Governor Christie's brother invested in houses near new PATH station in Harrison
Source: Bergen Record via NorthJersey.com
Governor Christies brother, Todd Christie, and two business partners have bought and sold a handful of properties within walking distance of the PATH station in Harrison, slated for a $256 million renovation funded by the Port Authority and championed by the governor, records show.
Todd Christie and his partners one the owner of Ferreira Construction, a large firm that has done tens of millions of dollars of work for state agencies since Christie took office created a company and began buying small residential lots in early 2011, about a year before the train station renovation was approved by the Port Authority.
The company built three homes on those lots in the first year and sold each of the improved properties after the announcement of the station overhaul for nearly triple the propertys original price. The company also demolished a home and sold the vacant lot to the school board in Harrison, where Todd Christies partners grew up and have worked in real estate for the past decade.
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The quarter-billion station renovation came into focus this week when The Record reported that Port Authority Chairman David Samson had private ties to the land around the Harrison station. As chairman of the bi-state agency, Samson voted to approve the Harrison station overhaul, months after a client of his law firm proposed converting a nearby warehouse into luxury apartments.
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Read more: http://www.northjersey.com/news/Governors_brother_invested_in_houses_near_new_PATH_station_in_Harrison.html
Josh Marshall of TPM commented on this on Twitter, with a link to his editor's blog post about the story:
https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/428392883314380800
Uh Oh, looks like Christie's brother is on the development project/port authority gravy train too ... http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/enter-todd-christie
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)rocktivity
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Cha
(297,528 posts)thanks highplainsdem!
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)[center]
''This is just more political-bashing!!!
Goin' after my stupid brother to get to ME!
So I disavow anything my stupid brother may have done.
Because I had nuthin' to do with
ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME.........''[center]
AmBlue
(3,115 posts)Creeps me out.
Beacool
(30,250 posts)Death by a thousand cuts.
NancyDL
(140 posts)There are always people outside the in-group who know what's going on, but they're often afraid to talk. So the bullies run roughshod over them. The unusual thing about NJ is that the corruption is right out in the open in everybody's face.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Sleazy!
VWolf
(3,944 posts)(apologies to Jack Black and School of Rock in general)
catbyte
(34,433 posts)yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)riqster
(13,986 posts)Why, it's in his DNA...
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)I am sure it is nothing untoward, though. Nothing to see here folks.
SDjack
(1,448 posts)yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)In case anyone has forgotten, David Samson is a Christie appointee who also showed little interest in trying to find out why the Fort Lee traffic lanes were blocked for four days for a "traffic study" even though as chairman of the Port Authority one would think he would want to know.
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)the next day you are in a deep pool of your own shit...
MH1
(17,600 posts)and fill it exclusively with examples from the Christie administration. by the time it's all done, it will be a very thick book.