Neighborhood not a slum
How dare Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider call my neighborhood a slum â
particularly when any lack of improvement is due to the city itself designating
the area for redevelopment in a deliberate attempt to cause blight and justify
taking our homes away and destroying our community.
My family owned a
home on Franklin Terrace. When we purchased the home, the neighborhood was
lovely and the location, just down the street from the ocean, couldn't have been
better. Years later, the city declared the neighborhood part of the
redevelopment zone. Suddenly, no one wanted to buy homes or undertake expensive
improvements, fearing they could be condemned at any moment. Attempting to
blight a decent neighborhood was a clear case of a greedy city government
intentionally trying to tear down a community for its own gain.
The city
and state officials who say they are doing this to improve Long Branch won't
take our calls. They're too busy playing footsie with the developers to bother
with residents and taxpayers. Once they take your home, good luck getting any
money for it. Forget fair market value â our house has been gone for two years
and we're still being strung along in court. This land grab will continue unless
the Supreme Court recognizes it for what it is â the illegal seizure of private
property.
Grace Cangemi
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