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K-Lo wrote:
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...Candice said that the OIG review takes a minimum of 60 days but has been known to take up to a full year.

Ms. Coleman -- to borrow a phrase, "radio silence."

Given the state's thorough trashing of McCabe/Carepoint's credibility, I have to wonder how the City Council can accept the recommendation of the selecting committee?

Wow, 60 days to a year. Pitiful response time...

"Radio Silence" from Coleman is normal when there isn't a good photo-op and news media involved. She's about as useful as a screen door on a submarine, IMO.

This place is a mess -- can't get a 2014 budget in place, can't sort out the ambulance contract, taxes going up, tax abatements still being handed out where there is apparently NO need to, high-density housing with height variances being given to properties in CLEARLY flood-prone areas (and no parking spaces for all those units), etc. I'm feeling like the current administration was/is more talk than action and it's pretty discouraging.

LurkingSince99 wrote:
I am considering renting my 2 bedroom in DTJC over Super Bowl weekend. Has anyone else had luck with this? Any pointers? Thanks!

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FunInWardF wrote:


Here is the letter Mickey McCabe wrote re: decision not to attend the Q&A. It infuriates me that he keeps trying to spin the story and suggest McCabe is the locally owned option, as if the Barnabas Health System is based out of Western Asia and not West Orange. He doesn't even own the ambulance company that bears his name anymore.

So would you agree that the constant "out of towner" accusations thrown at McCabe are improper?

tommyc_37 wrote:
I agree, enough with the pizza. Somebody can make a lot of money here if they open:

- a casual but quality BBQ joint
- a really fun cocktail bar
- a non-theme craft beer pub (love Barcade but it's a large theme bar versus a smallish pub)

However, after looking into this Pizza Porta in Asbury, it seems that it is more of a bar/hangout. In that case, that could be kind of cool.

matt07302 wrote:
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FunInWardF wrote:
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Here is the letter Mickey McCabe wrote re: decision not to attend the Q&A. It infuriates me that he keeps trying to spin the story and suggest McCabe is the locally owned option, as if the Barnabas Health System is based out of Western Asia and not West Orange. He doesn't even own the ambulance company that bears his name anymore.

The link...
http://media.nj.com/hudsoncountynow_impact/other/Arcieri.pdf

jarcieri wrote:
A public Q&A/forum regarding the ambulance contract will be held on Wednesday Jan. 8 at 7 PM at the Mary McLeod Bethune Center. Representatives from Carepoint/McCabe and JCMC were invited to attend. Carepoint/McCabe declined but JCMC CEO Joe Scott will be in attendance to answer any questions.

More information here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1451049778448549

hamiltonpkmom wrote:
I remember sitting down at a local coffee shop with couple of moms from Ward E with then Councilman Fulop two years ago and listening to him talk about the changes he would like to see in the old administration. He spoke about how there was no transparency in local government: because it generates no broad news coverage unlike New York City, Healy administration was able to pass things in his agenda because either the public was unaware or there is no check and balances with the media lacking scrutiny. I agreed, believed and voted for him in every election he ran in Jersey City since I moved here with my family in '06.

EMS service is an healthcare service that is vital necessity that hopefully not too many of us will ever need to use but must be top notch when we need it. With zero press releases from the mayor?s office or public outreach, this important issue is being decided on either Jan. 2nd or Jan. 15th, 2014.

Myself along with a few fellow concerned residents have done what we can to reach out to the Mayor?s office with questions that went unanswered thus far. We also tried to reach out to all the Councilmen, Councilwomen and Council-At-Large and a few have kindly responded to our concerns. With the New Year fast approaching, I hope there are transparency and check and balances in tJCMC Vs. CarePoint/McCabe EMS contract.

user1111 wrote:
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jc344 wrote:
linky, Your 2 brothers in law the "Firemen" and Sister the "nurse", should realize that JCMC, has been the ambulance provider for the past 130 years!! And are looking to continue being the ambulance provider!Not take over, Mccabe is the for profit ambulance company affiliated with the for profit hospital Christ -Care point hospital that Your Sister just happens to work for...Also it is Mccabe who will be in a consortium with the other local hospital ,i.e Bayonne,Hoboken (who just happen to be Carepoint Hospitals). Now as for the wait of over 15 minutes, that is not accurate at all, Also the JCFD has and will continue to be the first responder to certain medical calls. The FD can only supply O2 and AED and perform CPR, they have no other ability to administer any kind of medicine, nor do they have the ability to transport. All anyone including Your "Firemen Brothers in-law, and Sister the Nurse " have to do is simply look to the deal Mccabe had with Secaucus, where they couldn't maintain 2 ambulances in town ,nor could they maintain a response time of 8 minutes or less.

K-Lo wrote:
"If the council fails to approve the contract by the end of the year, the city will begin the bidding process anew, said Morrill, ........"

So this process starts all over again?

Can someone explain how the point system works? I'm not understanding how JCMC got the most points but lost anyway....

terrencemcd wrote:
Fulop's email is:

FulopS@jcnj.org

Prismatic wrote:
Why would you need to contact him by email. I know Fulop is responsive but it would probably take a few days now that he is mayor. Why not just hit him up via his twitter. But I know somebody here has it for sure.

Stringer wrote:
McCabe supporters pack Jersey City council chambers

By Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal
December 18, 2013 at 9:04 PM

Jersey City today withdrew its request for the City Council to vote on a contract that would have made CarePoint Health/McCabe Ambulance the city?s ambulance provider, but that didn?t stop McCabe supporters from packing the council chambers at the body?s regular meeting tonight.

The proposed contract will now not be voted on until 2014.

The Jersey City Medical Center, which currently provides ambulances for the city at a cost of roughly $4 million annually to city taxpayers, had offered to continue the service at no charge, but their bid was rejected by the city administration in favor of CarePoint/McCabe?s, which offered to reimburse the city for costs associated with firefighters who respond to medical emergencies. The city estimates that could be $2.6 million annually.

City officials said they postponed tonight?s vote so the federal Office of the Inspector General could review the CarePoint/McCabe deal. City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said the city expects to recommend CarePoint/McCabe again next year.

Mayor Steve Fulop tonight defended the CarePoint/McCabe plan to The Jersey Journal, saying the difference between its proposal and JCMC?s is ?night and day.?

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Yvonne wrote:
For the last three days McCabe has been publishing the same exact ad in the Jersey Journal five times per day for a cost of $12,500 per day or a grand total so far of $37,500. The ads are the same so what is the rationale behind them? It seems McCabe has tons of green to throw away or may be looking at that pot o' gold at the end of the rainbow,

nyrgravey9 wrote:
Did you try writing a letter directly to Mary Paretti? spinello@jcparking.org

I don't know much about her (I think people on this board have a negative view on her, but I don't know either way), but maybe try explaining the situation to her?

Best of luck.

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FunInWardF wrote:
Surprisingly, for the rest of us, they don't have a claims process for when they carelessly damage your vehicle. They left a nice scrape in the rim of my year-old car. When I called to complain they told me to take them to small claims court.

hamiltonpkmom wrote:
An open letter to all the Jersey City Council Members:

This is my last email plea to have you reconsider voting against changing Jersey City's EMS service over to McCabe/CarePoint come January 1st, 2014.

This is only 2 weeks away. With McCabe is posting job listings on its current Facebook page, it's clear they are not ready. You cannot find the workforce needed with proper background checks and references in such a short period of time.

JCMC is a state of the art hospital with the only trauma center in Jersey City that should be nurtured. Then why is McCabe paying Jersey City $2.6 million to get the contract?
This question dogged me for a while and then I realized this isn't just about getting the EMS contract for McCabe, but it's ultimate goal is to financially jeopardize and choke JCMC by losing the contract with the city of Jersey City and CarePoint having monopoly and having its hands in scooping hopefully bankrupt JCMC in future for dirt cheap and turning it into profit company from non-profit like it did with Bayonne Hospital and begins its predatory billing practice. Then all these hospitals in Hudson County: JCMC, Bayonne Hospital and Hoboken Hospital will have a monopoly and will be free to bill whatever they want.

Then all the sudden, that 2.6 Million McCabe paid to the city is such a bargain in comparison to what the residents will then pay in exchange.

I am a mom, a wife, and a resident of Jersey City that really loves our neighborhood. I never thought when picking the neighborhood to live in, I had to factor in whom my city has contracted for its EMS. Property tax is hard to swallow, but we do it because we love our house. Public education? Yes, it needs improvements and it is getting better and we have private schools that can substitute. But basic life and death situation and care over my health? I want EMS with experience, know how of our streets, well staffed, and with enough state of the art ambulances as well as hospital that is well rated and takes my insurance.

I don't want this to be about lobbyists, profit, blind ambition and greed.

Finally, I have attached the petition that started just yesterday to try to stop you from voting against JCMC EMS serving our city:http://www.change.org/petitions/mayor ... ersey-city-s-ems-provider You will see that in two days we have gotten 600+ signatures along with some comments from ??voters pleading you to reconsider. The final petition will be presented at the meeting tomorrow.

I am pleading to your independent conscious and creativity. JCMC is in your hands, I am sure if you had more time and sit down with them, you can come up with solution with JCMC that will be best for city of Jersey City. During this holiday season, your decision can impact so many EMS employees and their family at JCMC. We value our police officers, fireman and we should value our EMS at JCMC who have served us and saved many lives in Jersey City.

Sincerely,

Yoo Lee

neverleft wrote:
Here?s a solution?.

Both companies are good at what they do no denying it.

Both companies are offering their EMS services free of charge to JC.

So just split Jersey City in two at Montgomery Street.

JCMC will get everything from Montgomery to Bayonne.

McCabe (assuming they will operate out of Christ Hospital) gets everything from Montgomery to Union City.

No need for the $2.6 million from McCabe because there shouldn?t be any calls that the JCFD would need to handle being we would have two EMS companies serving the city backing up each other.

Also make both companies sign a 7 year free service contract with JC. JC has been paying/ subsidizing the JCMC EMS close to $4 million a year since 2006* . So they owe us around $20 million worth of free service. (we saved the JCMC)

*I find that interesting we were paying/subsidizing JCMC EMS millions a year so they could make money from our emergencies.

The solution is a win-win for everyone. JCMC EMS keeps a share, McCabe EMS gets a share, JC taxpayers stop subsiding EMS services, JC residents have double/closer EMS coverage.

jc344 wrote:
The City Council might want to ask McCabe who had the ambulance contract for Secaucus why they lost the contract, they lost it because the contract called for McCabe to keep 2 ambulances in Secaucus which they failed to do. So if they can t keep 2 ambulances in Secaucus what makes people think they can handle Jersey City

On Dec 16, 2013, at 11:03 PM, Daniel Rivera wrote:

Ms Lee,

I appreciate you writing and commend your advocacy towards the Medical Center ems program. The story of your neighbors child is heart warming and I'm glad she's in great health.

However in several years ago my wife and her sister called 911 because their Dad my father in law was complaining of chest pain, he passed away in 6 min 3 minutes after JCMC walked in.

Although honestly I do feel that the program is good there's always room for improvement. My wife can't express her feelings the way you do about your neighbors child but she's truly moved on.

In the past I've given credit and said lots of great things to Joe Scott their CEO and to the Director of the EMS because since they've been here things have changed but it doesn't deter from the way my wife feels. This is only one of some concerns I have however I cannot speak for the rest of my council colleagues.

I hope you can understand this very concern I've shared with you. There's more but this is the one I'll share, which i think it's pretty serious.

Thanks so much and warmest regards,


Daniel Rivera
Councilman At Large Jersey City NJ