Missing Person: Hector Gonzalez
My brother, Hector Gonzalez, of 177 Market Street Perth Amboy went missing out of the town on 7/22. His phone has been turned off and no contact has been made. Detective Rosado, 732-324-3872 has been assigned to the case and any info can be given to him.
Sincerely,
April Gonzalez
Ed. Note: Hector Gonzales body was later found and identified. No further information is available.
Speaker
Coughlin LSP on the
Caven Point
Protection Bill
Speaker Coughlin should stop blocking protection for Liberty State Park. The NJ Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously and with bipartisan approval recently moved the Caven Point Protection Bill out of committee. The bill would keep a rich estuarine ecosystem, located at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, as natural habitat. It is important to many migrating and nesting birds along the Atlantic Flyway, and it is a source of inspiration for many park goers.
However, once again, there is fear Speaker Coughlin will not help move on the legislation in the assembly. The original Liberty State Protection Act was approved by the senate only to never come up for a vote in the assembly. It was replaced with another bill that omitted key protections from the original protection act, leaving the park vulnerable to privatization and commercialization. This has resulted in a grass roots effort by the community who uses the park, their elected officials, and environmental groups across the state to obtain legislative protection for the most critically sensitive environmental areas, such as the Caven Point Peninsula.
Happy
Anniversary Americans With
Disabilities Act
Let us all celebrate the 32nd Anniversary for the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) signed into law by former President George H. W. Bush Senior on July 26, 1990. This coincides with the United States Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration announced a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) on July 27th. This is an opportunity for New Jersey Transit and other transit agencies around the nation to apply for a share of the $343 million under the new national competitive All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP). Funds can be used to pay for station rehabilitation work including elevators, ramps, along with visual or audible aids to assist riders in accessing the system. The deadline to apply is September 30,2022. The program will total $1.75 billion over five years. Here are two more ways NJ Transit can obtain financial support to pay for bringing more stations into compliance. NJ Transit receives almost $1 billion in annual assistance from various Federal Transit Administration grant funding programs. Why not ask any major business, college or hospital who benefit from subway stations adjacent to their facility to sponsor installation of elevator(s). Let them split the cost 50% with NJ Transit in exchange for naming rights to the elevator(s).
Sincerely,
Larry Penner
Let me be clear. Our elected officials in the 19th Legislative District, representing Carteret, Perth Amboy, Sayreville, South Amboy, and Woodbridge should not be blocking legislation that conserves critical ecosystems already in our state park system, protects such natural habitat from a history of attempted redevelopment schemes, and does not add one penny to the taxpayers of the State of New Jersey. We need to stand with our fellow New Jerseyans and urge Assemblyman Coughlin to support the Caven Point Protection Bill.
Regards,
Chris Smiga
