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JerseyJanet wrote:
I phoned the non-emergency number this morning. They transferred me to a detective. I described the bike (white, silver, odd seat, mountain bike) and he said they caught someone this morning. Same bike color. I described the person. But it wasn't the same as who they caught. I told him I swear it was the same man handing over drugs not half an hour later. He said they act fast and don't care what time of day and it didn't surprise him.

I did my part. Sorry I didn't call sooner but life responsibility got in the way.

I am glad you ultimately did the right thing. Even if it wasn't the right person, word about this will spread around & put those with something to hide on guard. You do not have to stick around or give your name, just give the info. As small as it seems, if everyone just takes that moment, you may not stop all crime but you can certainly make the criminals life miserable. The captain in the East District is a stand-up guy, go to his monthly meetings.

The police chief from Union City once told me that when he looked at the monthly stats & saw a boatload of calls his crime stats were lower & vice versa. If you see something, say something.


Oh by the way, if you are a troll God don't like ugly & the Webmaster will get you.

HeightsBrat wrote:
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JerseyJanet wrote:
I walking with my kids along Columbus Ave. and Jersey Ave. and saw a man convincing two other men the bike he's trying to sell them isn't stolen because he wouldn't do that to people. It was odd and obvious a 'deal' was going down to offload this nice mountain bike. He seemed tweaked out. I rushed my kids along.

I see him again on Grove and Newark 15 minutes later with a group of unkempt people and he's handing over a small packet of white stuff while they shake hands. It was ridiculously obvious, I'm short and I was practically nose level to this transaction. It was ballsy. I couldn't believe this was in broad daylight at the Grove PATH station area. He had no bike with him then so probably sold it to those other two.

I seriously saw these two things, same man, in under half hour committing two crimes. People, families walking everywhere. I was with small children.

We think DTJC has changed?

Things only change when people step up to the plate. Other than move along, did you call the police or did you hope someone else did?

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vindication15 wrote:
Dolomiti - you are aware that the PATH a few years ago was cheaper, less crowded, and had increased service (ie. Direct train from HOB to 33rd on weekends for example).

I am, I've taken the PATH for years. I take it nearly every day, including during rush hour.

I don't see a huge difference in crowding. There are many times during the morning rush hour when one 33rd Street train will be packed to the gills, and the next one (5 minutes later) has plenty of room. Evening rush hours do get bad when there are delays, otherwise it's not that crowded.

PATH certainly isn't perfect, but it isn't anywhere near as horrifying as people suggest (with the exception of abysmal communication). What can I say, I simply don't think my life is ruined because a Saturday train ride takes 5 minutes longer than it used to.

you can't see it is more crowded than in previous years? are you kidding me?

jerseymom wrote:

Even if it's in your lease renewal, you can argue that it is a new fee that would create a hardship (which is legitimate in your case) or be, in specific terminology, unreasonable.

You can refuse to sign the new lease on these grounds, but there is a specific process to do so which will result in a court case if your landlord fights it. You cannot be evicted during the process as long as you follow the process.

See page 23:

http://www.lsnjlaw.org/Publications/P ... Manuals/TenantsRights.pdf

Definitely call the Tenant/Landlord Relations for some guidance.

Remember to keep good records of everything. Put everything in writing and keep copies. Send any mail certified/signature required. Avoid verbal conversations, and if you have them, follow up with an email that summarizes the conversation points (ie; Dear Landlord, Thank you for speaking with me today. Just to summarize our conversation, I agreed to do this and you agreed to do that...)

Good luck and let us know what the outcome is. This is despicable behavior and I abhor landlords that don't care that fees like this are burdensome to the good tenants that work hard to pay already high rents. As you said, it's the cost of doing business.