Re: DEVELOPER TROLL goes crazy in our Village Neighborhood
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Another example is the idiotic move by the VVPA to take the developer at Bright & Varick to court, even after it was very obvious they would lose. They decided to get the city involved and waste taxpayer and association money on an ill-fated lawsuit all because of "Wah, my free parking!". The developer offered very reasonable concessions to the neighborhood and was well within his right to tell the VVPA to piss up a rope, which he will once the judgement comes in favor. He had originally offered Zipcar spaces and free membership for the nearby residents. Now we'll get nothing because people decided to make the central issue parking, despite there being not 1, but 2 half empty parking lots in a block radius. Thanks, VVPA!
Posted on: 2016/5/16 17:29
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Re: The Village has Gone Crazy - R5 zoning but not in my backyard
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Couldn't an argument be made that more housing, with equal to higher property values in the same land area would more evenly distribute the tax burden and actually help lower the taxes for some in downtown? After all, how much is the city budget going to increase over the addition of 1-2 stories over what's already there? The amount of road/sidewalk/sewer/utility the city needs to maintain remains the same. And we're not talking about a terribly large swath of land, this is only a few square blocks.
Posted on: 2016/5/16 15:46
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Re: DEVELOPER TROLL goes crazy in our Village Neighborhood
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It's ridiculous how much power neighborhood associations are given in Jersey City compared to NYC. In NYC, they're more or less figurehead advisory votes and the city routinely ignores them, rightfully recognizing that most of them are made up of old crackpots and NIMBYs who in no way represent their current demographics. Here, their asses are kissed and kowtowed to every which way. No doubt they've done some good things over the years for their areas, but they really hold back progress on a lot of different fronts like bike lanes, density, commercial development, etc.
Posted on: 2016/5/16 15:09
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Re: The Village has Gone Crazy - R5 zoning but not in my backyard
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Your whole argument is based on assumptions, "what-ifs" and fear-mongering, not what's actually in front of you. Provide a single example of variances being granted en-masse in an area that was recently rezoned. The whole point of updating the zoning is to stop all the variance granting.
Posted on: 2016/5/16 14:29
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This has me more and more convinced that a lot of the neighborhood associations get their talking points faxed in from Yvonne. The NIMBY arguments get more unhinged and irrational every time something comes up. I'm surprised they haven't played the parking card yet.
Posted on: 2016/5/16 14:14
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And the proposed zoning is 4 stories, not 6. You can disagree with the original poster's motivations, but that doesn't mean the area doesn't desperately need rezoning and needs it in a non-discriminatory way. This is, again, a very transparent and cynical ploy by officers of a neighborhood association to manipulate property values and neighborhood demographics to their personal benefit. It would also seem the only thing we seem to be regretting, 20 years later, is the crap housing that's gone up all over JC because of R1 zoning.
Posted on: 2016/5/16 4:07
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Who is this "we" and who do you claim to represent? A couple VNA members don't speak for all residents of the area. You want variances to end? Agree to a sensible zoning proposal. The decision makers in the VNA are certainly gaming this out to personally benefit themselves at the expense of a good chunk of the rest of their neighborhood, so I have no sympathy. Honestly, all this over a extra friggin story?
Posted on: 2016/5/16 3:01
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Re: The Village has Gone Crazy - R5 zoning but not in my backyard
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NIMBY garbage. What about the people living in the area who *do* want higher property values and better businesses a higher density will bring? Cities change - the few vocal NIMBYs and septuagenarians that make up the VNA who are pushing this split zoning nonsense (or opposing it altogether) are not entitled to anything. They don't have a right to keep things "the way they are" to the chagrin of everybody else living around here.
Is this petition linked online somewhere?
Posted on: 2016/5/16 1:41
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Re: What's going there?
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Actually, Montgomery, starting west from the park, has a lot of abandoned and underutilized ground floor retail. If done right, it has potential to be redeveloped into a nice restaurant/retail strip.
Posted on: 2016/5/9 17:35
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Good for them, the VVP neighborhood desperately needs more local retail that isn't a hair salon or a medical/real estate office. I'm looking forward to visiting as soon as they open, whatever it may be.
Posted on: 2016/5/9 17:14
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Re: Whole Foods in JC?
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From what I've heard, the building that's part of Liberty Harbor North that's going up at Jersey and Grand (across the street from Brownstone Diner) is supposed to have 20k retail square footage and some sort of upscale grocery store was planned - there could be room for a Trader Joe's. Anybody hear any updates on what's ultimately planned for that building?
We've also got the Sunac Natural Market coming in at 70 Columbus and (hopefully) 99 Ranch is still planned to open up where the Pathmark was. I really hope this summer brings an end to downtown being a grocery desert for those that don't own a car.
Posted on: 2016/5/5 18:23
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Re: Curvaceous new building is planned for the corner of Newark Ave & Third Street
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Why is this even a question? It doesn't have a 4:1 parking ratio or have surface level parking of any kind. The ground floor will probably be a bar or restaurant or a useful business to the area, not medical offices. Of course she reviles it. I bet she's already blasted emails to the Village Neighborhood Association and HPVA leaders to rehearse their talking points and oppose this at all costs.
Posted on: 2016/5/5 2:09
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Re: Jersey City mayor-elect orders end to citywide reval
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I'm also curious where this 2.1% number is coming from. Isn't the tax rate derived from some arcane formula, the result of which changes year after year? If so, wouldn't it stand to reason that the percentage of assessed value people will pay would actually be 2017's tax rate (whatever it comes out to be) and not 2.1%?
Posted on: 2016/4/13 18:32
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I seriously don't get what will ever make you happy. In other threads, you bemoan the lack of green space that's coming with all the new development. Right here you have the potential for one of the largest expansions of green space in quite a while and you bitch and moan about parking and the costs? People downtown pay for parks in other parts of the city that they're unlikely to use and vice-versa. Please do yourself and everybody in this city a favor and move to the suburbs already.
Posted on: 2016/4/13 17:34
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No doubt a brownstone could see its taxes rise 15-20k, but that's also assuming the demographic that's prepared to throw ~$2 million down on housing is going to sweat 15k/year. I don't think people planning on using them as long-term investment units are going to care too much either, the expense will just get passed onto the renters anyway. Property taxes are a tax deduction at the end of the day as well, so it wouldn't be an absolute monetary loss of whatever amount it goes up, either. I'd be more concerned about the lower/middle tiers of the DTJC housing market. 1 bedrooms in non-luxury walkups and lower end 2 bedrooms, the potential buyer demographic of which an increase would weigh heavily. Quote:
Where were you looking in Queens and how long ago? In the last couple of years, prices have really escalated. I'd still say compared to the "desirable" areas (LIC, Astoria, Sunnyside and possibly Woodside) I'd still say Queens is at least equal, if not slightly higher than DTJC. LIC and Astoria are certainly higher. Still gotta factor in the city tax you'll pay as well (and that money is as good as gone - you'll still get tax deductions for property tax).
Posted on: 2016/4/13 5:24
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Re: Jersey City mayor-elect orders end to citywide reval
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How bad do you think a correction in downtown would be? 10%? 15% at the most? I'm thinking whatever correction happens, there's so much pent up housing demand coming in from NYC, any excess inventory would get absorbed quickly and the dip would be very short lived. I'm sure the hedge funds and real estate speculators are also salivating. DTJC is still dirt cheap compared to gentrified areas of Brooklyn and Queens, even with today's prices.
Posted on: 2016/4/12 22:21
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In other words, the reval, as ordered by the state, will proceed regardless of whatever legal actions the city takes?
Posted on: 2016/4/12 21:53
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One thing I'm unclear on - can the city still appeal at this point? If that option is available, it almost certainly sounds like what they plan to do. If that happens, is a stay put on the reval order? The city would almost certainly lose the appeal - but would that mean we're looking at a reval and new tax numbers happening later than 2018?
Posted on: 2016/4/12 21:35
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Re: We need your help in the village!
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Good. Maybe the NIMBYs should trot out better arguments than "Waahhhhh, we'll lose our free parking" and "Think of the children!" when they decide to oppose something. Unfortunately, they got their way with the R5 zoning.
Posted on: 2016/4/8 13:32
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I wouldn't care about parking so much as I care about the lack of retail. Why is an area like that still not zoned for mixed use? If all the ground floor of that unit were dedicated to retail, that could be a small supermarket. Or at least a place that sells something people could use. Not a damn parking garage or an overpriced condo or rental.
Posted on: 2016/4/1 20:41
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Yeah, I wanna know this too. The construction doesn't look anywhere near done from the exterior and there have been no updates either on the JCPL website or Facebook page.
Posted on: 2016/3/26 18:48
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Second the endorsement of Noah Goldberg. I used him when I purchased my downtown condo over the summer and he was fantastic. The RedFin site is also much better than Zillow or Streeteasy, in that it actually has accurate listings. I used a couple traditional agents prior to that who were both wastes of space. However, he's in very high demand and I think they recently set a minimum purchase price to scale back , but give them a call and find out.
Posted on: 2016/3/26 18:47
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I don't have confirmation this was included in the legislation passed yesterday, but it would seem NYC eliminated parking requirements for such construction in the new zones: http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article ... ighs-reduced-requirements This absolutely needs to happen in Downtown.
Posted on: 2016/3/24 19:46
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Re: N.J. mall bunny involved in brawl with customers
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Are there any statistics on how well that mall's actually doing? From what I see, it's mostly mid-range stores I can find in teh city or any other suburb. I can't imagine anybody from outside of JC driving to visit it. If people wanna go to a mall, they'll probably go out for a nicer experience at Short Hills. Though the movie theater is nice...they can tear the rest down and keep that. Seems like it's another generational thing that'll be obsolete in 10 years. The mall rats generation is long gone, nobody wants to be cooped up in these things anymore.
Posted on: 2016/3/22 18:47
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I hope so too, there's not nearly enough retail outside of the main strips in Downtown. We need to make as much effort to preserve the retail outside of Grove/Newark and strive to add even more.
Posted on: 2016/3/22 15:45
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Re: proposal for changing R1 zoning to R5 in Downtown JC
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Looks like it'll be brought up in the April 5th meeting: http://www.cityofjerseycity.com/uploa ... a%20March%2022%202016.pdf
Posted on: 2016/3/18 20:31
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I think it'd be hilarious if the city hired a world-renowned city planner and the first thing that person said is that parking minimums should be eliminated altogether. I can't imagine a bigger f-you to Yvonne and her parking nazi cartel. Her head might explode and we'd be rid of her stupidity for good.
Posted on: 2016/3/16 22:11
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Thankfully most of our elected officials and the vast majority of new residents are smarter than fat slobs like Yvonne. They do desire all the things she's against, like reduced dependence on cars, vibrant street life and walkable communities with fun things to do. Demographics and market forces are more powerful than she is, as are the realities of building a sustainable and economically competitive city in the 21st century. She's already lost her war, she's just too dumb and too self-righteous to realize it. I hope Candice sees this and realizes most of us are on her side.
Posted on: 2016/3/16 20:37
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No. It's something young people might actually use and enjoy. It's not a medical office or a parking lot, therefore it must be stopped!
Posted on: 2016/3/16 19:22
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