Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, loses big in court to Jersey City

YUGE, GIANT, loss to Jersey City. Seems you can't swing a bankruptcied Trump property in New Jersey without hitting someone trying to claim something that's not theirs or trying to stiff someone just because its easier not to pay than live up to your obligations.

Jersey City in a state appeals court won $2.1 million dollars from Kushner's KABR Group who basically saw some money out there that was defaulted on by the previous owner of the current Bay St. Towers (dba Trump Towers) and started saying it was theirs. Terrence T. McDonald breaks it down better than Johnny:

The city had promised to repay the $2.1 million to Vector Urban Renewal, the original developer, but it kept the cash after Vector defaulted on its mortgage and walked away from the project, according to the Aug. 30 appellate court decision.

Morgan Street, which bought the property in a sheriff's sale in April 2011, argued in court that it inherited the $2.1 million credit the city owed Vector, but the appellate court on Monday ruled against the developers, saying they had no right to be reimbursed for money Vector paid the city.

The decision reverses a lower-court ruling in the developers' favor. A request for comment from Morgan Street's attorney was not immediately returned.

Basically since KABR had made changes to the original plan which means it's then not the same plan and KABR will get nothing and Jersey City rightly pockets $2.1 million. Hands off Johnny's taxpayer money Jared Kushner, that's a bad Jared Kushner!

Also today Jersey City resident Chuck U. Farley won the name the Bay St. Towers (dba Trump Towers) contest. The contest arose when Donald Trump rented out his name on the ugliest building he could find then his trusty Jared in law decided he wanted another ugly-ass building next to daddums' uninspired POS. Chuck named them "Butt" and "Ugly" which is spot on. So Butt and Ugly they are and so they shall be called. The original eyesore is Butt and the new hovel is Ugly, and truer words have never been spoken.

(L to R, Ugly & Butt, Jersey City Desk file photo)

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Johnny thinks you all know how he feels about Toll Brothers, their workers and their business practices. Yet, while taking the dire wolf out for a late evening walk (since surgery her schedule is a bit off) and noticed someone breaking into and taking things from the Toll Brother site at Warren and Morgan. Johnny did what you'd expect, he called 911 and waited. It was killing Johnny he had a 50% pup with him or he'd have confronted the thieves. He waited. Waited some more. Finally after a few more laps through the site and more stuff for the bed of his pickup the crook left with his partner and JCPD still never came. Christ, this city needs a first rate libarry (see below) and a first class police department to be the best mid-size city in America and both are holding us back right now. This is bigger than one 911 call friends, in Johnny's neighborhood this happens all too often. Cops strut like peacocks getting paid to stand around worksites (like the one ripped off toNIGHT) doing northing during the day but when you want them at night, the steroid abusers, the time sheet cheaters, and the drunk drivers have better things to do that truly make Jersey City the best it can be.

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UPDATE 12:46 AM, wow, how bad is it when you update a Late Night thread? It happened a third time and friends, this was the worst. These clowns broke past the fencing and for 20 minutes were grabbing all they could with both hands and at times had so much they had to re-adjust the back of their pickup. Johnny called 911 again (third time not the charm) right when they pulled up and NOTHING. These guys were wandering around inside a locked site, they were easy pickings for the JCPD, IF they'd have cared the least bit to you know, catch someone in the act and arrest them and try and keep crime down. No other way to put it, the JCPD were nothing but lazy bastards tonight. Front to back, top to bottom something has to change but you know, police unions and so forth.

Long a sore spot in Jersey City, the main libarry set to reopen next week

Yes, libarry. If every great city has a library then Jersey City hasn't been a great city for a while as residents have waited forever and ever for the Jersey City Free Public Library's main branch on Newark Ave to reopen. Delayed again and again the date has finally been set for September 6th. Library Director Priscilla Gardner and Helena Ruman, the architect behind the renovations said this is a 115 year-old building and time is being taken to do things right:


But a lot of the construction involved goes toward restoring the historical details of the building.

Due to layers of renovations over the past century, much of the designs in the building have become "historically inappropriate," according to Ruman.

"This is one of the most historically significant buildings in the city," Ruman says, and she wants to demonstrate that through its restoration.

There will still be sections closed inside but a full reopening is scheduled for 2017. 

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“A man falls down a flight of stairs and somebody rushes over to him and asks, "Did you miss a step?"

"No," he answers, "I hit every one of them!”
 -- Milton Berle

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When only a news roundup will do

Wake the kids and phone the neighbors, it's a Jersey City Desk news roundup

* A possible carjacking in broad daylight at Grand St. and Pacific St. was smartly thwarted by a Jersey City cop's wife

* Nine cars near Neptune and Romar were damaged in a wild hit and run situation

* Yet another high rise closes streets due to falling debris. Catch nets and smarter workers might solve this sort of thing

* A man was pulled off the tracks by an NJ Transit cop and instead of gratitude he continued to resist arrest and continue fleeing until his capture

* Finally, a Jersey City man smashed his SUV into the back of a JCPD police car while busily playing PokemonGo. So much for getting excercise

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That's not what McChickens are for.

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Five years on from Irene...

...but for the giant storm that would hit 14 months later Irene packed a really big wallop, one often forgotten after Superstorm Sandy. NJ.com takes a look back to just how waterlogged New Jersey was after Irene.

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Pride Fest is one of the great events in Jersey City

What a great and positive event our fair city has once a year. Unlike a lot of places though Jersey City helps carry those positive ideals throughout the entire year. Still, a great event.

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If the weather insists on staying hot Johnny's just gonna have to stay inside on weekends and watch soccer until fall properly arrives. He's more than willing to wait it out.

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