Friday, March 15, 2013
A judge ordered a new election last month, to re-decide the referendum on rent control in Hoboken.
Cheryl Fallick, a Hoboken resident who serves on the rent leveling board, has appealed a recent decision to overturn the outcome of last November's referendum about rent control. New Jersey Superior Court Judge Christine Farrington ruled last month to overturn the decision on public question 2. She also ordered a new election. While voters decided to uphold rent control on its current form in Hoboken — rather than changing to a vacancy decontrol system — the outcome was later contested. After all the vote by mail ballots were counted, rent control was upheld by less than 50 votes. A group of 15 voters — with the support of the Mile Square Tax Payers Association and lead by lawyer Charles Gormally — contested 92 ballots. The rent control …
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
A superior court judge has ordered a new referendum to be held to answer the question to uphold rent control in Hoboken or to switch to a "vacancy decontrol" model.
Superior Court Judge Christine Farrington has overturned the result of November's referendum about rent control. The rent control laws in Hoboken were changed two years ago, when the full council approved the new laws. While voters decided to uphold rent control on its current form in Hoboken — rather than changing to a vacancy decontrol system — the outcome was later contested. After all the vote by mail ballots were counted, rent control was upheld by less than 50 votes. A group of 15 voters — with the support of the Mile Square Tax Payers Association and lead by lawyer Charles Gormally — contested 92 ballots. Now, Farrington decided, that the vote will have to take place again. Cheryl Fallick, a long time rent control advocate who also…
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
A group of Hoboken property owners are attempting to overturn the results of November's rent control referendum.
A Hudson County Superior Court judge will hear arguments challenging the results of November's rent control referendum on Tuesday, January 22. The referendum, which would have changed Hoboken's current rent control law to a vacancy de-control model, was voted down by a relatively small margin. A group of 15 Hoboken property owners is petitioning the State and County Boards of Election to take another look at the votes. Their attorney Charles Gormally said the circumstances of voting after Superstorm Sandy may have altered the outcome. "It's not about rent control," said Gormally. "It's about whether the votes that were cast were properly counted in an inclusive way and whether the election deprived anyone of the intent to vote." Included …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
While the difference is less than 100 votes, the referendum to change to a vacancy de-control model rather than rent control in Hoboken was officially voted down.
Rent control is officially upheld in its current form in the city of Hoboken. The final results from November's referendum are in and 8,248 voters said "no" to the question to change a vacancy de-control model, after vote by mail ballots, provisionals and email ballots were counted. Voting "yes," were 8,196 voters. While the margin is small — with 49.84 percent voting "yes" and 50.16 percent voting "no" — county board of elections clerk Michael Harper said that the results are final and confirmed. In a statement in response to the result, Ron Simoncini — who represents landlords and would have liked to see the rules changed — said that "this is far from over." Before the provisionals, vote by mails and email votes were counted, there was …
albert ross
2:49 pm on Sunday, March 17, 2013
No one has the right to low rent but tenants do have the right of protection from unfair and unlawful increases from landlords and developers. Some commenter wiping his chin after a visit to the MSTA teat might disagree, but ultimately he knows we are right and he is wrong. more ›