Almost $42,000 in property taxes have been canceled for 2011 in connection with redevelopment projects downtown and the Arts District.
The City Council approved resolutions to cancel the taxes at its regular meeting on May 3. A breakdown of the canceled property taxes by parcel can be found in this Excel file.
The largest tax bill, almost $14,000, was for a Bramhall Road horse farm acquired by Union County in 2009 as part of its open space preservation efforts. Two properties on Hamilton Street are now owned by the Redevelopment Agency, which like the county doesn’t pay property taxes. Most of the Main Street parcels are owned by Dornoch and are part of an agreement allowing the Parking Authority to install and lease about 100 interim spaces adjacent to Lot B in exchange for waiving taxes on the properties.
***6/15 Update: City Council tonight authorized cancellation of $3,966.38 in property taxes for 52 E. Cherry St., which was acquired by the city last year and renovated into a police facility. The post, and Excel file, have been modified to reflect the new total.
The elevator on the outbound platform of the train station will be out of service until August, according to this advisory that came from NJ Transit Friday. Significant damage to the cab car was caused by vandalism, requiring the floor and doors to be replaced. No word on when the center stairs to the inbound platform will be completed, but it appears that some work has started recently.
Is the horse farm still open?
Our train station is sadly our main entrance to visitors but gets treated like the back door.They need to add cameras to the train station stairs and elevators, I am sick of people using them as toilets.Is there a law that prevents our police officers from setting foot on the train platforms? 6 years taking the train daily I can count with one hand the times Ive seen them there.
Agreed, the train station is very sketchy especially in the evening past rush hour. It is sickening that it is used as a giant open toilet. Coming back from the airport I always try to haul my suitcase down the stairs rather than have it sit in the pools of urine on the elevator floors. The constant yelling by people on the platforms at night is also ridiculous. It's a circus past dark. The people harassing legitimate customers for money is also unwelcome. One followed me to my car to ask for money as I was putting my bag in the trunk. I have actually seen the police at the station, although it was in during the morning rush hour when it is mostly productive people going to work on the platforms. Between the train station and the groups of teens walking up and down W Cherry St every night between 11PM-4AM yelling, drinking, smoking marijuana, fighting and arguing, the police would have no trouble meeting arrest/summons guidelines every month.
Agreed 100%. Without the train station, Rahway shrivels up and dies. It should be made the safest, cleanest most convenient in the state. Everything else is a second priority.
It already smells a little bit like death… but seriously how can we bring this up to the Mayor perhaps he could do something than previous elected officials couldnt.
Those stairs at the train station have been out for more than a year. If the mayor cared, he wouldn't have allowed that.