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We are at 2 Gateway. I think the first case happened right downstair at Ferry street entrance. We guess maybe it's 11am which may not have many people on the street yet. 2 guys approached him and robbed him at the corner of the entrance which guard cannot see them due to angle. He went upstair and told the guard. The guard called police and police only came the next day. The second case happened in the parking lot right across the prudential center. The guy got punched and robbed. The third case just happened last week and we saw police came to office as iphone4 is company phone.
The office moved to Gateway in 2008 and I have never heard anything like that happened to our co-workers until this month. I am not a panic person. I used to live in westside of Jersey City before we moved last year. I don't even feel unsafe living there. In the newark office, I only felt uncomfortable when I stayed late in the office due to more external foot traffic in the building during off hours. Otherwise, I do not feel unsafe. Now..I am not so sure.
Wow, Gateway 2 was my Gateway. There's no Ferry St. entrance maybe you mean 21/Market? There's a camera that points to that intersection but I'm not sure how much it's watched.
"We no longer have a shock factor because of the increasing barberism. Indeed, if we still HAD shock, it would be a good sign. But alas, the criminals have made their permanent impression on our expectations of what reality is in Newark in 2011. "
"And so the beat goes on. The cars still driven; the officers still sittin; the budget still unbalanced. This is the state of Newark in 2011. A broken machine in a weak economy which needs strong leadership. But when you look around what is there to be found? Nothing! Politicians being political and solutions not being served."
Bottom line you can build all the bars and restaurants you want but it won't fix Newark's problem or lead to any sustainable gentrification, middle class people don't just hang in bars and restaurants all day eating and drinking.
But budget cuts and police layoffs are only part of the problem, many say. Something else is happening — some things — suggesting we are entering a different time. On a recent public radio show, Newark Mayor Cory Booker — who declined to be interviewed here — expressed amazement at the "indiscriminate hate and violence" that seemed to grip the city. Clement Price, a Rutgers historian, says cities are changing, and not for the better. "There always has been crime, but certainly not this level of street violence." Price says, "The community is splintering, coming apart, turning on itself in ways we’ve not seen before. The values that kept the community together are breaking down — respect for church, family, the elderly, neighborhood solidarity."
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