Mayor Fulop doing the opposite of what candidate Fulop said

As you'll recall while running as a candidate for mayor of our fair city candidate Steve Fulop said he'd stop the handing out of large tax abatements downtown, saying the downtown was fine as far as construction abatements went and he was only offering the tasty 20-30 year abatements to developers who wanted to build in The Heights or Greenville of Journal Square.

Well guess what, the mayor simply brought some goal posts with him to the mayor's office he can just keep moving when he wants to pretend he's not going back on his word. How often did you hear Fulop say during the campaign "no more tax abatements downtown over 5% UNLESS the developer was willing to:

Build pre-k centers
Contribute 1.5 percent of gross construction costs for various city purposes
Commit 35 percent of the project's jobs to city residents
Purchase 35 percent of their materials from city vendors.

You're damned right you never heard those goal post moving particulars because he didn't ever mention them. No, candidate Fulop said nothing over 5% downtown. His demands to get a bigger abatement are HOLLOW. Tell us mayor, how much money and effort has the city under your stewardship spent and done to go after developers who break the agreements? Toll Brothers agreed to a million things to get in at Marin and Morgan, as soon as they had the permits in hand they began telling the city No, no no and no on things they'd agreed to and the city just shrugged and walked away. Until you hold someone's feet to the fire, Mayor, your words are hollow.

Our guess is you're a smart reader (hey you chose to come here didn't you?) and have heard the city council on a 7-2 vote (with Ward C councilman Rich Boggiano and Ward D rep Michael Yun being heroes and voting no on Fulop's plan) approved the introduction of the 20 year abatement for Hyatt House, but it must also be voted on again. This is one of those votes in council the Jersey City Desk is writing down names and how they voted. They (mostly) all wanted to run on Fulop's ticket, well now comes a time to remind the mayor of his promises.