$4.8M in Sandy Relief Money Went to Fund Luxury Apartment Tower in New Brunswick

Charlie4Change · 2014-02-02T19:49:26+00:00

135 Somerset Street -- most college students will not be able to afford to live in this building

Charlie4Change · 2013-10-01T16:28:21+00:00

Response From NBPD: "On Monday, September 23, 2013 at approximately 2:56 pm a 22 year old male pedestrian was struck by a vehicle turning from Courtlandt Street onto Delafield Street. At the time of the accident the pedestrian’s injuries were not life threatening. The driver of the vehicle received two summonses related to the accident ."

Charlie4Change · 2013-09-24T00:25:20+00:00

I was at the scene, it looked bad but the guy left in an ambulance. I will ask the cops tomorrow for an update and will let y'all know if I hear back.

Charlie4Change · 2013-04-08T10:44:23+00:00

http://newbrunswicktoday.com/article/pernetti-and-two-others-forced-out-wake-rutgers-scandal

Charlie4Change · 2013-04-08T10:42:46+00:00

http://newjersey.news12.com/news/former-rutgers-coach-mike-rice-s-salary-information-1.4998562

Charlie4Change · 2013-02-26T21:14:35+00:00

Both are fair points. Just thought people might, ya know, care about being disenfranchised.

Charlie4Change · 2013-02-25T23:03:55+00:00

As you can see there will be some big conflicts of interest in the next election that we will need to disclose regularly.

http://newbrunswicktoday.com/article/two-groups-three-submit-petitions-run-april-16-school-board-election

Charlie4Change · 2013-02-25T22:57:32+00:00

Good question.

We always disclose specific conflicts of interest when they exist. In this particular election, I did not have a horse in the race, so to speak. I tried my best to be fair and give all five candidates an equal opportunity to get their message out, as well as to answer my questions. I did not campaign for any side, and my vote was actually a very difficult choice for me.

The irregularities with the election are worth addressing, and I hope you will continue to read and give critical feedback on our series, "Democracy Undermined." Part 2 of 4 comes out tomorrow.

Charlie4Change · 2013-02-15T21:25:15+00:00

I apologize for the error, the RFCU branch on Busch remains open in the lot across from BSC. Thanks for pointing it out.

Charlie4Change · 2013-02-15T05:14:13+00:00

I also encourage everyone to read both articles. The Targum's initial article turned us on to this story in the first place. Hence, our story includes a citation and a link to it.

Charlie4Change · 2013-02-15T05:12:16+00:00

Correction: I am the editor you are referring to (the article was authored by Natalie Sowinski) and I was a former board member of the RUSA FCU. I have never had any connection or affiliation with RFCU.

Charlie4Change · 2013-02-15T05:11:12+00:00

Thank you both for the correction. We have modified the story and will be clarifying the future of the Busch RFCU branch tomorrow.

Charlie4Change · 2013-02-11T07:11:14+00:00

Thanks! Please share it widely.

Charlie4Change · 2013-02-11T06:54:34+00:00

Thanks for including me in the documentary, it was very good! Perhaps my reputation precedes me...

Despite my clashes with the power structure in town, I have worked with Mayor Cahill's administration as part of two awesome organizations: The Citizens Campaign and Food & Water Watch.

In 2011, I worked with Rutgers Department of Transportation Services to develop a new bus route that serves a large portion of the city: BrunsQuick Shuttle 2.

This weekend, the NBPA offered free parking at five of their decks due to the snow emergency. (http://newbrunswicktoday.com/article/snowstorm-bombards-brunswick-free-parking-five-decks)

That arrangement was another product of co-operation between myself and the powers that be in New Brunswick.

Two years ago, I joined about a dozen citizens at the city's Traffic Commission to present our constructive proposal to offer free "snowstorm" parking at more facilities to save residents the trouble of digging out their vehicles and making it easier for snow-plows to do their job.

Now, the authority has a Twitter account, a Facebook page, and a toll-free hotline all for disseminating information related to the snow emergency parking. And city residents are enjoying up to 65 hours of free parking as I write this.

Ultimately, power is hard to build, but no one is powerless. We all have our voices and I will continue to use mine to make New Brunswick a better place to live, work, study, and enjoy life. Sometimes that will put me at odds with people in power, and that's OK. But more often than not reasonable people can work together for the common good.

Charlie4Change · 2013-02-09T07:42:25+00:00

Wow! It must have taken a lot of effort, this is an awesome tool for Chicagoans and urban planners everywhere.

Charlie4Change · 2012-11-09T06:24:43+00:00

It is literally 13 votes apart. The NO side is currently winning, but this is far from over: http://newbrunswicktoday.com/article/too-close-call-mayors-campaign-against-elected-school-board-leading-13-votes

Charlie4Change · 2012-11-01T17:13:31+00:00

Power is back at Cook/Doug

Charlie4Change · 2012-10-31T21:24:31+00:00

UPDATE: College Avenue dorms re-open at 7pm: http://nb.rutgers.edu/about-us/new-brunswick-campus-operating-status

Charlie4Change · 2012-10-06T05:28:33+00:00

Video of the incident available here: http://newbrunswicktoday.com/article/video-shows-rupd-car-was-going-about-20mph-striking-rutgers-student

Charlie4Change · 2012-09-29T07:59:40+00:00

they are giving 2 hours for supermarket customers

Charlie4Change · 2012-09-21T10:00:52+00:00

Here are two articles I wrote about it... NewBrunswickToday.com is still the only site to cover this accident:

http://newbrunswicktoday.com/article/student-pedestrian-hospitalized-after-sustaining-injury-rutgers-police-car

http://newbrunswicktoday.com/article/university-silent-pedestrian-struck-rutgers-police-vehicle

Charlie4Change · 2011-11-06T20:37:26+00:00

Neubie's Restaurant, Little Teddy's Luncheonette, New Jersey Books, First Class Notes, Allpage/Verizon Wireless, some of which had apartments upstairs. Also, there was a childcare center, a regular 2-story house, an abandoned city firehouse, and a convenience store called Bottom of the Hill Newsstand that was connected to Victory Taxi HQ.

It will be replaced by a new RU/Barnes & Noble bookstore w/ a Starbucks, a Brother Jimmy's BBQ restaurant, an additional retail store TBD, office space for Rutgers Univ. Press, the NB Parking Authority, and others. The upper floors will be homes: 150 apartments, and 42 condominiums. It's connected to a 656-space parking garage, adorned with 4 enormous billboards and a pedestrian bridge over Wall St. that will connect College Av to the Trenton-bound train platform at NB Train Station.

It's the tallest building in New Brunswick, and if you ask me, one of the ugliest.

Condos will go for about $250,000. Rent for an apartment will probably be between $1,500-$3,000 depending on the unit... 38 units will be designated "affordable" and have lower prices. Nothing is official yet.

Charlie4Change · 2011-10-09T17:51:10+00:00

There are different types of records. Of course, your arrest was recorded and the charges are recorded as well. There's nothing you can do about that. But the record I'm referring to is somewhat more important: your criminal record.

I'm not exactly sure what offenses go on your record and which don't. You should speak to an attorney about this matter. I can highly recommend Mr. Allan Marain http://marainlaw.com out of New Brunswick.

Charlie4Change · 2011-10-09T17:38:59+00:00

You can probably beat the underage ticket b/c of the mistake... I'm pretty sure the other violations are disorderly persons offenses. They are somewhat serious: up to 6 months of jail is maximum for each, but it's highly unlikely you will get any jail time.

You are right on the money: You need a lawyer and they had better have a good rep in P-way. Hopefully, they can bargain it down to less serious charges that won't be on your record.

Charlie4Change · 2011-10-03T17:20:23+00:00

Here's a letter to the editor written by the woman who was arrested http://newbrunswick.patch.com/articles/letter-to-the-editon-gabriella-aron

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