he has received no word back yet.

"We can't make that motion until we have the grand jury transcripts," Fagen said.

Healy alleges Browning assaulted him on June 17 outside Barry's Tavern while the mayor was trying to quell a spat between a couple. He said Browning pushed his face into the ground, twisted his arm behind his back and sprayed him in the eyes with a chemical.

Bradley Beach police claim Healy refused direct orders to leave the scene and became verbally abusive.

Healy was attending a mayors summit in Washington, D.C. and was not in court.

Municipal Court Judge Mark Apostolou said neither the mayor nor Browning was required to be present for the pre-conference hearing. Browning attended but did not speak.

Apostolou, who noted the case could take several months to be resolved, directed Fagen and Lamparello to contact Valentin's office again about getting the grand jury testimony.

Lamparello said he originally asked the prosecutor to reconsider the dismissal of the charges, but the prosecutor said his decision was based on the grand jury's conclusion. If the grand jury wanted to take action against Browning, it also could have downgraded the indictable charges, the prosecutor noted in his letter.

Apostolou said he wanted to have monthly monitoring of the progress in the case "so it doesn't get out of control."

MaryAnn Spoto may be reached at mspoto@starledger.com or (732) 462-8603.

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NOT TAKING 'NO'
Healy lawyers want Shore cop charged, put on trial
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
By KEN THORBOURNE
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

BRADLEY BEACH - Attorneys for Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy said yesterday they are likely to ask a Monmouth County Superior Court judge to consider issuing disorderly person charges against the cop Healy and his wife have claimed unnecessarily roughed them up during Healy's arrest outside a Bradley Beach bar in June.

The attorneys - James Fagan of Freehold and Ralph Lamparello of Secaucus - made their intentions known during a pre-trial conference for a disorderly persons case pending against Healy.

During the June 17 incident with the cop, Healy was arrested about 2 in the morning outside Barry's Tavern, which is owned by his sister and brother-in-law, and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and obstruction of administrative law.

Healy - a former prosecutor and judge - claims he was trying to help police sort out a spat between a couple when Bradley Beach Police Officer Terry Browning threw him on the ground, handcuffed him, and then had chemical irritant sprayed in both eyes. When his wife, Maureen, came to his aid, Browning shoved her to the pavement, Healy claims.

The police claim they repeatedly asked Healy to butt out of a police matter, and forcibly arrested him when he refused.

The Healys filed four complaints against Browning, but a Monmouth County grand jury refused to indict the officer on the two most serious allegations - official misconduct and aggravated assault.

Monmouth County Prosecutor Luis Valentin then dropped the two lesser complaints against Browning - simple assault and harassment - which do not require a grand jury to return an indictment.

Healy's attorneys claimed yesterday Valentin had no right to drop those charges, and said they should have been resolved by the Bradley Beach Municipal Court. Fagan and Lamparello said yesterday they are likely to file a motion requesting those charges be reconsidered by the municipal court.

If that happens, both cases - the case against Healy and the charges against Browning - would be tried as one, a court official said.

In a letter read into the record by Bradley Beach Municipal Court Judge Mark T. Apostolou, First Assistant Prosecutor Peter Warshaw told Fagan earlier this month the grand jury would have "sent back charges to municipal court" if it had found any validity to the Healys' claims.

It could not be determined yesterday when the case against Healy would begin, nor how long it would take.

Healy's defense team said they are waiting on the grand jury transcript to prepare their list of witnesses and outline their discovery requests.

"Under the circumstances," Apostolou concluded - with agreement from Municipal Court Prosecutor Jason Shamy - "it would be unfair to compel the defense to proceed" with the case.

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Mayor's complaints against cop could head back to court
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 01/24/07

BY JAMES A. QUIRK
STAFF WRITER

BRADLEY BEACH ? The disorderly persons complaints filed by Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy and his wife against a borough police officer, and dismissed by the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, may be brought back before a Superior Court judge for reconsideration.

In municipal court Tuesday, attorneys James Fagen and Ralph Lamporello told Judge Mark T. Apostolou that they have requested to view the "voluminous" transcripts of the grand jury testimony the Prosecutor's Office used as a basis to dismiss the two disorderly persons charges against Borough Police Officer Terry Browning.

Healy was arrested on disorderly persons charges June 17 outside Barry's Tavern, which is owned by his sister, Kathleen Barry.

According to Healy, he was leaving the bar around 2 a.m. when he witnessed an altercation between a couple in the parking lot of a neighboring auto shop. Healy said he decided to intervene to defuse the argument, only to be roughly thrown to the ground and dosed with pepper spray by borough police officers when they responded to the scene.

The mayor claims his wife was also mistreated, suffering ankle and leg injuries when she, too, was shoved to the ground.

Borough police contend that Healy tried to interject himself into the dispute and then ignored officers' requests to leave the scene. Healy resisted arrest, was taken to police headquarters and then released after about 90 minutes without being required to post bail, according to police.

Healy and his wife, Maureen, quickly filed official misconduct and aggravated assault charges against Browning. But in December, a Monmouth County grand jury found there was not enough evidence to indict Browning on the charges filed against him.

Also, because of the grand jury's decision and a "careful and fact-sensitive analysis of the circumstances surrounding the arrest," the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office dismissed two other disorderly persons charges of simple assault and harassment filed by the Healys against Browning, according to a December press release.

On Dec. 20, in a letter to Monmouth County Prosecutor Luis A. Valentin, Fagen requested that the prosecutor reconsider the "administrative dismissal" of the disorderly persons charges against Browning.

First Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Peter Warshaw responded in a letter Jan. 3 that the dismissal decision would not be reconsidered. The grand jury examined the matter in such exacting detail as to make it clear there was no basis on which to charge Browning, Warshaw said.

Fagen said he wants to review the grand jury transcripts himself and determine a course of action. He made it clear he will most likely file a motion in the hopes that a Superior Court judge will overturn the prosecutor's dismissal.

Fagen and Lamporello said they have requested the grand jury transcripts but have yet to receive them. When asked by Apostolou to cement a schedule with which to move forward, Fagen replied, "How can I give a time frame when I don't have the grand jury transcripts?"

Apostolou after the proceedings said that the charges against Healy would most likely not go to trial for several months.

"What I'd like to do is have a monthly monitoring of this case so it doesn't get out of control," Apostolou said.

James A. Quirk: (732) 308-7758 or jquirk@app.com

Posted on: 2007/1/24 15:16
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Re: Support Redevelopment Pay to Play Reform
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Open Call --

JCLIST "Bum Rush" of City Hall tonight.

-M

Posted on: 2007/1/24 15:02
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Re: Support Redevelopment Pay to Play Reform
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Bump, excellent, thank you!

Posted on: 2007/1/24 14:57
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Re: Jersey City's Parks and Open Space Master Plan
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As per the consultant at the Recreation Master Plan draft meeting this evening, Plan B, ballfield is out.

The Reservior Alliance is likely the best source to confirm,

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Lindad wrote:
Thanks for your support of Reservoir 3. One of the reasons I love it is it is so wild-looking, like the sections of Liberty State Park behind the "Keep Out: Hazardous Materials" signs)

Liberty State Park is gorgeous - and huge - but putting ballfields there might not work - and not for the obvious reasons.

Last summer, the Jersey Journal wrote an article that said that although it is one of the most heavily visited parks in the state, many Hudson County residents have never gone there because they found it too hard to get to.

A lot of residents don't have cars. Before I bought a bike, I hardly ever went to Liberty. When I lived in the Western Slope part of the Height; I had to take three modes of transportation to get there. I had to take PATH to Journal Square and then one of the PATH lines to either Exchange Place or Pavonia-Newport and board the Light Rail to the Liberty Stop and then wait for the free shuttle bus.

Once I moved east of Central Avenue, my options improved slight. I could either take the Central Avenue bus (#231) to the park and then catch the shuttle or walk down to the 2nd Street Light Rail stop and then the shuttle. (It is a long walk, but the #87 bus, which stops near the 2nd Street Light Rail st ation, tends to treat its bus schedule like some people treat marriage - just a piece of paper.) Last summer, the 231 stopped runing to the Park, so there's only the Light Rail.

Reservoir 3 is smack in the middle of a residential-shopping area. Perhaps that is why many residents in other parts of the city only need one bus to get there. Folks downtown can catch a northbound #86 or commuter van and walk six blocks. Folks living near Journal Square can choose from two Kennedy Blid lines (#88 local and #125 to NY) which leave you a short walk away and the #83, #87 and #231, which stop at or very near Reservoir 3.

However, I digress. When I got into that discussion with the Pershing Fields employee, II suggested the western section of Leonard Gordon Park (the one with the bear and buffalo statues on Kennedy Blvd. in the Heights) for a third ballpark. He said the kids didn't want to walk five short blocks.

So, the faction that says a third baseball field should be built there is going to whine that Liberty State Park is too far. Of course, they could rent a bus - Steve Lipski, among others, are generous supporters, but why do that when they can have a ball field right next to the two in Pershing Fields. (They need a third one for practice, I believe.)

So, I suspect it will be a fight to the end.

Posted on: 2007/1/24 4:23
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Re: Save Riverview Park!
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At the Ward E "Recreation Master Plan" public meeting, the consultant reported that -

1- the proposed tennis and volley ball courts are "out" of Fisk-Riverview park. Follow up on this...

2- proposal B, ballfields is out for Reservior #3 (pulled by the Mayor).

If I heard wrong, other please correct.

Posted on: 2007/1/24 4:12
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Re: Support Redevelopment Pay to Play Reform
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It is not too late!
You can call on the day of the city council meeting, Wednesday, to sign up to speak.

City Clerk - (201) 547-5150.

Posted on: 2007/1/24 3:53
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Re: Save Riverview Park!
Just can't stay away
Just can't stay away


OK, I filled out the CitizenSpeak form.

Ruining that park is a remarkably stupid idea even within the benighted context of JC politics.

Posted on: 2007/1/24 0:45
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Re: Has anyone used any of these dentists?
Quite a regular
Quite a regular


Quote:

sandman wrote:
JCHeights,

You're correct. Lustiger is an excellent dentist, I've used him.

However, is it my imagination or do they seem to push that 'deep scaling' treatment on everyone?

(deep scaling = they numb your mouth and scrape under your gums, it has to be done over 4 sessions, once for each quadrant of your mouth. the procedure is only 50% covered by insurance).


Been going to him for close to 10 years, and never had that treatment 'pushed' on me. Also, over the last couple of years, his practice has expanded due to include 2(?) other dentists within the office. Have had sessions with one other (whose name escapes me) besides Lustiger. No complaints.

Posted on: 2007/1/24 0:45
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Re: Support Redevelopment Pay to Play Reform
Home away from home
Home away from home


even if you can't speak you should still go and show support.

Posted on: 2007/1/24 0:00
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Re: Support Redevelopment Pay to Play Reform
Home away from home
Home away from home


I and several people I know did not realize that we must put our names on a list by today in order to speak tomorrow.

Is it still possible to get on the list or speak?

Althea

Posted on: 2007/1/23 23:39
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Re: Save Riverview Park!
Quite a regular
Quite a regular


Good one. God forbid they have to drive to another park with space to support that.

Posted on: 2007/1/23 23:15
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