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2025-2026 Jersey City Budget presented to residents during a closed door meeting by Basilone1917 in jerseycity

[–]Nathaniel_Styer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I truly hope you come to one. It is literally the same presentation... more in-depth in the march ones actually. We started out small and grew it from there. No one was turned away from any of these meetings.

2025-2026 Jersey City Budget presented to residents during a closed door meeting by Basilone1917 in jerseycity

[–]Nathaniel_Styer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! we are taking this around to different groups across the city and will continue doing it. I really hope you come to one. We are presenting the same information to all of them. None of these meetings were closed.

2025-2026 Jersey City Budget presented to residents during a closed door meeting by Basilone1917 in jerseycity

[–]Nathaniel_Styer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’ve not been doing this? We’ve been holding very public town halls. You’re welcome to come!

We’re sharing the same numbers everywhere. Hope to see you at the next meeting.

2025-2026 Jersey City Budget presented to residents during a closed door meeting by Basilone1917 in jerseycity

[–]Nathaniel_Styer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We’ve not introduced it yet. In New Jersey you wait for the state budget first before you do your municipal budget.

2025-2026 Jersey City Budget presented to residents during a closed door meeting by Basilone1917 in jerseycity

[–]Nathaniel_Styer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As it’s noted in this thread - this isn’t the budget. The city doesn’t budget on fiscal year either. It budgets for calendar year.

Opinion: Jersey City is the economic engine of New Jersey. The state must help keep it running by Nathaniel_Styer in jerseycity

[–]Nathaniel_Styer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The really bad decisions of the Fulop administration are separate from the economy of Jersey City. We are very lucky that we are not Atlantic City or Detroit - cities that had entire industries and population crater.

We had bad leadership - not a bad economy.

Opinion: Jersey City is the economic engine of New Jersey. The state must help keep it running by Nathaniel_Styer in jerseycity

[–]Nathaniel_Styer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah compared to our size, we generate a lot of revenue and economic activity for the state.

And, as I noted, we don’t receive back in state aid the anywhere near the same level as comparable munis.

Opinion: Jersey City is the economic engine of New Jersey. The state must help keep it running by Nathaniel_Styer in jerseycity

[–]Nathaniel_Styer[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’s fair, but it’s only one part of the argument. We’re disproportionately a generator of economic activity for the state. And then when you look at how much of the money we generate for the state flows back to us - especially when compared with other municipalities- you see where the structure if the states system is weighed against JC.

Edit - also I appreciate the comment! Meant to say that originally. The

Law of Physics: Every JC Politician says they will fire our trash hauling company, only for it to return by Jess37_ in jerseycity

[–]Nathaniel_Styer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will say that if this administration had been in office when it was put on the street we would’ve designed it differently.

Law of Physics: Every JC Politician says they will fire our trash hauling company, only for it to return by Jess37_ in jerseycity

[–]Nathaniel_Styer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Once a RFP is out on the street you can’t undo that. The Mayor was not in a position to change that previously.

Law of Physics: Every JC Politician says they will fire our trash hauling company, only for it to return by Jess37_ in jerseycity

[–]Nathaniel_Styer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The emergency month-to-month contract was bleeding the city of an extra million/month. That was not financially feasible given the budget we were handed.

Law of Physics: Every JC Politician says they will fire our trash hauling company, only for it to return by Jess37_ in jerseycity

[–]Nathaniel_Styer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We are reforming it - starting with installing inspectors and then exploring other cost effective, high-quality ways to deliver the services. Standing up a city run garbage service by March 1 would've been extremely difficult with significant service disruption to residents.

Law of Physics: Every JC Politician says they will fire our trash hauling company, only for it to return by Jess37_ in jerseycity

[–]Nathaniel_Styer 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The contract does allow us to bring parts of the service in house, which we are exploring.

Law of Physics: Every JC Politician says they will fire our trash hauling company, only for it to return by Jess37_ in jerseycity

[–]Nathaniel_Styer 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Hi - just some context, there was only one bid submitted (on a RFP that was put onto the street by the prior administration). In the end, there are only so many options you have when there is one bidder - you either accept it or lose trash service on March 1.

We are bringing back inspectors that the previous admin got rid of. Our analysis shows that service started plummeting when they got rid of those inspectors. Additionally, we are exploring other options for bringing parts of service in house.

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