To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: On April the 20th there is a local Asbury Park election regarding rent control.  In November of 2020 the petitioners submitted a proposed Ordinance with enough signatures to have a vote on their proposal. I truly thank the petitioners for bringing this subject to the front burner, something the […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: On April 20th, voters in Asbury Park will have an opportunity to weigh in on rent control. The Asbury Park Affordable Housing Coalition created an ordinance in consultation with lawyers from Fair Share Housing Center. The City of Asbury Park recently passed an ordinance that was offered as a […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: As a lifelong resident of Asbury Park, former firefighter, former fire inspector and Deputy Mayor, I’ve always paid close attention to issues that affect homeowners like myself. That’s why I’m writing you personally and urging you to vote NO on the April 20th ballot referendum. Make no mistake about […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun, The Referendum on rent control creates an enormous threat to Asbury Park’s tax base and its housing quality.  The Committee that got rent control on the ballot is made up of extremists who created the most draconian and unworkable rent control ordinance in the State’s history without regard to its effect on […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: The two year saga of the membership pool club on the North end of the Boardwalk may be coming to a conclusion. The public has mounted a brave defense to prevent an exclusionary and environmentally unsound application from being approved. The NJDEP refused the argument that the CAFRA permit (from […]

The Asbury Park Property Owners Association issued a statement this morning regarding the passage of a rent control ordinance by the City Council last night. The following is the statement: Sadly, and without thorough investigation, the City Council today passed rent control in Asbury Park, a moment that will be remembered for its genesis in […]

The City Council has approved a rent control ordinance which would limit rent increases in covered units to 3.5 percent annually. If the inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Price Index [CPI] exceeds 3.5 percent, then rents would be capped at the CPI.  The vote was 5-0.  The issue was suddenly elevated when the […]

Asbury Park Dinner Table — an Asbury Park-based nonprofit founded last year in response to the devastation of COVID-19 on the City’s hospitality industry, as well as individuals and families struggling financially — has been awarded a grant of $108,000 through the Sustain & Serve grant program administered by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority […]

Master waterfront redeveloper iStar is donating approximately 6,000 square feet of land to Asbury Park for a public pocket park. Located at the intersection of Cookman Avenue and Heck Street, the new park will serve as a passive amenity for residents and visitors as they approach Asbury Park’s mile long oceanfront. The community park will include two […]

After listening to input from landlords and affordable housing advocates, the City Council is scheduled to introduce its own rent control ordinance at tonight’s council meeting.  “We’re doing this because this is a council policy in the end, and we decided let’s dig down and let’s get it done,” Councilwoman Eileen Chapman previously told the […]