HamSandwichPark wrote:
Classic double shill.
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psyop wrote:
I call bs on both of you. 1 post asking, 1 post responding.
If you are promoting your business just do that, no one is going to hire a shill.

user1111 wrote:
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If they could somehow split DTJC/Newport from "classic" JC

And this is why folks we will always be the worst place to live. Jersey City unlike my home town Brooklyn is not united in any way.

bodhipooh wrote:

As for DTJC developing "its own scene"... who cares? Despite what others would rather believe, most of the newcomers are flocking here because of proximity to Manhattan and other parts of NYC. Easy transportation to NYC is key to the long term prospects of JC.

TwoBootsJC wrote:
Dear Rescue Life and Psyop,

I have no interest in re-hashing the farmers' market issue but I wanted to respond to your posts, which might have misled some JC List readers.

1. We were a proud sponsor of JC Pride. (We support many local groups.) We fed over fifty of their volunteers. They never asked us about outside food vendors and we never asked them to keep food vendors out. Nor would we have. Similarly, we have never objected to the outside food vendors who come to Newark Ave. for "All About Downtown" or indeed for any other occasional event.

2. Business has been great thanks to our many passionate customers and the throngs of people that our new, neighboring restaurants have brought to the street. Like us, they've made huge investments in the neighborhood, pay taxes and employ lots of Jersey City residents. So, we're incredibly excited about the Downtown restaurant scene and economy. As you should be too.

TBJC

EasyGibson wrote:
As a contractor based out of Jersey City, I'm thinking of getting "We Are All Monty" shirts printed. The struggle is real.


Somebody's gotta fill me in on the MTA/Thom McAn joke. I've never heard it.

JCMan8 wrote:
Of course it was a solution to a problem. Fulop needs to burnish his "progressive" credentials for that governor run. Bike lanes/Citibike are fine but not enough.

In case you didn't notice, he got plenty of press for this move. So this solution is working out very nicely for him so far.

stillinjc wrote:
Simple: secede the part east of the Turnpike extension and call it Newport, NJ. Then there will truly be two cities, without pretending.

Monroe wrote:
Fulop should be encouraging chain stores to move to places like Greenville.

user1111 wrote:
Every year my neighborhood has about 4 block parties at the same time during the last week of July. There is house music, Salsa and hip hop blasting from 11 am until about 10 pm. A few times I participated and most times I leave for a weekend get away to Phoenicia.

Instead of getting your panties in a bunch, plan a weekend getaway, it might do you good.

JcDevil wrote:
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corybraiterman wrote:

unless you REALLY want some oddball particular vegetable or fish (the last one is kind of a bummer, since a good fish market would be more than welcome), i'm honestly stumped as to what you would need to go there for.

are you one of those suckers that buys organic everything? do you detest all the poor minority people that go to shoprite? do you just hate money?

Personally, I would rather go to an actual butcher shop, but since all the good ones in NYC close at like 6pm, I tended to rely on Whole Foods for decent, yet overpriced, dry aged steaks and the like. There's really nowhere around to buy good meat, which kinda sucks. I wonder how good Carrino's beef is.

Sommerman wrote:
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user1111 wrote:
By Rebecca Panico | The Jersey Journal

City Hall's council chambers were adorned in green and white today, as the city celebrated the 68th anniversary of Pakistani independence with a special flag raising.

Mayor Steve Fulop and city council members Daniel Rivera, Rolando Rivera and Khemraj "Chico" Ramchal were in attendance as well as several local Pakistani community leaders and a United States diplomat to Pakistan.

"We couldn't be more proud to have a large Pakistani community in the city of Jersey City," Fulop said. "I can tell you, that this Pakistani community is one that I am happy to call partners, happy to call friends and one that I look forward to growing a relationship with long into the future."

Leading the day's ceremony was a group of child singers, who sang the Pakistani National Anthem and "Lab Pe Aaiti Hai Dua," a child's prayer.

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... ence_wi.html#incart_river

I suggest that this be a precedent. Set a date that represents something significant in their history for all the groups that now parade and fly their flag at City Hall.

user1111 wrote:
By Rebecca Panico | The Jersey Journal

City Hall's council chambers were adorned in green and white today, as the city celebrated the 68th anniversary of Pakistani independence with a special flag raising.

Mayor Steve Fulop and city council members Daniel Rivera, Rolando Rivera and Khemraj "Chico" Ramchal were in attendance as well as several local Pakistani community leaders and a United States diplomat to Pakistan.

"We couldn't be more proud to have a large Pakistani community in the city of Jersey City," Fulop said. "I can tell you, that this Pakistani community is one that I am happy to call partners, happy to call friends and one that I look forward to growing a relationship with long into the future."

Leading the day's ceremony was a group of child singers, who sang the Pakistani National Anthem and "Lab Pe Aaiti Hai Dua," a child's prayer.

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... ence_wi.html#incart_river

Monroe wrote:
Am I missing something? How many poor people in Greenville or the West Side even have credit cards they need to use Citibikes? And isn't it easier for them to buy a cheap bike than pay for a subscription??

Frinjc wrote:
One way to ensure compliance would be to double the estimate of number of utilities in a house/condo by default prior to the inspection.

JCGuys wrote:
There are hundreds of code violations a lot more serious in this town (like the still operating Brothels of Newark Ave that our former fire inspector was accused of accepting bribes from, per the federal indictment...). Prato just had a squeaky neighbor. The remedy should be as serious as a parking ticket. Pay a fine. Followed by applying and receiving a minor variance.

I'm curious how you folks feel about illegal dwelling units. Thousands of houses in this town are zoned for one family, but may contain 2 or 3 units. It's a much bigger infraction than Prato and its patio furniture but the city knows there are a lot of families that would be homeless if they shut them down en mass. Any renters want to admit that they live in an illegal dwelling? If you dislike your landlord, I know a way to get him in a lot of trouble but you may lose your below market rental...

To the neighbor's of Prato, enjoy the reval.

JCGuys wrote:
I'm a tad preplexed

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MidwestTransplant wrote:
Slightly off-topic, but is there a calculator or a back-of-the-envelope calculation that could be used to determine what property taxes might look like after a property reval? I can't decide how to think about the issue without figuring out how it will affect me first. :)

Simplest ballpark - go to Trulia or Zillow and get a current estimate of value. Multiple by JC's effective tax rate (2.3% in 2014). So a $100k home would pay $2.3k. A $1m home $23k.

http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/pdf/lpt/gtr14hud.pdf