I wouldn't say the Beacon is like Dixon Mills, but vindication, it's apples to oranges to compare the Beacon to Crystal Point, Shore Club, 77 Hudson. they are downtown and obviously at a much higher price point than the beacon.

We've been here in the beacon for a couple of years and love it. It's a great value for the product and you're not sacrificing that much vs. the downtown products. Condo fees are way too high but we got an incentive for a limited duration.

this is a horrible ruling. so the city is off the hook when 9-1-1 operators ignore protocols and don't do their jobs? That's great to know. in jersey city they take an hour to respond to a call for police anyway. I had to wait OVER an hour for an officer to take a police report when somebody damaged my husband's car in a hit and run.

The Appellate Division ruling should have been left alone. good for us as jc taxpayers for this particular case, but scary for all of us that the city and its employees can ignore their obligations to do their jobs correctly

raj, I am impressed with what you have achieved (being only 4 years older than you) and impressed for acknowledging us mere mortals in the blogosphere by having a dialog. I don?t know if it was smart to give out your cell phone but it seems like maybe you do that regularly. i agree a misdemeanor shouldn?t overshadow your big picture, but Healy?? really????

I am a reader who doesn't normally comment but I will say, i had doubts about you based on the above posts but reading your response and sifting through the court docs has swayed me. I hope you can help our city as deputy mayor. As I said I do not support your boss, he is a disaster for our city, but I guess I can be glad that at least he appointed someone without a 9 to 5 ?me me me? attitude like I bet most of the others in JC ogvernment have.

Jsleez, i am a lawyer. I work for a defense attorney but she used to be a prosecutor. from the docs I read online via pacer, it seems he wasn?t released on 100 bail -probably wasnt arrested at all. His bail was set at that amount of bond (signing a piece of paper with the court assuring them the defendant will show up). Anyway, bond gets set based on allegations in the charges ? and the docs jive with what he was saying in that all those other charges were dismissed beyond the misdemeanor. The misdemeanor offense he pled to was 9 years ago, regardless of when the disposition was. I'd say that's pretty far removed so i see his point.

Fake ID or not, it still bore a defense seal; actually 1 year of probation seems light for the misdemeanor. From the allocution the government seems to concede he was in the marines in intelligence so I?m confused as to why he was charged with impersonating (it seems, impersonating himself) in the first place which explains that dismissal. But my boss sees clients charged on bad facts all the time. Sometimes the government doesn?t check up until after bringing a case. I doubt the feds would have dropped the other charges if there was something more to them; they don?t let up easy. By the way, post-9/11, previously trivial fake ID offenses like drivers licenses were upgraded and we have had kids plead to 4th degree fake ID offenses (in NJ superior court, but these offenses are more serious than the misdemeanor this guy pled to). Their probation can be longer than a year and the fines larger.