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Re: How the jobless rate in poor Jersey City areas helped the Kushners

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The target employment area can be more granular - say move from City level to Zip code level. That will close a big loophole but will certainly slow down EB5 money flows.

Posted on: 2017/5/28 14:53

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equn

Re: Why the water in Jersey City and Hoboken may be discolored this weekend

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Thanks for sharing. Is the independent water quality report out too? I remember the mayor ordered a water quality report independent of Suez last year.

Posted on: 2017/4/7 19:03

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equn

Re: NBC coverage of Olympics opening ceremony sucks

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Totally agree. Many simply switch to international channels.

Posted on: 2016/8/9 17:25

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equn

Re: Underground Passageway linking PATH to Fulton Center Opens Today (May 26, 2016)

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I posted a map in 2014.

http://jclist.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=351016

Posted on: 2016/6/30 14:11

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equn

Recommendation for fixing my cellular shade

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Any local recommendation for someone who knows how to fix & install cellular shade?

Posted on: 2016/6/13 1:39

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equn

Re: Iphone battery replacement locally

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I also recommend YuFixIt. I've done a battery replacement there and it worked great. They have a location near Grove Street PATH. http://www.yufixit.com/contact/

Posted on: 2016/6/13 1:38

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equn

Re: Kids in 11 N.J. Cities Have Higher Lead Levels Than Flint

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Anyone has any news about the water test? Quote:

Stringer wrote:
In response to Flint crisis, Jersey City to hire third party to test water supply
By Terrence T. McDonald | The Jersey Journal
February 02, 2016 at 2:05 PM
JERSEY CITY — City officials will hire a third-party consultant to test the city's drinking water, a step they call "an extra level of security" for residents in the wake of the Flint water contamination scandal.
The independent testing is intended to corroborate tests currently performed by Suez Jersey City, which runs the city's water and sewer systems. The testing will cost $50,000 and include a search for all contaminants listed on the federal and state drinking water standards lists, city officials said today.
The testing will be more comprehensive than the regular tests performed by Suez, according to the city.
"The situation in Flint is one that no community should have to experience," Mayor Steve Fulop said in a statement. "And while testing is done routinely on the Jersey City water supply residents have reached out asking for comprehensive testing and we thought it was a prudent expense to add an extra level of security for our residents, especially our young children."
Read more: http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... rsey_city_to_hire_th.html

Posted on: 2016/2/28 21:20

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equn

Re: McNair Academic High School - racial quota

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Quote:

Kelcey wrote:
You can see the racial/ethnic breakdown on the NCES website:

NCES 2013-14 CCD for McNair

You can dig into the breakdown by gender and race/ethnicity by grade level by downloading the CCD public school universe file at http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/pubschuniv.asp.

Thank you Kelcey! Very helpful info!

Posted on: 2015/12/27 14:15

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equn

Re: Light at the end of the tunnel?

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Will the new tunnels of the gateway project be used solely for Amtrak?

Would love to see a comparison between that and East Side Access tunnels.

Posted on: 2015/12/27 0:48

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equn

Re: higher education - Is it all in the socioeconomic environment of the student?

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Would love to see some cross-country comparison...

Posted on: 2015/12/26 20:56

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Re: McNair Academic High School - racial quota

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I'm looking at the student profile.

https://k12.niche.com/dr-ronald-e-mcna ... gh-school-jersey-city-nj/

If the niche.com site is right, the racial quota is not strictly enforced... Any insights here from this forum?

I'm not particularly against affirmative action, I just hope it is more based on income than race.

Posted on: 2015/12/26 20:49

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equn

Re: McNair Academic High School - racial quota

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Quote:

MDM wrote:
Quote:

my2cents wrote:
If true, must suck if you are in the other category....wait for another discrimination lawsuit.

If you fall into the Asian or White category, you may need to have really high academic / test scores relative to the student body as a whole to get in. Even then, that might not be enough.

Thank you MDM that's what I hear too. Both my wife and myself are Asian, 100%, and we don't want to cheat on picking the racial category. It truly sucks though to be Asian on being admitted into top academic schools in JC.

We do NOT want to bring up our kid in a way that focuses on academic performance solely. But it looks like the system is very much against us...

Posted on: 2015/12/26 20:41

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equn

Re: McNair Academic High School - racial quota

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Quote:

iGreg wrote:
It's in full force at McNair and if able to afford St Doms or Prep for your kids - do so.

Thank you iGreg. Looks like both private high schools are top notch but religious... We are not particularly religious and would prefer not to attend a religious school. Does it mean that we'll have to move...

Our kid is going to reach school age soon. If there isn't a good option for local high schools then we'll move, like most others do... However we do like JC a lot and would like to explore a bit before we really make the move.

Posted on: 2015/12/26 20:39

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equn

McNair Academic High School - racial quota

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Hi all,

I stumble upon the wikipedia page of McNair Academic High and saw:


With the primary goal of diversity through affirmative action, the school enrollment is based on a quota of 25% White, 25% Black, 25% Hispanic, and 25% Other (mostly Asian).

However, the source link to JCBOE is broken. I'm wondering if the quota is still there today and if there is any plan to change that.

Posted on: 2015/12/26 0:40

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equn

Re: Other Than JC Where Would You Live ?

#15

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Nearby:
Hoboken, NJ
Edgewater, NJ
LIC, NY

Within US:
Seattle, WA
Portland, OR
Denver, CO

Globally:
Any major European and Asian cities

Posted on: 2015/10/27 15:49

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equn

Re: Anyone hear about the 100 floor tower Goldman Sachs is planning on the waterfront?

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Vacancy rate of JC waterfront office is pretty high although it's dramatically improving starting from the last year...

Posted on: 2015/9/14 1:51

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equn

Re: Property Management company requirements in Jersey City

#17

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Most likely these types of regulations come from the state.
Give the state SBA a call and keep us updated. You may be redirected a couple times to find the right person to answer your question.
https://www.sba.gov/offices/district/nj/newark
Sorry can't be more helpful on this.

Posted on: 2015/9/11 19:01

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equn

Re: Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop plays 'hide the ratables' from suburban taxpayers

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Once the sales price get recorded, property tax will go up starting next year.

Posted on: 2015/7/5 22:16

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equn

Re: Trying to put New Jersey on the map -- the NYC subway map

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Here is the main site:

http://subwaynynj.com/

Posted on: 2015/6/13 18:57

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equn

National Day of Civic Hacking 2015 - June 6th City Hall 9am-4pm

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If you are interested in understanding the public data of Jersey City and would like to have fun with it, please join us!

http://codeforjc.org/NDoCH2015/

June 6th, 2015 SAT - 9am-4pm
National Day of Civic Hacking 2015
City Hall (280 Grove Street, JC, NJ)
Jersey City, NJ, USA

Posted on: 2015/6/3 0:18

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equn

Re: Architect / Structural Engineer Urgently Needed

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Try:
https://www.honestbuildings.com/

Posted on: 2015/3/10 20:46

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equn

Re: Shanghai Best, 95 Montgomery St

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It's pretty good definitely beats most of the Chinatown ones. They also have a hot pot restaurant right next door owned by the same boss I assume.

Posted on: 2015/3/10 17:16

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equn

Re: Museum of Corruption

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Even an online museum will be cool.
Jersey City Corruption Museum (ONLINE)

Posted on: 2015/3/7 16:35

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equn

Re: Jersey City is sixth hardest working city in America

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JC and NYC are heaven for people with relatively little net wealth but high income and growth potential. Of course people are hard working to take advantage of the upward mobility.

Posted on: 2015/3/4 15:36

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equn

Re: Of course this is not JC, Bayonne mayor wants to build municipal parking lot

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Municipal parking lots are always eye sores. I don't like this idea.
To car owners, sell your car, use Zipcar or Uber when you need car service. Otherwise use public transit!

Posted on: 2015/3/4 15:32

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equn

Re: PATH (pathetic attempt at transporting humans)

#26

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There will be an underpass. See here:
http://jclist.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=351016

Quote:

tommyc_37 wrote:
A blurb on the far from complete WTC hub: http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/03 ... tc_transportation_hub.php

Is anybody actually excited about this? Here's my question - what problem does this hub solve? Why was there a need to build this lavish structure? Taking a step back ... why couldn't the Path terminate at the newly built Fulton Center, a block away?? Would have saved multiple Billions of dollars, and made transferring to the MTA system very easy.

Seriously, why is this hub even being built?

Posted on: 2015/3/2 20:16

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equn

Re: Chinese Company in Talks to Buy Jersey City Site:

#27

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Quote:

jcdd wrote:
MIkeyTCB - mark my words - there will be families moving in to these condos, they will have young children, and yes, there will be a good percentage that will send their kids to PS16. PS16 is generally considered probably the "best" of the public elementary schools in JC. But it already has capacity issues, as does the entirety of the downtown elementary schools. The City needs to do something quickly to deal with this problem. We need new schools built in downtown. The population boom is happening here.

The condo owners pay a lot of property tax. I hope at least part of it goes to fund PS16.

Posted on: 2015/1/21 15:24

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equn

Re: What is it with these ads for Asian/Russian/etc. women?!

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Ooops.
My ads here in JC List used to be all about technology and real estate.
Now since I opened this post, all the ads turned into Russian women.

Posted on: 2014/12/31 1:50

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equn

Re: Jersey City wins public information award at League of Municipalities convention

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For those who have some tech skills and would like to push JC government even more transparent, please join us!

http://openjerseycity.org/
http://www.meetup.com/Open-JC/

Posted on: 2014/11/23 17:02

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equn

Re: Whole Foods in JC?

#30

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Stores under development can be found here:

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/company-info/stores-development

Posted on: 2014/9/30 1:59

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