Portuguese are white. This is most likely not involving them much.

No.

"we nEeD lOCaL coNTroL oF oUr ScHoOls....foR the GoOd oF tHe kiDs"

Nice!!!

Awesome photo

Tonys!!!!

Tonys is a solid pie.

Queen is good but worst hours. Mercato is good but it'd a certain kind of pie. Mulberry St. Pizza isn't bad and solid....

Pizzaland in North Arlington will deliver via door dash its good as well.

Also Gencarellis will deliver. They are in the North ward. Great huge calzones too.

I usually get Tonys

Just have them move along. It's not that serious. Dont allow them to camp out in there. Closing the space is BS

Really interesting. I never knew any of this lol.

Very. Surprising. But looks nice and peaceful.

Wow I love it

The pilot is small, sure. If it were to be implemented, it would be universal, but would be restricted to those earning less, derived from the tax dollars of those earning more. I'm not sure that some wouldn't just move across town lines on principal once that expanded....but anyway,

At the end of the day... Who is to determine who "deserves" incentive and money and who doesn't? This article discusses incentives for native newarkers rather than transplants. Good chance a large percentage of those ivy leaguers came from working class backgrounds. Maybe they worked harder for their educations and careers than someone who opted for a different path.

Your position here seems to be exposing a more general issue with modern progressivism: it is no longer about equalizing a rigged non-merit based system...it is now just about elevating the less well off all the time and ignoring or penalizing the more well off, regardless of whether merit led either of them to their respective positions.

And I'm not saying the poor don't deserve help or it's their fault or whatever. So please don't mischaracterize what I'm saying. There are tons of programs for the struggling. Many of those programs are actually not very efficient/productive. But aside from that anyway, I have no objection to native newarkers who have done well, getting incentives to stay or come back home. It has nothing to do with other groups of people in thr city. It isn't a zero sum game.

They have started the "universal" income pilot, and have countless programs and aid to those struggling. Newark has a need for more of the ivy league or highly educated types. The city is not balanced at all. Esp compared to surrounding cities.

THIS. THESE.

Yes, sadly.

To be fair, she makes a decent point. Why not a Native American name/monument, since we were demolishing Columbus on that basis? Nothing against Tubman, but I think a discussion is ok..... I'm tired of the Baraka's and their shtick to be honest. But that's just my personal opinion. His disregard for historical preservation is alarming.

This is just a tad optimistic in my opinion...there are much more glamorous locales within a stone's throw of Newark proper, and a business can still tap into Newark and the surrounding area and population from one of those locales ...Unless you are a residential developer, I don't think anyone is late or desperate to get a piece of the pie at this juncture. Maybe in another 5-10 years however.

@$$hole people.

Def makes sense...agreed. always draw backs to things. Hopefully we get to a point where we don't need to do this anymore and the incentive is newark itself.

Fact is, companies aren't coming to Newark, NJ unless they have incentive. It is what it is. Fix other aspects of the city, and maybe it'll be more organic. But they obviously see this as an economic and social engine. Does that really work? It's disputed.

The Prudential Center and NJPac clearly had some impact. But was it significant? Not sure. How much of that is a failure of those venues and how much is a failure of other aspects of this city writ large? They won't transform things on their own. So the question is, are you going to use them as catalysts by putting in the work elsewhere, or are you going to expect them to do whatever small things they can in their limited orbits, or just say F it, and stop soliciting these types of entities to come here at all.

Thing is this though- for all the complaining about the tax breaks, we didn't have the tax revenue at all before they were here. So it's not a loss, it's just not a tax gain. However, businesses and buildings, etc that spring up as a result of this WILL pay taxes, and eventually Lions Gate will too...so you go from 0 taxes to some taxes you didn't have before. It is a net gain.

Solid points. The fact that those "corner kids", or at least some of them, are not learning to cultivate, license, etc. In any way, shape, or form, and are still thriving selling "illegally" is a failure of the law already...except for the basic decriminalization aspect I suppose.

Yeah, Bureaucratic stuff is always a problem. That being said, I know many who work in city hall and with city hall and for other reasons...its not a great administration as far as the inner workings and day to day functions of government, also who holds positions in city hall and the city and their connections to the Mayor....And there are shady things that go on...not saying it's unique to Ras, but it is what it is.

What a joke.

I bet you a large majority of current canibus operators are not minorities. I understand that initially, as current medical providers were well positioned to open quickly, and I've got no problem with that...but now you've got a group of African American women who cannot get any sort of approval or help in their own city. That is absolutely unacceptable.

This law was sold as socially progressive, but I'm seeing a bunch of nonsense. Newark is also so poorly run...I bet most the approved businesses had a connection to the Mayor or his family.

So tired of the BS.

Hope these ladies get up and running soon.

Based on a 20 year projection? LoL wtf.

Interesting story on a few levels.