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How the Mayor Stuck Wards A, B, C and D With $143 Million In Taxes

Yet another Fulop hit piece from The Jersey City Times who’s creator is the biggest anti_Fulop guy in Jersey City. Wow the reval “scandal” from 5 years ago lol same tactic used in 2017 when he tried to get Matsikoudis elected. We all know how that turned out.

Foreclosure Of Spears’ Home Connected To Man Charged With Running Mega Mortgage Fraud Scam

Jersey City mayoral candidate says he never met Anthony Garvin and can’t recall the name of his friend who brought him real estate deal

New Jersey Globe By David Wildstein, September 28 2021 1:54 am


A property purchased by a Jersey City mayoral candidate is connected to a local man indicted in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme, but Lewis Spears says he never met the seller and was unaware of the criminal charges filed against Anthony Garvin in 2019.


The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that Garvin plotted a series of short sale flips in Jersey City and other municipalities by using straw borrowers and submitting loan applications using fake pay stubs and tax information to obtain mortgages and multiple Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) loans.


https://newjerseyglobe.com/local/forec ... mega-mortgage-fraud-scam/

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Jersey City mayor may no longer be unopposed in 2021 mayoral election

Published: May. 19, 2021, 5:20 p.m. jersey journal

“Spears is likely to face scrutiny over the the Kismet of Kings’ recent acceptance of a $150,000 grant from the Fireman Foundation, whose founder, Paul Fireman, has tried to acquire 22 acres of environmentally sensitive land in Liberty State Park for his Liberty National Golf Course.

Fireman has said he is no longer seeking the land, which would have been transformed into three new holes for the course. At the same time, the proposed Liberty State Park Protection Act that would protect the swath of land, has stalled in the Legislature, with some pointing to political donations Fireman has made as the major roadblock to passage.”

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LOL The Jersey City Times run by the biggest anti-Fulop group in Jersey City

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Wow good luck.

Yeah I have never seen it like this. Always just the usual areas flooding like Sip and Westside and along Rt 440 but this is amazing. I was out trying to clear sewers never felt the heavy rain hitting me like that before. Almost knocking me down not the wind the rain itself.

This is from nj.com as of 10:30 pm. JC 5.51 inches

Here’s a look at some of the highest rainfall totals reported as of 10:30 p.m. Wednesday by the National Weather Service and the Rutgers NJ Weather Network. Some towns got almost two months of rain in several hours.

• 8.18 inches in Hillsborough, Somerset County
• 7.68 inches in Hopewell, Mercer County
• 7.26 inches in Basking Ridge, Somerset County
• 7.05 inches in Ringoes, Hunterdon County
• 6.96 inches in Lyndhurst, Bergen County
• 6.78 inches in Readington, Hunterdon County
• 6.60 inches in Pittstown, Hunderdon County
• 6.58 inches in Bridgewater, Somerset County (5.54 inches in 2.5 hours)
• 6.53 inches in New Brunswick, Middlesex County
• 6.37 inches in Kingwood, Hunterdon County
• 6.31 inches in East Brunswick, Middlesex County
• 6.08 inches in Stewartsville, Warren County
• 5.89 inches in Haworth, Bergen County
• 5.51 inches in Jersey City, Hudson County

Heavy rain is expected to continue overnight before winding down Thursday morning.

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Didn't see rain totals for Jersey City yet.

News 12 New Jersey just said Bloomfield NJ has 10 inches so far.

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Wow.

5 pm Eyewitness News just said Jersey City at 5.78 inches.

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wow

Ch7 Eyewitness News rain measurement from Sunday 2 am:

Jersey City: 3.65
Hoboken: 3.12

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Thanks

Whats the latest.. news is saying 4 to 6 inches and hitting at high tide, full moon. Hoboken is already preparing for flooding.

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Dickinson, McNair win high school vaccination contest, Jersey City announces

Updated: 4:50 p.m. | Published: 4:50 p.m.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/08/dick ... ersey-city-announces.html

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Withdraw or vote down these raises | Jersey Journal editorial

Today 6:30 AM (8-12-2021) By Jersey Journal Editorial

The Hudson County Board of Commissioners should vote down a resolution on today’s agenda that would give 3% raises to a number of top county officials, including County Executive Tom DeGise.

The proposed raises come just five months after the same group of officials received 2.5% pay hikes retroactive to last summer.


https://www.nj.com/opinion/2021/08/wit ... ey-journal-editorial.html

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For second time in 6 months, top Hudson County officials could get raises

Updated 5:48 PM; Today 5:47 PM By Peter D’Auria | The Jersey Journal

Top Hudson County officials could see pay increases this week — their second in six months.

The Hudson County Board of Commissioners will consider a resolution this week that would give 3% raises to a slate of county officials, including the county executive, administrator, and department heads.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/08/for- ... als-could-get-raises.html

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Kool & the Gang co-founder Dennis Thomas dead at age 70

Updated Aug 07, 2021; Posted Aug 07, 2021 By The Associated Press

Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas, a founding member of the long-running soul-funk band Kool & the Gang known for such hits as “Celebration” and “Get Down On It,” has died. He was 70.

https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2021/ ... homas-dead-at-age-70.html

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bump.. supposed to happen Sunday 10:15 am

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(if you hear a boom on Sunday morning)

Built to withstand a bombing, massive MOTBY buildings to be imploded Sunday

Updated Aug 04, 2021; Posted Aug 03, 2021 By Ron Zeitlinger | The Jersey Journal

A couple of the final remnants of the historic Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne will be imploded Sunday morning to make way for a sprawling United Parcel Service facility.

The demolition of two World War II-era structures — each six stories and 1.5 million square feet — completes three years of site work preparation of the 153-acre site on what is now called the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor. MOTBY or simple “the M.O.T.,” was in operation from 1942 to 1999, first as a Navy supply depot until 1967 and then as an Army base.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/08/buil ... o-be-imploded-sunday.html

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An obscure federal agency could decide the future of a Jersey City park

Updated 2:42 PM; Today 1:53 PM By Peter D’Auria | The Jersey Journal

For years, Jersey City has been embroiled in a battle over the Embankment, a line of six elevated blocks running through the city’s Historic Downtown.

City officials envision the former rail line becoming a linear walking park, the city’s answer to New York’s High Line. But railroad company Conrail, the onetime owner of the land, is trying to unload it to a private developer.

The outcome of that battle could be decided far from the overgrown rail line in the heart of Jersey City. Instead, the future of the city’s dream park could hinge on an upcoming ruling by the Surface Transportation Board — an obscure federal agency in Washington, D.C.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/08/an-o ... f-a-jersey-city-park.html

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Opening up a whole new avenue of access to Downtown Jersey City and Liberty State Park

Updated 4:32 PM; Today 4:32 PM (7-30-2021)
By Egan Adler | The Jersey Journal

The Liberty State Park Bridge, decades in the planning, is finally ready to open to the public.

The $13 million project, which was funded in large part by a $10 million grant from the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, will provide direct access to Liberty State Park from Downtown Jersey City and will also provide easier access for Bergen-Lafayette residents to the Downtown neighborhood.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/07/open ... d-liberty-state-park.html

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LOL this JJ story was already posted yesterday but the anti-Fulop newsletter as usual posts its version of the story anyway. Also gets not one but 3 plugs in from candidates running against the Fulop ticket.

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Jersey City looks to suspend controversial ‘garbage tax’

Updated 3:11 PM; Today 2:59 PM

By Margaret Schmidt | The Jersey Journal

After complaints from residents, the Jersey City mayor and council are calling for a halt to the controversial solid waste fee that was tacked onto residents’ water and sewage bills this year, Mayor Steve Fulop said in a news release this morning.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/07/jers ... oversial-garbage-tax.html

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And here is the JJ piece on it:

Jersey City’s Loew’s theater renovation advances, but concrete details are scarce

Updated Jul 21, 2021; Posted Jul 21, 2021 By Peter D’Auria | The Jersey Journal

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/07/jers ... e-details-are-scarce.html

Should have been done in 2014 but at least it looks like DAE picked a great Architect for the project. Click through the site a lot of modern stuff but also did some beautiful renovations.

https://www.otj.com/our-work/

Hudson Theatre NYC
Kings Theatre NYC
Webster Hall NYC
Boston Opera House
Peabody Opera House
Cincinnati Music Hall

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(I have been to Dillin Tire a few times interesting mini museum of The Champ inside)

Bayonne businessman going 15 rounds to complete tribute to the real-life ‘Rocky’

Updated 12:17 PM; Today 11:37 AM By Mark Rotundo | The Jersey Journal

In the words of the silver screen icon Rocky Balboa, Bruce Dillin “didn’t hear no bell yet.”

The Bayonne tire store owner isn’t fighting for a championship belt, but perhaps he can channel the fictional boxing champ as he attempts to complete his own underdog story — the creation of a lasting tribute to Chuck Wepner, the real-life “Rocky Balboa.”

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/07/bayo ... -the-real-life-rocky.html

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Gunmen Shoot at a Group of People in Jersey City
By rlsmetro on July 21, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. EDT


Jersey City Police reported no injuries in a shots-fired incident that happened in the city on Tuesday night.

Several individuals reported to police that at approximately 10:45 p.m., shooters arrived in the vicinity of Grace Street and Central Avenue and began firing shots in their direction.


https://www.rlsmedia.com/article/gunme ... -group-people-jersey-city

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Jersey City plans to create historical museum at Apple Tree House

Updated Jul 02, 2021; Posted Jul 02, 2021 By Egan Adler | The Jersey Journal

Since the mid-1700s the Apple Tree House has held its ground in Jersey City, a reminder of the city’s Revolutionary War history, even if its own credentials are part fact and part fiction.

The 1779 meeting between the then-General George Washington and France’s Marquis de Lafayette to discuss war strategy at what is now 298 Academy St.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/07/jers ... -at-apple-tree-house.html

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Jersey City school board aiming to change the admission policy at two high-achieving schools

Posted Jun 24, 2021
By Joshua Rosario | The Jersey Journal

The Jersey City Board of Education is looking to drastically change admissions policies and procedures at its top two performing schools to create more socio-economic diversity.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/06/jers ... gh-achieving-schools.html

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Seems news outlets are starting to report on the subject, saw it on local news yesterday.

Eyewitness news NY: Coronavirus Vaccine Updates: Data shows 'likely association' between vaccine, heart inflammation

COVID-19 Live Updates, News and Information

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A CDC panel said Wednesday that data shows a "likely association" between the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines and a rare heart inflammation in adolescents and young adults, but they said the benefits of the shot far outweigh the risks.

https://abc7ny.com/health/covid-update ... rt-inflammation/10823159/

..and Foxnews

Data suggests 'likely' link between COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, rare heart issues in teens, CDC panel says

Of the 484 preliminary reports of myocarditis and pericarditis among vaccinated people under 30, 323 met the CDC’s case definition

https://www.foxnews.com/health/data-su ... re-heart-issues-cdc-panel

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This is interesting data from the CDC. Sort of like poster 12345's but a different cut. You can look at each category in chart and table form or you can download to excel. Death wise this was a 50+ year old person disease 95% of the recorded deaths. (yikes) Glad the campaign was to get old..err..older people vaccinated first.

Demographic Trends of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the US reported to CDC

CDC | Data as of: Sunday, June 20, 2021 12:24 PM ET. Posted: Sunday, June 20, 2021 1:35 PM ET

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#demographics

wow corybraiterman I still remember how you described the food from Wok n Roll in the Hudson Mall. I think you called it the brown slop .. every dish had brown liquid or something in it. lol

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Why the spike in Jersey City fatal shootings this year? ‘They have to retaliate; they cannot not retaliate.’

Updated Jun 10, 8:58 AM; Posted Jun 09, 2:58 PM
By Joshua Rosario | The Jersey Journal

A new rash of fatal shootings in Jersey City are being attributed to an old problem — retaliation by neighborhood gangs.

There have been five gun deaths since May 3, and 10 this year in Jersey City, but this uptick in tragedy is different, a said source with close ties to gang activity.

“What happened in Jersey City is some big names got taken out,” the source said, referring to leaders of the loosely organized, violent crews being shot. “Since that retaliation, there has been a lot of back and forth.”

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/06/why- ... cannot-not-retaliate.html

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Fulop announces proposed Jersey City $620 million budget with nearly $1K relief for homeowners

Updated 11:19 AM; Today 11:10 AM (6/11/2021)
By Ron Zeitlinger | The Jersey Journal

Jersey City taxpayers may not be digging deeper into their pockets this year, after all.

Mayor Steve Fulop Friday announced a proposed $620 million 2021 municipal budget that would cut taxes by $967 and offset the nearly $1,000 tax hike residents were facing in the school budget.

The City Council will vote to introduce the budget, which is $38 million less than the 2020 spending plan, at its June 16 meeting.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/06/fulo ... elief-for-homeowners.html

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Geez higher than Prep....

St Peters Prep: Tuition for the 2020-21 academic year is $19,456.

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This N.J. city just got a lot more colorful with 50 murals in public spaces (PHOTOS)

Updated 5:40 PM; Today 5:28 PM
By Ed Murray | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

Venus held a spray can and the sculpture of David got a modern look.

Fifty artists created public art for all, some painting in direct sun, while some luckily had a spot in the shade under a highway overpass, during Jersey City’s Mural festival, held Saturday and Sunday in multiple sites across the city


https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/06/this ... public-spaces-photos.html