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Re: Jersey City considers turning Newark Avenue into pedestrian plaza
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So I guess we will continue to ignore the traffic jam that happens every day on Newark Avenue, even when the street is open. We will ignore the evidence because it doesn't suit our theory. We will ignore the constant traffic jam from Newark Avenue on Jersey Avenue down to the Medical Center and pretend that doesn't happen too. We will not request a traffic study because it might tell us things we don't want to hear. We will continue to live in ignorance because it suits our theory.
Posted on: 2014/7/1 13:13
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Re: Jersey City considers turning Newark Avenue into pedestrian plaza
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I find it amazing that people who don't get what they want call the opposing view insular, narrow-minded, and obstructive. If the city wanted to do a traffic study, they are the ones in charge, they choose not to because it would raise more questions. It is obvious dtjcview, you have a vested interest in having Newark Avenue closed, the reason for your negative remarks.
Posted on: 2014/7/1 3:19
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Re: Fulop, Council poll numbers?
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What does that have to do with Fulop giving abatements to McGreevey?s friends, Hamilton Park? Healy was reducing abatements to 10 years so why should anyone approve of 20 and 30 year abatements when their own taxes are increasing? Fulop is using JC as a stepping stone for the governor?s seat. And we are all expendable.
Posted on: 2014/6/30 19:10
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I have 40 years of living in the Van Vorst community. I saw the traffic.
Posted on: 2014/6/30 18:30
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Sorry, I don't agree. The last month before the election, Fulop ran campaign ads attacking Healy on Bid Rig3. There was a great deal of corruption under McGreevey Administration as governor. Plus Fulop is giving generous tax abatements to McGreevey's friends, the Kushner family - Journal Square and changing the zoning for Unico for Kushner.
Posted on: 2014/6/30 15:22
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I am partial to statement 3: He'll align himself with the ethically lapsed.
Posted on: 2014/6/30 15:04
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Here is another view:
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... e_fulop.html#incart_river
Posted on: 2014/6/30 14:28
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#1, I posted an interesting post on Fulop, #2, Fulop who attacked waterfront abatements under Healy is now giving them and at longer years than Healy and #3, Fulop is not a new politician, he has been in office 8 years previously. This is his 9th year in public office at city hall.
Posted on: 2014/6/30 3:23
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And when Fulop ran against Healy he was quiet? But it is OK to attack Healy but everyone else cannot say a word on Fulop?
Posted on: 2014/6/30 2:10
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Re: Jersey City considers turning Newark Avenue into pedestrian plaza
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If and when the city closes Newark Avenue, motorist will take short cuts into the Van Vorst neighborhood to avoid the traffic pileup. That traffic will be bumping into the Holland Traffic "shortcut" traffic.
Posted on: 2014/6/29 15:13
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Re: Star Ledger: Greedy NJ Unions Responsible for Pension Mess
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Posted on: 2014/6/29 13:44
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Re: 400 Unit Development in Hamilton Park
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Or the city could have removed the fence.
Posted on: 2014/6/29 13:19
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A city is a better city when it has the amenities for the people who live there. The redevelopment plan that created UNICO provided that there be green space on the back half of the project facing Newport. That highrise was softened by a half block of green lawn, walkways and benches for the UNICO residents. It is now being taken away for another building of the same height and the density of the neighborhood increases dramatically. We lose the green in return yet every time a project comes up before the city residents cry out "Give us some green". Take a good hard look at Jersey City, particularly DTJC, and you realize this is an over-congested place in terms of traffic and people with quality of life falling to the wayside. Concessions are made to developers in almost every instance, tax breaks, increased density and height, no parking while the citizens who live here are ignored. This didn't start with Steve Fulop but he made the case repeatedly in his tenure as Councilman that he would reverse the process. At some point not too far down the road this citys grid will be hopelessly gridlocked by traffic and lack of public transportation and the PATH system will not be able to handle the load of new passengers its going to have.
Posted on: 2014/6/29 12:52
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Riaz has never run for office and I don't think he is interested but he is "out there" and sees things first hand. By the way, his work with the homeless is all volunteer. I have been aware of his activism since 2010. The Hudson Reporter has noticed his work with the homeless and has written articles on him.
Posted on: 2014/6/29 3:11
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Riaz Wahid, is known for his work with the homeless. But he does more than that, he attend county, board of ed, and city hall meetings.
Posted on: 2014/6/29 2:53
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Riaz Wahid posted this on facebook:
Thank You Mayor, here is my report card about your one year performance: Implementing Pay to Play: F Openness & Transarency: F OPRA responses: C- Public Safety: C- (some pockets of success) Clean Streets: C- Traffic Strees: F Tax Burden: F Hiring based on EoE: F Dept heads performance: C- Building Dept Performance: F JCMUA/United Water: C- Loews Theater: B+ Next year goals: C- Economic Development in Downtown: B- Economic Development in rest of JC: C- RRC: F (get rid off them, let the dept handle calls directly with the help of tech monitoring tools) Payroll increase: F Performance Desk Audit: F Filling Board Positions: C- Communication with County: B- Communication with State: C- Communitcation with JC Public Schools: F Communication with DC: B+ Communication with residents:B- Cultural Affairs: B- Support to Needy and abandoned people: C- Mayors Engagement with Block Assns: B- 311 System: F Negotiations with Developers - C- Abatements in downtown: F Abatements in rest of JC: C- Abatement Audits: C- Enforcing Illegal Parkings in front of houses: F Enforcing illegal apartments: F Increasing Parking spaces: F DPW/JCIA Merger: F Parking Authority Merger: B- (need to see a final outcome yet) Affordable Housing: C- Port Authority related issues: B+ Recent Fires: F Freedom of Press: C- Working with Unions: B+ & Mayor Political Fundraisers: A+ Overall: C- Good Luck for your second year and hope to see more improvements and aggressive goals. Thanks
Posted on: 2014/6/28 19:36
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Re: Jersey City considers turning Newark Avenue into pedestrian plaza
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Newark Avenue has two way traffic, it is not a passive street. The traffic actually got worse when the city closed the street where the Grove station sits. There has been times returning home I have been stuck on Newark Avenue in traffic for over 10 minutes on one block and the street is not closed.
Posted on: 2014/6/28 1:41
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Newark Avenue has two lanes of traffic running east and west. Where do you get this special lane? Newark Avenue is narrow compared to NYC.
Posted on: 2014/6/27 23:39
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The issue is not closing the street, it is closing the street next to the PATH station on Newark Avenue, the rest of the city uses the jitney buses to get to the PATH. Not everyone lives downtown and are able to walk to the PATH. I realize this ordinance changes the hours, but the return trip home would be a nightmare.
Posted on: 2014/6/27 22:10
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Re: Star Ledger: Greedy NJ Unions Responsible for Pension Mess
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Let's say you started to work five or ten years ago through a civil service test you passed, you are required to pay into the pension system for the last 5 or 10 years. If that money is not around when you retire then the state of NJ has robbed you. You cannot take that money and place it somewhere else. You do not have that option. A lot of people think they can live without government but when government shuts down, we do feel the difference. I read some historical article on JC before government was created. People lied and changed property claims all the time. Recording property deeds at the county level stopped that practice. Minor governmental practices keep society safe.
Posted on: 2014/6/27 19:30
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Christie was on 101.5 radio station recently, a retired Union City cop called in to discuss pension payment. Christie asked the fellow his age, which is 62, then said he will have a pension but it is the younger workers who are at risk. So these younger workers who are paying 8.5% are being robbed by the governor so he can keep his campaign promise and cut taxes for the top wage earners.
Posted on: 2014/6/27 3:44
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But does any of the money goes to the Board of Ed? The Board of Ed taxes have risen 40% since 2005.
Posted on: 2014/6/26 21:37
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I guess you have an abatement to say the state pays for the public schools, the state pays the lions share but the average homeowner pays between $2,000 to $3,000 a year. That is real money.
Posted on: 2014/6/26 20:01
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Posted on: 2014/6/26 19:46
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LeFrak never asked for an abatement in the beginning. The abatement happened when Mayor Cucci asked for affordable housing so 270 units became affordable out of 1500 in the 1980s. LeFrak placed ads in the New York Post advertising those affordable units. It benefitted NYC residents but JC residents were stuck with the tax bill of educating those NYC children at our local schools. Affordable housing does not help struggling homeowners who pay taxes. It actually makes their tax burden worse. Over 2,200 property owners went into lien. In my opinion, we need affordable taxes which creates affordable housing as a by-product.
Posted on: 2014/6/26 16:44
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That is what Council President Tom DeGise said when he voted to give Newport abatements, he said, "The people living in Newport will not have children and will not use the public schools." We know that is not true.
Posted on: 2014/6/26 15:47
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Hamilton Park folks spoke for over an hour at the council meeting but this administration is ignoring them. Fulop and team got in due to the downtown vote, so why is he turning his back on them? He did the same thing with Van Vorst Park and the micro units.
Posted on: 2014/6/26 15:25
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Councilman Fulop would have voted no on any waterfront abatement under the Healy Administration. What a phony.
Posted on: 2014/6/26 2:44
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Brewster, you are correct about our old sewers but these sewers also exist in other parts of the town and it doesn't flood. Downtown JC was composed of several different lands formation including islands. Mill Creek ran through this area, you can find Mill Creek in a painting at the downtown Provident Bank. Early settlers would take boats to Paulus Hook to reach the ferry and travel to Manhattan. During the construction of now Metropolis, then called the Gregory Apartments, parts of a boat was found. Parts of downtown is landfill. Van Vorst received more damage than Paulus Hook because some of Van Vorst is landfill. I am referring to the impact of Sandy.
Posted on: 2014/6/25 20:03
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The development of downtown was done under the Schundler Administration. I have suggested to Council President DeGise, the land that floods downtown but not develop on, should be considered for open space. Unfortunately, the government then gave the city away to developers and buildings are on those sites today. Parts of the Mocco's property should have been opened space especially near the lite rail. 18th Street always had flooding problems, which should have been open space. During the McCann Administration there were public hearings on the Medical Center new location. I said that area floods but a politician owned that land, so that site became the new Medical Center. It was devastated by Sandy, 8 ft of water entered the hospital. Open space is needed for drainage, there is too much concrete.
Posted on: 2014/6/25 15:09
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