NY YIMBY's fascinating interview with Jersey City Mayor Fulop

C. · #1 Posted **Nov 1, 2014, 5:27 PM**

http://www.yimbynews.com/2014/10/int...ven-fulop.html

Mayor Fulop, photo by Matt Rainey

What do you think of the Port Authority’s capital plans and is the PATH extension to Newark Liberty International Airport worthwhile in light of crowding on the existing line?

I think the Port Authority runs a shitty service, and generally speaking, it’s a dysfunctional entity. The single-seat ride connecting Jersey City to Newark Liberty is important, and it will make Jersey City one of the few cities in this country with a single-seat ride, and that would be money well-spent. It’s in the capital plan right now, I don’t think it’s funded yet, but it’s important that it does get funded, and it’s important that we expand the number of cars in each train as well.

On that note, what about the aborted effort to link the 6 train to the PATH under the World Trade Center — was that a missed opportunity for Jersey City?

If the Port Authority was proactive at all, they would be thinking about linking the PATH with the ferry service, light rail, and New York City’s subway system; linkage with the New York subway system is the key component...

Read more -- interesting statements on 100-storey tower and Goldman Sachs development.

dc_denizen · #2 Posted **Nov 1, 2014, 6:49 PM**

nice candor there.

babybackribs2314 · #3 Posted **Nov 1, 2014, 6:50 PM**

thank you!

fflint · #4 Posted **Nov 1, 2014, 9:24 PM**

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thank you!

You should probably make a full disclosure here, eh?

Perklol · #5 Posted **Nov 6, 2014, 4:27 AM**

Did the governor really say "shitty"? :O

chris08876 · #6 Posted **Nov 6, 2014, 5:27 AM**

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Originally Posted by babybackribs2314

thank you!

Hopefully you can interview De Blasio some day. He's the man to ask about the city when it comes to everything.

Did that supertall fund source reveal any info on funding various supertalls? Sounds like the type of message that he was insinuating is that there will be more supertalls coming around if there is going to be a specific program to fund such projects.

skunkachunks · #7 Posted **Nov 6, 2014, 5:51 AM**

One of the more shocking bits is the new GS building! This is the first I am hearing of it and given the height and starchitect that GS brought last time, this could make a big splash!

chris08876 · #8 Posted **Nov 6, 2014, 6:17 AM**

He sounded very confident too. Always positive news. 90 Stories will be nothing for JC.

Swede · #9 Posted **Nov 6, 2014, 11:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by CIA

http://www.yimbynews.com/2014/10/int...ven-fulop.html
On that note, what about the aborted effort to link the 6 train to the PATH under the World Trade Center — was that a missed opportunity for Jersey City?

If the Port Authority was proactive at all, they would be thinking about linking the PATH with the ferry service, light rail, and New York City’s subway system; linkage with the New York subway system is the key component...

This would have been interesting to see. Next oportunity for anything like it might be when the 2nd Av line comes DT, right?

Crawford · #10 Posted **Nov 6, 2014, 1:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by skunkachunks

One of the more shocking bits is the new GS building! This is the first I am hearing of it and given the height and starchitect that GS brought last time, this could make a big splash!

It's been planned for years, shouldn't be surprising, at all.

It will likely be a residential tower. GS bought the property with the intention of building a two-towered corporate campus, but the site works better for residential.

Perklol · #11 Posted **Nov 6, 2014, 4:46 PM**

^what's that??