What about $$$ for PATH?
There are winners and losers in the recent agreement between Govs. Murphy (New Jersey), Hochul (New York) and Lamont (Connecticut) concerning allocation of $14 billion from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act and the American Rescue Plan Act of CARE COVID-19 funding from Washington.
The New York MTA is anticipated receiving $10.4 billion, NJ Transit $2.6 billion and Connecticut $474 million via future Federal Transit Administration grants.
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey’s PATH rail system has been left out in the cold.
The northeast New Jersey state-sanctioned Metropolitan Planning Organization has to vote on distribution of funding allocated to the New Jersey side of the Hudson River. Both NJ Transit and the Port Authority are voting members. Gov. Murphy, just like his predecessors, can designate the Port Authority and PATH as eligible designated recipients for FTA funding.
PATH, just like NJ Transit, since March 2021 has incurred a significant loss of fare box revenue as well as additional operating and capital costs. Gov. Murphy along with New Jersey Sens. Booker and Menendez have stranded the 223,000 daily pre-COVID-19 weekday riders of PATH in obtaining a fair share of this funding.
Larry Penner, Great Neck, New York, transportation advocate, historian and writer
Support Boggiano in Ward C runoff
To all who pay attention to the upcoming Ward C runoff election:
“I should’ve done this ... and should’ve done that”: Truth be told, Boggiano has been a solid councilman for Journal Square and all of Jersey City. The people of Journal Square know Boggiano’s honesty and integrity.
There is value in Councilman Ritchie Boggiano.
Journal Square Ward “C,” support the councilman.
John R Cupo, Bayonne, real estate broker in Jersey City for 51 years
Vote for Bing in Ward C runoff
The campaign for Ward C councilperson has been very spirited. Then again, without all the gamesmanship and showmanship of a typical Jersey City election, this campaign would have been as interesting as a game of tiddlywinks.
Some decided to back Rich Boggiano in the election because they knew him from the Hilltop Association or from the days when he worked out of the Second Precinct. Frankly speaking, the Rich Boggiano of decades past is nothing like the Rich Boggiano of today. Back then, Rich Boggiano was a straight shooter. Today, as The Jersey Journal so accurately, eloquently, and politely put it, Rich Boggiano is nothing more than a “Fulop rubber stamp.”
The election on Nov. 2 was a referendum on Rich Boggiano’s suitability to continue as Ward C councilman; and, as we know, the voters of Ward C handed Rich Boggiano a resounding, thunderous vote of no confidence.
It is crystal clear that the people of Ward C demand an independent voice represent them in the council chambers, and not some cog in the mayor’s machine that kowtows to City Hall. Additionally, it is readily apparent that the citizens of Ward C want progressive change, something that Rich Boggiano, being a member of “Team Fulop,” simply cannot deliver; and, if re-elected, has no intention of delivering.
Some have been moved to support Rich Boggiano only because his former rival, Tom Zuppa, has endorsed him. I cannot see why that is the case; Tom Zuppa is a hypocrite. In his video, Tom Zuppa claims that he decided to run for office because he wanted to do something about long-time residents being forced to leave Jersey City because they can no longer afford to live in this city. And then he endorses Boggiano, a member of the political organization tightly associated with developers, and, as such, primarily responsible for those long-time residents being forced to leave Jersey City.
I urge the voters of Ward C to not be swayed by this temporary alliance of convenience between Rich Boggiano and Tom Zuppa. In the end, casting ballots for Rich Boggiano only because Tom Zuppa or some other politician supports him equates to “settling” for Rich Boggiano and the status quo; and, as clearly indicated by the results of Nov. 2, that would be unacceptable.
A recent letter to The Jersey Journal denounced Kevin Bing for being an “insecure loser.” If you ask me, Rich Boggiano has displayed all the traits and characteristics of an “insecure loser.” Specifically, Rich Bogggiano was the first to spew venom at the Ward C debate by claiming developers supported his opponent’s campaign. Despite the benefit of vast resources, Bogginao failed to secure a first ballot win on Nov. 2 against two relatively unknown opponents. Rich Boggiano abruptly hung up the phone on reporters from The Jersey Journal after the Nov. 2 election. Boggiano’s camp posted a YouTube video spuriously claiming that Kevin Bing paid a “homeless man” to take down Boggiano campaign signs. Indeed, these actions, this sort of behavior, represent the short-comings of an “insecure loser.”
I sincerely recommend that the people of Ward C vote for Kevin Bing on Dec. 7. Kevin Bing will be Ward C’s independent voice on the council, and he will deliver forward-thinking progressive change to (and for) Ward C.
Igor D. LaManna, Jersey City
You must have been kidding
I hope I get the opportunity in The Jersey Journal to respond to the letter in Monday’s paper from Maurice Bachelor about Joe Biden, “What’s not to ‘like’?”
Instead of being in Hudson County Voices, I think it should have been placed in the comic section. Your letter was supposed to be a joke, am I right?
Mike Armstrong, Bayonne
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