On the City Council, I’ve seen firsthand how Emily and Jim have worked with Mayor Bhalla on some of the most critical issues facing our City. When we were fighting for Union Dry Dock, Jim and Emily were right there – front and center – speaking out and supporting the Mayor’s acquisition of the waterfront property. When the Monarch project came before the City Council, Jim and Emily were the ones casting critical votes paving the way for the City to prevent two residential towers on our uptown waterfront. And thanks to Jim and Emily, we’ve been able to move forward with several improvements in pedestrian safety through Vision Zero, make progress on our Northwest Resiliency Park, replace thousands of linear feet of our aging water mains, and much more. 

 

And, throughout this pandemic, Jim and Emily’s continued support of Mayor Bhalla helped elevate Hoboken as a national leader on everything from an early shut-down, testing and vaccinations, delivering meals to homebound residents, and more. Jim and Emily were there packing dinners, providing information on testing, handing out flyers on vaccines, and serving as trusted advisors to the Mayor during an extraordinarily difficult time.

 

Over the past few years, I’ve also seen another committed public servant in Joe Quintero. I first got to know Joe Quintero, his wife Kim and daughter Kara when Joe was elected as an Executive member of the Democratic Committee. I know he’s got the smarts, work ethic, and tenacity to make an excellent addition to the City Council. Already, Joe has put out well-researched policy positions on flooding, transportation, and open space issues – with more to come. He’s 100% committed to moving forward with a park at Union Dry Dock, adding parks with underground flood infrastructure at the Southwest Park and at 800 Monroe, installing protected bike lanes, bringing an on-demand ridesharing program like Jersey City has with Via to Hoboken, and more – all projects I’m excited to work with him on.

Above all, working with Ravi, Jim, Emily and Joe, side-by-side through a pandemic, extraordinary challenges and pressure, I know they are in it for the right reasons – to improve the quality of life for our residents. I hope you’ll join me in supporting Team Bhalla on Election Day in November.

 

Sincerely,