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DCA = Department of Community Affairs in Trenton. The State has oversight of the building department, not the city.
http://www.state.nj.us/dca/divisions/codes/offices/regaffairs.html The Office of Regulatory Affairs is primarily an investigative agency responsible for investigating allegations of violations of the Uniform Construction Codes. The Office has the authority to propose administrative actions which may result in Letters of Warning, Letters Reprimand, Penalties, Suspensions and/or the revocation of licenses held by officials entrusted with the responsibility to enforce the Uniform Construction Code in the local municipalities in the State of New Jersey. Please contact (609) 984-7672 for information on how to file a complaint.
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Re: Atomic Wings owners suing JC over delays in opening
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Call DCA. You can file a formal complaint with them. A building department is required by law to review permits within 21 days.
Posted on: 2010/10/23 20:20
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Re: Atomic Wings owners suing JC over delays in opening
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They do that a lot. I have a series are horror stories with the JC Building Dept. that I will relay here later when I have more time to write. I ended filing so many complaints that the head of the department that oversees the local BD's picked up the phone at DCA. Only met one decent person in that entire department. He was a building inspector who was courteous, patient, and professional. He told to my face that his job "was to help us meet the required codes for health, safety, ect." Not to be an impediment. A neighbor of mine had a similar experience. He arrived, inspected, gave us a list of things we needed to pass. When I called him back to schedule a re-inspection, I was told he quit.
Posted on: 2010/10/21 18:39
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Re: Atomic Wings owners suing JC over delays in opening
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The JC building department is infamous. But the city doesn't have a whole lot of power to control them though. Municipal building departments are actually overseen by the Dept. of Community Affairs.
Posted on: 2010/10/20 17:17
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Re: Woman Robbed at Knifepoint on Mercer St.
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Actually my wife and I talked about that (for economic, job, tax reasons.. Texas is a very business friendly State).
For concealed carry (CCW) reasons I could also choose between 40+ States that are 'shall issue' or unrestricted (no permit required). NJ is way behind in allowing people to defend themselves. CCW has been expanding since the early 1990. It has been a success with no "blood on the streets" promised from the anti-self defense crowd.
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Re: Woman Robbed at Knifepoint on Mercer St.
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0.40 cal Smith & Wesson ACP is preferred for me. Unfortunately.. this aint Vermont or Texas (or 46 other states that allow people to defend themselves).. .. get mugged? Only thing legal in NJ is to defend yourself with harsh language.
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Re: Governor Christie halts new train tunnel into Manhattan due to cost overun
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The financing was actually provided by the IRT. The private subway operators were guaranteed a nickle fare, which was enough to finance and operate the system.
After WWI when capital controls were lifted and with the Federal reserve now controlling the money supply.. the United States went through a bout of inflation. A nickle wasn't really worth what it was when the contracts were signed. The city forbid the operators from raising fares, which forced them into receivership (there were bankruptcies before the 1940 city takeover). If anyone is interested, there is an excellent history of the NYC subway system (including a bit on the PATH) called "Under the Sidewalks of New York". The book deals with both the politics and engineering challenges with building the system: The builders hit quicksand at one point. One worker got blown through 50 ft of mud an another 30 ft of water during a blowout accident. He lived and suffered only minor injuries. Quote:
Posted on: 2010/10/19 15:10
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Re: Governor Christie halts new train tunnel into Manhattan due to cost overun
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Roads really should be a State issue. NJ gas tax collected more than enough to maintain the roads (even though are road construction cost structure is something like 3x the national average). The funds however, were raided over the years to plug budget gaps instead of the use it was intended. That is why the transportation trust fund went broke. I have no problem with gas taxes paying for the upkeep and expansion of the road system (since the gas tax is basically a user fee). However, many states have been using the funds for general revenues. The gas tax just turns into another means of funding a bloated state bureaucracy.
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I have done insulation work on a few condos in the area. My company got locked out of the 1 - 4 family market because PSE&G was handed a monopoly for all the Urban Enterprise Zones by the Board of Public Utilities. To participate in a rebate program, you can only go through PSE&G.
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Posted on: 2010/10/19 14:57
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The first 2 subway systems in NYC (BMT and the IRT) and the railroad tunnel from NJ to NYC were all built with private funds.
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Posted on: 2010/10/19 0:52
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Re: Just got my latest PROPERTY TAX BILL
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Are you referring to last quarter bill or your bill from the last fiscal year?
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Posted on: 2010/10/15 23:35
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Re: Just got my latest PROPERTY TAX BILL
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After January. You cannot appeal if any amount of your property taxes are unpaid.
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Posted on: 2010/10/15 22:31
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Re: Just got my latest PROPERTY TAX BILL
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The reason for the sewer increase: Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission. Jersey City never expanded its sewerage treatment facilities to treat all the waste it generates. We also have combined storm water / sewer which puts a lot of stress on the system during heavy rains.
Jersey City sends a portion of its sewage across the river to a PVSC via a pipeline. They charge us up the wazoo for the privilege. http://www.northjersey.com/news/01271 ... ries_and_vows_change.html Governor Christie ripped into the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners on Wednesday, attacking the executive director?s salary ? $138,000 more than his own ? and promising changes in the way the agency is run. ?I think the taxpayers of New Jersey are going to be appalled to learn that somebody who runs a commission that gets its money predominantly from disadvantaged ratepayers has an executive director who?s making $313,000 a year,? the governor said during a Wednesday press conference. ?It?s completely outrageous. We will figure out a way to try to fix it.? The PVSC, which serves 1.3 million people in a large swath of North Jersey, including the state?s three largest urban areas, last week adopted a $164 million budget. In 2008, the agency?s $46 million payroll included Executive Director Bryan Christiansen?s $290,730 salary. He is the highest-paid employee in the state?s pension system. http://www.centralavesid.org/pdf/2010_01_Newsletter.pdf The Jersey Journal?s interview with Becht went on to indicate that the driving force behind the rate hike is fixed costs including how much the MUA pays the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC) to process and treat waste water. Passaic Valley has increased its rates 66 percent since 2000 from $11.58 million to $19.17 million. That cost amounts to 44 percent of the MUA?s budget. In addition, 26 percent of the budget goes to pay off debt, 24 percent pays to provide services and 6 percent is administrative costs. It should be noted that Passaic Valley rates Quote:
Posted on: 2010/10/15 19:51
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Re: Just got my latest PROPERTY TAX BILL
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Sign the recall petition. Get him out in 2011.
I also noticed the tax bill is due Nov. 1st. My rents normally don't clear until after the 10th. I won't have enough cash on hand to make the payment. I have no cash reserve left due to the tax increase and 45% sewer increase. Quote:
Posted on: 2010/10/15 16:27
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Re: Greenville: Metal recycler faces $188K in penalties - for workers' overexposure to lead
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I have to deal with EPA lead abatement rules for home renovations. There are so many rules and regulation now that everyone basically becomes a criminal at some point. The shear number of regulations makes it very easy to violate one or another without ever intending to.
Posted on: 2010/10/15 12:20
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Re: Jersey City municipal taxes have skyrocketed over past years
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That 800 lbs gorilla will be broke by 2019, with the assumption of a VERY generous 8% return on investment. Unless we get a serious economic recovery, the ROI is going to be nowhere near that. I won't be shocked if the pension system implodes by 2015.
Posted on: 2010/10/11 15:00
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Newark instituted a payroll tax. The property taxes still went up. This city and state as a whole has a spending problem, not necessarily a tax problem. Back in the 70's, the State instituted a income tax that is constitutionally mandated to offset property taxes. Have property taxes gone down? nope... Have income taxes now reached some of the highest in the country? yup.... The same thing will happen on a city level if the city starts implementing a payroll / income tax on residents and employers.
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Re: NJ Transit commuters could get another train option
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where did you get that from? the lowest elevation is 100 ft and everything I read says it would connect to penn station which by default connects it to the subway. and you don't think there would be elevators?[/quote
That tunnel would bring trains from the suburbs of North Jersey and would end in a bilevel station to be built about 180 feet below 34th Street between Sixth and Eighth Avenues.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/nyregion/08tunnel.html
I am sure there will be elevators as well. Elevators however, cannot move large numbers of people that would pack the station.
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Re: Christie Cancelling Trans Hudson ARC tunnel
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It should be canceled. This tunnel is a massive white elephant in the making. The tunnel will run deep to avoid existing subway lines and an aqueduct. It will terminate in NYC at a depth of about 180 ft (18 stories). At this depth, it will not connect to either Penn Station or Grand Central. A whole new station underground will need to be built. This station WILL NOT connect to any existing subway lines. The station will be NJ transit only. You think the Exchange Place PATH station has a long escalator? The escalators to move the people out of the station will nearly be 1/3 rd of a mile long. That means nearly a 20 minute escalator ride to get out of the station.
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Re: Jersey City in top 10 most expensive places in the nation to run a company
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I would settle for a modicum of decency and common sense.
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Posted on: 2010/10/4 23:45
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Re: Jersey City in top 10 most expensive places in the nation to run a company
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$40k to license a retail business? That is friggin insane!! It should be just enough to cover the paperwork or better... $0.
How much revenue has the city lost because business simply decided to go to other municipalities?
Posted on: 2010/10/4 21:09
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Re: YOUR TAXES JUST WENT UP ANOTHER 10%!!!!
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Not having the lien list on spreadsheet... I guesstimated the average lien is about $600. So that equals somewhere close to $5mil in unpaid bills.
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Posted on: 2010/10/1 16:53
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don't forget the 45% increase in sewer fees. Check out the pull out section of the JJ yesterday. There is a huge number of people with liens for unpaid water / sewer bills.
Part of the problem is Jersey City has to export (under Newark bay) a large portion of its sewerage treatment to the Passaic Valley Sewerage Authority. This is a corrupt organization that just fees the hell out of us. J.C. has never had a long term plan to expand its own facilities enough that we could take care of our own Sh** literally.
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Re: Five cars floating in the lake at the bottom of Newark Ave by Samson Stone
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Well.... its a lot worse this morning. I have a river flowing down my street: My corner is where three sewer lines meet as one.
The water is over top of the sewers for the past 40 minutes... which means my basement has a massive amount of water in it (pump can't pump the water out). I'll go down later (much later) to see what is up down there. Its too early to deal with it now and I haven't even had my first cup of coffee.
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Re: Five cars floating in the lake at the bottom of Newark Ave by Samson Stone
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In all fairness, the fixes for the flooding issues would require major capital improvements (very large pumps and pipelines to Newark bay).
These areas that flood used to be water. Much of the low lying areas in the Western part of J.C. was filled in. Its not too far above sea level. Parts of 440 used to be the Morris Canal. More storm drains won't work because during times when you get a storm surge, the drain outlets in the bay are under water. You would need pumps.. large ones that can handle large volumes of water at a head pressure higher than the water trying to flow back up the drain from the bay.
Posted on: 2010/9/30 16:06
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I did a full energy audit on a Society Hill condo last year (the owner had very high utility bills). The HVAC ducts leaked like a sieve and the walls were extremely prone to drafts. The unit tested worse than some 100+ year old homes that I have done audits on.
The problems can be addressed, but it means some major construction work to fix.
Posted on: 2010/9/29 21:10
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Re: Two schools, not supermart slated for Heights lot
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The money bonded for school construction (without voter approval.. in violation of the State constitution) is basically gone. Money spent from the bonds has to pay "prevailing wages". Prevailing wages requires a class c laborer (cleanup guy) make close to $90k a year in wages and benefits. That cash went from the tax payer, to the unions, and back to the politicians that support the illegal bonding in the first place (via campaign contributions). So there is no school, nor a Super Stop&Shop that was going to be built WITHOUT any tax abatements.
Posted on: 2010/9/28 17:47
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Re: Thoughts on manditory parenting classes/parent licenses
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How would you enforce that? Forced adoptions, sterilizations, and abortions?
Posted on: 2010/9/26 14:33
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Combined Storm water and sewage. Everything runs through the same pipe. Which makes for hellish sewer backup during torrential downpour for some of us.
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