New Jersey’s private nonprofit colleges are a step closer to having the same land-use and development advantages as the state’s public colleges, as the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee passed today a bipartisan bill sponsored by Senators Robert Singer and Paul Sarlo.
S-1534 places private nonprofit colleges under the “Municipal Land Use Law” and a state Supreme Court decision that exempts public colleges and universities from local zoning jurisdiction in recognition of their critical public missions in educating New Jersey residents.
“New Jersey’s independent institutions are in a disadvantageous position for growth and accommodation by being subjected to local zoning controls by their home municipalities,” said Singer, R-Monmouth, Ocean. “Despite their recognized vital public missions, private colleges are often forced into costly and lengthy approval and appeals processes that delay or prohibit important educational programs and facilities. That also can cause the diversion of critical funding from educational purposes.”
“We need to begin treating all our colleges and universities with the same standards, so they all have equal opportunities to grow and provide for their students,” added Sarlo, D-Bergen, Passaic. “The current system has allowed excellent private institutions to be treated as second-rate citizens. Hopefully, this can lead to colleges and universities and local leaders having more cordial, cooperative discussions instead of creating highly politicized town-gown flare-ups that benefit no one.”
Local approval exemptions for public colleges are not unlimited and must be exercised in a reasonable fashion as to not arbitrarily override legitimate local interests. Public colleges and universities are required to consult with local authorities regarding institutional development and to allow for input in order to minimize potential conflicts with local governmental interests.
Independent institutions of higher education are eligible to receive very modest financial support under the “Independent College and University Assistance Act,” but serve more than 67,000 students each year, most of whom are New Jersey residents.
Of the total undergraduate student population at these independent institutions, 77 percent are in-state residents. These independent colleges and universities also serve 29 percent of all college students in New Jersey, 35 percent of the State’s graduate student population and confer over 15,000 degrees each year. read more
Private colleges are a for profit business that just happen to teach as their product, it is a business none the less.
See how much power BMG has it can even get laws written and changed to their benefit. You can also see who BMG has in their pockets.
OK. Now let GCU expand their school. If other "colleges" can expand without room for parking then GCU can expand. And don't hand me that crap the residents don't want the added traffic. The residents created all the traffic problems in Lakewood with their extra dense housing and and doing away with the "no basement apartments" law that WAS in Lakewood.
So is Georgian Court University now able to expand without this town blocking them from doing so ????
You missed the boat, cedarbridge has nothing to with any zoning issues. It's the hndred million dollars owed to the taxpayers that's the issue.
What is up with the NJOSA?
See app.com for Margaret Bonafide's comments on Steve vs. Hershel
This is based on a falacy that most of BMG students are NOT rabbinical students. What don't you do to support Toirah?
Quote "OK. Now let GCU expand their school. If other "colleges" can expand without room for parking then GCU can expand. And don't hand me that crap the residents don't want the added traffic. The residents created all the traffic problems in Lakewood with their extra dense housing and and doing away with the "no basement apartments" law that WAS in Lakewood."
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe they can hire Reuel Topas to defend them Reuel Topas is a Frum Attorney here in Lakewood whos ex wife got a temporary restraining order against him for Harrasing her he was also arrested during an ocean county sweep for faliure to pay child support
According to the shulchan Oruch Cedarbridge corp & their owners are considered "moisrim". Cedarbridge Corp is owned bo a Moisid.
How does bmg benifit selling $150,million worth of land to somerset development for $9 millon dollars.and are all these houses go exclusivly to BMG students.on top of that we will have too give them money to buy their houses with our hud tax dollars.oh exuse me the residents don't own the houses, only their friends and families who hold the houses in trust for them since the law doesn't allow them too have it in their parents names.this is a fraud that puts the honest working families in to bankrupcy what an ingenuous idea.there is as saying in yiddish az far a ganif iz nisht du kein scloss.
So Aron has Singer in his pocket.
THANK YOU MR.SINGER FOR PULLING ANOTHER FRAUD,LIKE THE BLUE CLAWS STADIUM. THAT BRINGS IN A LOT OF TAX DOLLARS TO THE TOWNSHIP.
Singer is trying very hard to deadend the Cedarbridge scandall, as that would put him in the drivers seat of the van with all of the corupt gang on the way to the "penthose" in allentown. He's right on.
When the Blue Claws stadium rents out the property for an event, such as the boat show, mobile home show, the recent whatever with the big tent, etc., does the stadium keep all that income or does the town get some of it? I would HOPE the town gets some of the money as the stadium is on township (TAX PAYER) property.
At the end of the day "who's going to throw whom under the bus"? each one will try try to outdo the other.
Will it be a car, van or bus to Allentown?
Don't you get it? Cedarbridge will be given to BMG. Singer, in essence, is telling you that when Somerset Development builds its residential/commercial planned community on the 209 acres that Cedarbridge will be GIVEN, they will not be required to go before the planning or zoning boards for approvals because it is BMG. It will be a free for all and will impact the water/sewer systems, etc. because there will be no restrictions. What a sad but highly political move detrimental to all taxpayers of Lakewood and the surrounding towns. Wake up!!!!!
Stop complaining about Cedar bridge and Blue Claws they allow BMG to make their annual Tent event on their property Shenky even gets a seat of Horror on the Dais
Who owns the cedarbgidge Corp? BMG?
It must getting close to building day for Cedarbridge Development Corp., the water company is putting new lines on Pine Street. Let the games begin.
There should be a ban on all new construction in lakewood until RT. 9 is expanded the traffic is is too much to handle.i see roads and highways being expanded in nj.that don't nearly need it as bad as lakewood.i think BMG and the developers should kick in a few million dollars too the road dept. to help finance it.is possible that some one is paying off the road department to allow all this new construction.Better yet lakewood township should take back the land and sell it, to help expand the highway.I can't imagine why road department allows all all the new construction that goes on.aside all of this the CHILLUL HASHEM is just getting worse.
The town is self distructing