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Re: Several local politicians arrested on corruption charges
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I am sure many of us living here have stories and experiences of corruption related to the City.

I hope there is a reporter out there looking for a good story who is willing to talk to us all now. I am sure we are all now willing to spill to someone wanting to listen - the city has gotten away with this for too, too long and ruined many lives with small financial - to large financial burdens based on their fraud and approval of shoddy construction....

Just the other day someone told me about how a city inspector wasn't coming around to their place to approve it and it was an oddly long time, then a "friend" of the inspector's approached them and said that for a fee of around $1500 he's sure he could get his "friend" to expedite the inspection process. EXPEDITE? More like this inspector was intentionally delaying to get the pay off. These people never did it but are extremely distressed because they still have no inspector coming and now of course that they didn't take the bribe, you think this inspector is going to make things easy on them?

HEY REPORTERS start your research! Citizen's should not be tolerating this corruption. I don't care if this is small, it's illegal and has ruined many lives in smaller ways.


Hey, the same thing (same words, too) happened to me at the office of the construction code. They asked for $600 beforehand, $600 after inspection to get everything done. I pretended not to understand and just kept visiting the office every day for three weeks until I got a permit without bribing. Wasted a month. Frustrating as hell. I can't believe this happens in the First World.

Posted on: 2009/7/24 12:40
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Re: Jersey City Heights No-license Dentist on Central Avenue Shut Down
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You'll be a dentist.
You have a talent for causing things pain!
Son, be a dentist.
People will pay you to be inhumane!

Posted on: 2009/7/9 19:08
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Re: The Beacon
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Units had different quality of views: one that faced that NYC skyline went for a lot more than one with an endearing view of the Pulaski Skyway and smokestacks.

And yup, 10% went to the house. Auctioneers and Developer made bank this weekend.

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wibbit wrote:
the price looks to be all over the place for example:

R-1807 = $257,500 [764 sqft]
C-1809 = $210,000 [795 sqft]

but i agree no steals looke like the developer made off nicely. Will wait to see the tax records after those closes before commenting further.

but what do you mean 10% premium? the buyer is paying the auction and not the sellers? and 10%?!?! agent only charges 5% nowdays for a closing. So a 210k unit, the buyer is paying the auction house 21k?

Posted on: 2009/6/29 18:19
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Re: The Beacon
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Those 305-450K numbers were only 2bd units... the auction split up the 2bd and 1bd units and I only stayed for the 2bd units.

Its complicated, they had a weird way of assuring that units sold for a minimum price. There may not have been an official reserve, but if bidding slowed down, they simply pulled remaining units from the auction and did a "final call" for them at a fixed price.

So the cheapest 2bd units were fixed at 305K, nothing cheaper, these were smaller, low-floor units with no views.

Best units (high, 1200+ ft, views) all sold for 350K and up. The most expensive one was $430K. I was wrong on the 450 number. The priciest units had 1300 sq ft and NYC views.

Keep in mind that is before 10% auction premium. I think better deals are available direct from sellers. Nobody stole any condos at this auction.

Posted on: 2009/6/29 13:44
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Re: The Beacon
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I went to this auction yesterday. I only stayed for the 2bd unit auctions, since I had no interest in the 1bds.

The system was pretty weird, but there were reserves on basically all units. $350K for the ones with NYC views and 1200+ sq feet, etc., and $305K reserve on the rest.

The sales ranged from 305K for 2beds with less than 1000 sq feet and poor views, to $450K for the high, large units with NYC views and/or terraces.

Also, the buyers need to add 10% to those numbers for the auction premium, so they really paid $335 - $500 for them.

Basically the low end of market pricing right now for JC condos. Nobody walked away with any steals and Metrowest managed to unload all their inventory.

Metrowest still is holding onto some units, I think.

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Xerxes wrote:
Thanks Peter,

Any idea on the prices?

(So when Metrovest hinted it was selling the "LAST 25" at auction so it could move on with other projects, it was fibbing a bit? I wonder how many are still in Metrovest's hands?)


Since the auction appears to have gone well, I guess we can look for many more to follow. I remember well the early '90's real estate bust where you could go to several auctions any weekend.

Posted on: 2009/6/28 14:39
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Re: Rapper Fat Joe talks up education at Jersey City school
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Is a rapper really the type of luminary a public school should hire to speak? Don't we spend a good deal of education funds in attempts to counteract the influence of this culture?

Posted on: 2009/6/12 15:12
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Re: What would you do with the Powerhouse???
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S&M Dungeon

Posted on: 2009/6/12 15:10
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Re: Former Jersey City teacher charged with having sexual relationship with student
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This isn't about age of consent. Teachers are trusted with a position of influence and authority. It would still be illegal if the student were 18.

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I have also often wondered why these teachers tend to be attractive. Obviously deeply disturbed or maybe just a midlife crisis. My 33 years old friend loves dating 20 year olds and that is pushing it in my opinion.

Anyhow, I thought New Jersey sexual consent laws state age 16 as the cutoff...
"A person must be 16 years of age to legally consent to sexual activity."
http://sexualassault.rutgers.edu/definition.htm

Doesn't make it morally right, but I am just curious.

Posted on: 2009/6/4 13:07
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Re: Trio nabbed after Jiffy Lube break-in
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Three men in their 40s have no other way of making money than robbing a Jiffy-Lube in broad daylight? How much cash did they expect to find?

Posted on: 2009/4/16 18:56
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Re: Journal Square: Five Corners bomb scare
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I saw that area blocked off at 9am this morning.

Posted on: 2009/2/17 23:11
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Re: Kearny chemical firm fined for safety violations - "that could lead to a toxic chlorine release"
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You can't blame these companies for cutting costs. Why, there are only five-figure fines for cutting out millions of dollars of safety precautions.

There were no penalties and everybody forgot about a massive methyl mercaptan leak last year.

Anyone remember this?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6241927.stm

probably 15 million people exposed.

Posted on: 2008/12/8 21:46
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Re: Tenant Fraud
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Here's an update:

My deadbeat actually showed up to spend the weekend. The audacity of this guy... I have made it abundantly clear that I have other prospective tenants lined up and he is costing me a good deal of money every day he refuses to pack up...

Anyway, I ask him when he's moving out, and he says "today," like he says every day. So I print out a "Lease Cancellation Agreement" and he signs it without flinching.

Never actually removes his mattress and his TV, or returns keys, of course.

But I'm pretty sure I own the apartment now, right? He signed the lease cancellation! He doesn't have any protections any more, as far as I can tell.

I am planning on changing the locks tonight and storing his mattress/TV in a spare bedroom for him if he ever wants to claim them.

Is there any reason I can't do that now? I still plan on keeping my eviction court date in two weeks, to make everything proper and official, but I don't need to keep letting him show up at odd hours after he signed a lease cancellation and owes me two months rent!

Posted on: 2008/8/18 14:37
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Re: Where to buy Venetian Blinds?
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I put in my order to paylessdecor... let's see how it goes. Thanks for the advice. Ikea didn't have any sizes close to what I needed.

Posted on: 2008/8/16 15:49
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Where to buy Venetian Blinds?
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Anyone have a recommendation? I am looking for nice faux wood slats cut to size. Home Depot will take three weeks, and most other stores only sell generic white ones. Thanks!

Posted on: 2008/8/15 19:46
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Re: Tenant Fraud
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Thanks! I had read these posts, doesn't sound like the same people. My building is totally legal/up to code. There have been no girlfriends, damage, or children so far, just nonpayment. And this guy is really professional, not a slob. Articulate, well-dressed, drives a BMW, really SEEMS to have his life together, which is why I let him kept making excuses for so long. I reckon he has a lot of experience getting creditors to extend deadlines.

Posted on: 2008/8/15 14:48
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Re: Tenant Fraud
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If you still have the contact at his place of work, can you call the HR and see if you can garnish his wages or something? At very least it busts him at work. I understand your frustration. Some people just look for places that don't do credit checks just for this very reason. Sometimes just the threat of a credit check will weed out the scammers.


Definitely a credit check next time! I do have the HR contact, but at this point, I have no idea if he just has a buddy who works in HR there. I can't garnish wages, but the collection agency can after a judgment if there are actually wages to be garnished. I don't know how somebody can juggle a real job and a fraudulent lifestyle. Maybe landlords are so glad to be rid of him, they never go through collections and court judgements? It is a major pain and waste of time.

Posted on: 2008/8/15 14:35
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I was curious if anyone else has experienced this...

I own a two-family house in the Heights, live on one floor, and rent the other. My last tenant moved out in June, so I listed it on Craigslist and showed it to about ten prospects until finding what I thought was the perfect tenant.

This guy was ideal: early 30s, single, black professional, worked in pharma industry, needed a second bedroom for his office, well-dressed and well-spoken. He owned his house in Philadelphia but work kept sending him to NYC and Northern NJ, so he wanted a JC apartment a local place to stay and do business.

He paid the one-month security and June rent, but never moved in. He threw a mattress on the floor and brought in a TV, and himself or a friend or two would show up and crash 2-3 days per week randomly. He told me work was keeping him traveling and he would move in soon.

That didn't bother me until the July rent check bounced. And so did his second check, even though he "cleaned up his bank account". He had a litany of sob stories - sick parents, victim of bank fraud, friend stabbed him in the back, etc. etc.

I was sympathetic with his horror stories and extended deadlines, but August came with no payment. With a heavy heart, I filed eviction paperwork even though I felt bad for the guy with sick parents, bank fraud, etc.

I promised him not to evict, and to even eat the lost rent, if he would just pick up his mattress/TV (he never brought in anything else) and sign a lease cancellation. But now he won't even do that. It now seems clear he never intended to move furniture in, and just wants to keep an unpaid crash pad as long as posible. The threat of eviction and damage to his credit have no effect.

In conversations with other small landlords, and from internet research, there seem to be huge numbers of these "Serial Evictees" who have no credit or assets, and just sign leases all over the place they don't intend to pay, and maintain free apartments as long as possible.

My eviction court date is in two weeks, then I can get the sherriff to evict. I will lose about $2000 if a collection agency can't retrieve it after judgement.

I've been very troubled by this whole experience, not to say struggling with my mortgage payment. Does anyone have any advice on this? I imagine this con artist will sue me if I do anything such as disrupt utilities, change locks, remove his mattress, etc. I am consigned to simply wait for the court to process the eviction, swallow the loss and move on.

How common is this? Yes, I know to do a more thorough tenant screen last time (all I did was call his employer's HR). Maybe some of you have rented to the same person?? I heard these people will keep ten or so leases open at a time, and can drag on eviction for up to a year!

Are these con artists dangerous? I've been professional throughout this whole affair, and there has never been shouting or threats, but I fear that someone who is capable of lifestyle theft of services is capable of anything. I have no idea how I can prevent him from destroying the apartment out of spite if he decides to.

Any advice for my upcoming court date?

Thanks...

Posted on: 2008/8/15 14:19
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Re: I Saw Someone Riding A Bicycle On the Pulaski Skyway This Morning
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With all the traffic, maybe he figured it would be faster than driving. There have been times I sat on the Pulaski wishing I had a bicycle.

Posted on: 2008/6/26 15:44
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Re: Another man charged with trying to bribe Jersey City fire inspector
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These people are idiots. $500 bribes? JC officials are used to pocketing four and five figures to turn their back. One time I applied for a building permit, I was asked for $1200 cash just to upgrade a bathroom. Sheesh.

Do they really think an inspector will risk their cushy job for only $500??

Posted on: 2008/6/26 13:31
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Re: Violent incidents fueled by gang rivalries at public housing complexes prompt cops to add cameras
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Will the feed be streamed onto the internet?

Posted on: 2008/6/26 13:28
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Re: Jersey City earns 'F' in sex poll
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I could have told you that.

Posted on: 2008/4/28 1:51
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Re: Bergen Lafayette: Dozen masked men wearing hoodies pump bullets into parked minivan Tues afternoon
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invoking eugenics . . . you would have done exceedingly well in Nazi Germany Mike Z. Wish you could be sent there, you'd fit in.


Wow, it didn't take very long for Godwin's Law to come up.

Posted on: 2008/2/28 17:23
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Re: Bergen Lafayette: Dozen masked men wearing hoodies pump bullets into parked minivan Tues afternoon
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Posted on: 2008/2/28 17:12
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Re: Bergen Lafayette: Dozen masked men wearing hoodies pump bullets into parked minivan Tues afternoon
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Have you ever noticed this, why is it that in many towns in America, streets named after Martin Luther King are often the most dangerous & run down streets in the city?


You should see the intersection of MLK Blvd and Muhammed Ali Blvd in Newark sometime!

Posted on: 2008/2/28 16:25
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Re: American Can/ Canco Lofts
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gungirl_newyork wrote:
I am not in any financial position to buy at this point. However, I do plan on making JC my homebase for at least the next ten years. I've been reading about CANCO and artists lofts in the Jersey City.

I'm seriously thinking of going to CANCO's grand opening next week, for more of a fact finding mission.

I am a graphic designer/art director by trade. With the recent real estate market bust and the fact that it is no longer a seller's market, this may turn out to be a good thing for me.


There are some low-rate loans available for redevelopment districts such as Jersey City Heights and Journal Square. That permitted me to purchase my first property here not long ago. There are good deals to to be had. I'm not sure Canco is one of them, but let me know if you want me to introduct you to a good agent. Mike

Posted on: 2008/2/15 21:55
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Re: Dealing with the Office of Construction Code Official...anyone have insight?
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I have been there. There are only two ways to do it:

1) have a buddy come in without a truck and build it quickly and quietly without getting caught.

2) hire a local licensed contractor who will walk into the Code office and bribe the right person to get a permit issued.

Otherwise, you get the weeks after weeks of back-and-forth and wasted time before inevitable and unreasonable rejection.

Sad but true.

Posted on: 2008/2/14 21:15
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Re: ON PATH TO A BOOM: Development in Harrison puts the train-line town in position for a renaissance
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Maybe if they can do something about that smell which perfuses Frank E. Rodgers Blvd...

Salepeople must be showing all those cookie cutter new constructions to prospects during low odor days and hope they close fast.

Posted on: 2008/2/4 21:51
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Re: What kind of neighborhood is the Heights in Jersey City?
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Kramer wrote:
Thanks for all the info! The apartment building is between Collard and Summit Ave. Because we are relocating from Kansas with no employment, it was either this or Harlem. We also have 2 large dogs. We walked around the neighborhood some while we were there on vacation and loved Pershing Field for the dogs. I hope we can find other areas for dogs, like a dog park or something. Anyway, I think I feel a lot better about moving to JC!


Hi there, I have only lived here for two months, but you are two blocks from my house, feel free to hit me up for whatever limited local advice I can offer once you move to town. Welcome aboard! Your block is nice and quiet, and you've got great parks and a fire station nearby. Just watch out for the overzealous parking nazis.

Posted on: 2008/2/1 20:50
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Re: What kind of neighborhood is the Heights in Jersey City?
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I live by Pershing Field now and spent two years in Brooklyn. The heights compared to "other boros" is incredibly safe and civilized. I've never felt unsafe. Occasional inconveniences happen, but you might notice that the Heights is one of the VERY FEW parts of JC where no one has bars on their street-level windows.

Posted on: 2008/2/1 5:59
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Re: What kind of neighborhood is the Heights in Jersey City?
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Beacon Ave is a little noisy but most of the Heights is pretty nice and residential.

Posted on: 2008/1/31 22:50
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