Six months on, a city park destroyed by private interests just rots

Back in March as you'll recall, a city park and the only dog park in the PADNA district was torn asunder by Lloyd Goldman's BLDG Group, the ones who built the aptly named POS Building at 110 First St. For reasons known only to Goldman, his workers utterly destroyed, from top to bottom, a city park.

Now, Johnny told Councilwoman Candice Osborne this WOULD indeed happen. She told him they had no indication BLDG and 110 First would do such a thing. What a JC noob. Goldman, if you believe neighborhood PADNA rumors used to send goons to try and burn down the old Art House at 111 First St., after he kept losing lawsuits to the city. But destroy the park they did. Johnny had to bitch or nothing would have happened. Nothing. If Johnny didn't complain and make quite a stink they never would have had their certificate of occupancy held up at all. In fact Councilwoman Osborne said she was going to hold up the C of O until Goldman's lackeys rebuilt the park. Yeah, so that never happened. Merrily the pariah's of PADNA move into 110 First St every day.

So what of the city park. You know, city property that Steve Fulop said he was gonna go to the ends of the earth to protect as mayor. Those small green spaces he spits out as what a friend to the environment he is all while tearing up swaths of green for more tax abated unneeded buildings. Here's one and now it just sits and rots. How a city can let an asset be treated like this and not burn down 110 First St. is beyond us here at the Jersey City Desk. Steve Fulop and his administration have completely and utterly failed on this. They city got slapped in the face by a developer they are giving tax breaks to and the city does nothing.

So, Mayor Fulop, Councilwoman Osborne, exactly WHEN are park improvements coming? It's been six months. The park just sits. Have either of you engaged PADNA on this? No, LATELY? Have you even tried to get the park back to where people from the Harsimus Cove Light Rail can walk to the Grove St PATH like they did for years and years?

This administration are the kings and queens of empty promises. If they weren't this park would be back up and running by now.