You should give the city a call and see what advice they have: https://www.newarknj.gov/departments/affordable-housing

If none of these fit, please comment.

Also, 20% of the units in the building are affordable/income-restricted. So yeah, expensive market rate but like 70+ low and moderate income folks are also going to live there.

Need more bougie people paying those rents so we can get some more and better restaurants downtown lol.

About as fine as it gets. Little quiet at night but there are some additional residential projects opening soon that should add more eyes on the street.

Edit: Though on closer look there are few resi buildings in that red box. It’s mostly commercial.

Aren’t Union City and West New York basically full of Cubans? There’s gotta be some hole in the wall there that’s amazing

That’s a good point. I just worry if fines are the best tool. What happens if the parents don’t pay the fines? We’re not going to jail them over a school debt, right? Send them to a debt collector? Does it end up destroying their credit which is probably already in bad shape? No easy solutions here.

Issuing fines to parents who are below the poverty lines doesn’t seem like it would fix the situation. I don’t know what the answer is but that doesn’t seem like it’s going to help.

What is the difference between “planned” and “proposed?” Land use approvals versus an announcement?

Hope they’re taking into account a connection for the future riverfront walkway when they build it….

School board election is April 25th. We are one of a few towns to keep our elections in April instead of moving them to November to save money. Because they don’t want people voting in it. Turnout is usually around 6%.

Below are the important dates. We will know who all the candidates are a little after March 6.

Last day to file petitions (50 days prior to election), March 6, 2023

Last day for registration and transfer (21 days prior to election), April 4, 2023

Last day to apply by mail for a Vote-By-Mail Ballot (7 days prior to election), April 18, 2023

https://essexboardofelections.com/election-dates/

I think it was mostly commercial/industrial but has been demolished and flat for quite a while.

The majority of the Ironbound is capped at 5 stories. When the city zoned a few blocks near Penn to 12 and the closest to Penn to like 30 some people lost their minds.

Edit: here’s the zoning map. https://www.newarknj.gov/zoning

Always thought NDD and the major developers should advertise on the PATH. Something like “If you lived here, you’d have a seat on this train.” Lol

I thought the previous chef from Casa Vasca was from Galicia? And is now at Casa d’Paco.

Yes but from the part of Spain that might as well be Portugal.

Espera, é tudo Português?

Sempre foi.

Rocky Mountain Oysters.

I know this great little Luxembourgian spot.

Casa d’Paco, Seabra’s Marisqueira, and Casa Vasca

Is this a joke?

Lol are you serious? I bought the car that isn’t street legal. Why should I have to change anything? Lol

Edit: Officer, the car had no doors or seatbelts when I bought it so you can’t give me a ticket.

Officer, the car was spewing an opaque black cloud of smoke when I bought it so I don’t need to get it inspected.

Lol so dumb

Because tinted windows are illegal.

https://www.state.nj.us/mvc/drivertopics/sunscreen.htm#:~:text=You%20may%20have%20your%20vehicle,you%20receive%20approval%20from%20NJMVC.

I’m glad the city is trying to tackle this problem but we really need federal and state resources. To operate shelters and provide supportive housing.

The building is an Arcology in SimCity2000.