T-Bird wrote:
Your one note opera rings a little flat here. How is that fact different than when he took over? It isn't. The point is, he has improved services while holding taxes flat over an extended period of time.

Frankly, I find you even more morally compromised than those you accuse. You truly believe this is a problem and continue to benefit from it. If it bothered you so much you would, at a minimum, leave.

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Monroe wrote:
What tune would he be singing if he wasn't getting a half billion a year from suburban taxpayers to pay for his schools??

nuvi wrote:
We summarized the data for all schools listed with Jersey City as the District in a single easy to swallow format. Take a look at Jersey City Ed:

https://jerseycityed.com/nj-doe-school-ratings/

P.S. Having reviewed the data, some charter schools are present, but other charter schools (LCCS, TECCS, METS, University Academy) are absent because they were not listed with Jersey City as the District. Let me know if you know of other schools, and we will update the chart soon.

nuvi wrote:
My wife and I have learned a lot about navigating the Jersey City public school system, particularly in the past few months as we have three kids all moving on to new schools in the fall. And while we certainly don?t know everything, we figured it would be worthwhile to share what we have learned. Click the link below and have a look:

Jersey City Ed

We hope to continue adding more content over time, and we are always open to feedback, questions, suggestions, and corrections. Feel free to point out oversights and omissions as well. The goal is to make it a useful resource for parents and students.

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DanL wrote:
"brewster" who meanders a bit ...

I can accept that! I'm curious, was there any problem with your kids staying in Cordero after you moved out of the neighborhood? And do you know what's going on with the oversubscribing and busing, or even where to find a catchment map? I had a prospective tenant ask me which zone we were in, and while I thought it was still Cordero, I realized I didn't actually know. Conti is fairly close too.

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SunnyJC wrote:
We have been incredibly happy with our zoned school, PS5, in the village section of downtown. When we first were looking at schools, we were thinking private but had heard from neighborhood friends that PS5 was a lovely school. We went for a tour and talked to parents and were pleasantly surprised. We also toured some private schools and they just didn?t blow us away. We have found a great community at PS5 and are glad that we kept our mind open to public school. My firstborn is in kindergarten now and is already reading and doing great with math. She is in the dual language program. Our youngest will start PRe-K 3 next year.

Does it concern you that your school received a NJ state score of 52/100? What are your thoughts on that?

jerseymom wrote:
By Adam Clark and Carla Astudillo
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

In a trendy but controversial new rating system, New Jersey education officials have for the first time assigned a score of 1 to 100 to each of the state's more than 2,000 public schools.

But if you missed the score in the state's release of annual school report cards this month, you're not alone.

That's because they were excluded from the summary reports the state encourages parents to view online, and were instead placed more than 20 pages deep into each school's detailed report. They combine standardized test results, graduation rates and chronic absenteeism.

Among the worst-rated schools was Trenton's Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, which scored a 1. Among the best schools was Jersey's City's McNair High School, which received a 97 out of 100.

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Some Highlights (these are X/100 scores)


Cornelia F. Bradford School 78

Rafael De J. Cordero School 42

Christa McAuliffe School 65

Dr. Michael Conti School 52

Explore 2000 Middle School 30

Frank R Conwell School 32

Dr Ronald McNair High School 97

William L Dickinson High School 18

Infinity Institute 90

Jersey City Global CS 84

Jersey City Community Charter School 12

Jersey City Golden Door Charter School 51

tictaktoe wrote:
thanks. I wasnt aware of it and the best I could see where the assessment records but not how to pay.

My taxes typically go through my mortgage company. Would I need to instruct NOT to pay because I'll pre-pay or since they will not see any amount outstanding, if if it is billed, they woudln't pay it? Trying to see how to best do it + avoid having to do rounds of City Hall. Currently, it is throwing out an error -

Server Error in '/' Application.

tictaktoe wrote:
can we prepay online? and how ?

hero69 wrote:
while I don't have a problem with micro apartments ( I say build more of them), I do think the neighborhood serve a valuable purpose in terms of trying to enhance the neighborhood quality.
that being said, I believe the ball was dropped by the city and I believe it is a good thing to have courts to arbitrate/decide what is "fair".

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Dolomiti wrote:
Does anyone know how NJ's property tax relief programs will impact the reval costs?

I know there is some sort of income-based rebate and a "senior freeze," but I don't know how that might impact some bills or rebates.

There are lots of hoops you have to jump through and you don't get any relief until many years have passed.

It doesn't look that bad. Over 65, NJ resident for 10 years, paid your property taxes, meet income limits, no 2nd homes etc.

Is JC exempt because of PILOT?

istabraq wrote:
I didn't go there all that often, but whenever I did it was as if I'd never left - one of the last of the old-school JC Irish pubs. Above all it's always been reliable, always there when I needed a cheap drink and a friendly local hang. Now after 40+ years in the same family, it seems to have closed for good.

Anyone have any idea what happened? I Googled around and couldn't find anything - just stood there (twice) mournfully pulling on the locked door.

ecoindie wrote:
Dan, you don't even live in Ward E. You can't even vote for the special election. Also, I don't appreciate the fact Symes gets bashed on JClist.com, which I suspect would never happen if she was not woman. It's disgusting.

ecoindie wrote:
It's page 3 of the October 27th report under disbursments.

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"they paid people to attend Neighborhood Association and other community meetings"

Thankfully so. Dixon Leasing presented their projects to community associations and got feedback from neighbors and people extremely familiar with zoning and building codes long BEFORE moving ahead, mitigating problems down the road. I'm just surprised that anyone views this is a negative thing.

As for the rest, is it really that shocking that companies have a government affairs office within legal? I know mine does.

JPhurst wrote:
For what it's worth, Stroock, Stroock and Lavan is a huge law firm in NYC. They do all sorts of corporate work imaginable, including some of the largest development projects in NYC, like Essex Crossing. Attorneys at Stroock have also contributed to James's campaign.

Does that mean James is beholden to the real estate developers? Or that even worse, he is giving a "kickback" of business for campaign contributions, i.e. pay to play? Of course not. But that is the logic that is being used to demean his opponent.

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"Rebecca manages relationships with elected officials, government agencies, and community stakeholders with the primary objective of identifying shared interests and maximizing opportunities for collaboration."

The horror! The horror!

Yes, as outside capital pours into our city and seeps into our political system, Conrad's thematic summation of the devastation wrought by a distant colonial capitalism does easily spring to mind.

Even the often referenced Waterfront Project is sponsored by Dixon Leasing, along with our old friends Carepoint.

https://www.thewaterfrontproject.org/our-supporters/

I would hope that their sponsorship of this worthy cause is as equally generous as the combined $1.3 million these two top donors gave to Fulop's super PAC.

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... are_they_connected_1.html

The Carepoint money resulted in the Ambulance contract debacle.

http://hudsoncountyview.com/letter-jo ... y-ems-contract-city-hall/

What might that Dixon money have bought?

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thanks for pointing out that the branches have worse access (hours). do you have or know school age children and their schedules that can go to 5pm or include sports and jobs? Where can students go to do homework, access the internet or collaborate with others after 8pm or on Sundays. The branches only have one night a week open till 8pm.

Worse lol. Yeah I have been there and done that and that was when internet access and things like Facebook and Skype were not a prevalent as they are today for communicating/collaborating. Seems the young people do a lot of that today. Do you really think they want to sit on a hard wooden chair in a Library and get yelled at by the head Librarian for communicating/collaborating?

Healy is gone he is not making a comeback via his Clone get over it.

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construction aside, our library has the most limited hours in the area.
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and there are towns that with even more access.

I guess you are also part of The Healy Clone gang. Limited hours? If so in the Main Branch
(your branch?) because of construction how about venturing out to other parts of THIS town for your research needs? Below are JC?s hours from the JC Library website. Don?t kids get out of school at 3:00 pm? Why do The Clonettes like to put out false/twisted information to make Mayor Fulop look bad?

Main Library Hours
Monday: 9:00am - 8:00pm
Tuesday: 9:00am - 8:00pm
Wednesday: 9:00am - 8:00pm
Thursday: 9:00am - 8:00pm
Friday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday: CLOSED
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Regional Branches

Five Corners Hours
Monday: 12:00PM - 8:00PM
Tuesday: 10:00am - 6:00PM
Wednesday: 10:00am - 6:00PM
Thursday: 10:00am - 6:00PM
Friday: 9:00am - 5:00PM
Saturday: 9:00am - 5:00PM
Sunday: CLOSED
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Cunningham Hours
Monday: 10:00AM - 6:00PM
Tuesday: 10:00AM - 6:00PM
Wednesday: 12:00PM - 8:00PM
Thursday: 10:00AM - 6:00PM
Friday: 09:00AM - 5:00PM
Saturday: 09:00AM - 5:00PM
Sunday: CLOSED
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Greenville Hours
Monday: 10:00AM - 6:00PM
Tuesday: 12:00AM - 8:00PM
Wednesday: 10:00AM - 6:00PM
Thursday: 10:00AM - 6:00PM
Friday: 09:00AM - 5:00PM
Saturday: 09:00AM - 5:00PM
Sunday: CLOSED
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Heights Hours
Monday: 10:00am - 6:00pm
Tuesday: 10:00am - 6:00pm
Wednesday: 10:00am - 6:00pm
Thursday: 12:00pm - 8:00pm
Friday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday: CLOSED
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Miller Hours
Monday: 10:00AM - 6:00PM
Tuesday: 10:00AM - 6:00PM
Wednesday: 12:00PM - 8:00PM
Thursday: 10:00AM - 6:00PM
Friday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Saturday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Sunday: CLOSED
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Pavonia Hours
Monday: 12:00PM - 8:00PM
Tuesday: 10:00AM - 6:00PM
Wednesday: 10:00AM - 6:00PM
Thursday: 10:00AM - 6:00PM
Friday: 09:00AM - 5:00PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED
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Neighborhood Branches

Lafayette, West Bergen, Marion Hours
Monday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Tuesday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Wednesday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Thursday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Friday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: CLOSED
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Source for hours: http://www.jclibrary.org/

jimbehrle wrote:
Running on his ticket condones it, Dan. You did something politically expedient for yourself. And that's probably why you lost. And moved out of downtown.