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Ivette P. Alvarado named a director at Gibbons law firm

Ivette P. Alvarado, a member of the Gibbons law firm’s Real Property & Environmental Department, has been named a director at the firm.

Ms. Alvarado focuses her practice on commercial leasing, acquisitions,
dispositions, and real estate finance. She is experienced in negotiating
and drafting office, retail, and commercial building and ground leases and
subleases throughout the United States.

She conducts due diligence
investigations for multiple-property leasehold and fee title acquisitions and
counsels clients in connection with contract and lease compliance issues
related to land use, zoning, and other governmental permits and approvals.

Ms.
Alvarado attended Rutgers University – Rutgers College (B.A., Journalism and
Communications, 1996) and Rutgers University School of Law – Newark (J.D.,
2002). She is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York.

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Feds arrest 30 in North Jersey garbage racketeering bust

Credit: Slate Magazine

Federal authorities fanned out across New York and New Jersey today and rounded up 30 reputed members and associates of several organized crime families on charges of racketeering and extortion relating to the waste-hauling industry, the Bergen Record reports.

Among those charged were Carmine Franco, 77, of Ramsey, once a major figure in the New Jersey trash hauling business; Anthony Cardinalle, 60, of Saddle River; Peter Leconte, 42, ofLodi; and Frank Oliver, 46, of North Haledon.

Also charged from New Jersey were Robert Zarzuela, 38, of North Bergen; Jonathan Greene, 47, of Teaneck; Thomas Giordano, 42, of North Arlington; Anthony Pucciarello, 77,Bloomfield, Joseph Bertolino, 46, Wantage; and Brian Petroll, 47, of Columbia.

In all, 32 people were charged in three indictments returned in Manhattan as part of a multi-year investigation spearheaded by the FBI.

In a statement, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said: “As alleged, organized crime still wraps its tentacles around industries it has fed off for decades, but law enforcement continues to pry loose its grip.”

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Why climate-change legislation has been a total bust

“On the campaign trail in 2008, Barack Obama often said his top two priorities were climate change and health care. By the end of his first term, however, only health care legislation had been signed into law. The effort to pass a climate bill was a total bust, “writes Brad Plumer today in the Washington Post.

So what went wrong? Why did environmentalists fail where health reformers had succeeded? In a massive new report (pdf) published this week, Theda Skocpol tries to answer exactly this question. The Harvard political scientist spent many months interviewing key players and poring over data.

See the full story in Q&A form.

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The Seaside Heights, NJ boardwalk, minus the boards

Where the boardwalk used to be. Photo: Kristi Funderburk, AP Press

To the many thousands of summer visitors who have enjoyed a sausage sandwich, slice
of pizza or an ice cream cone on the boardwalk at the New Jersey Shore town of Seaside Heights, the picture above of the boardwalk area without the boards is peculiar indeed.
Even unsettling.

It’s also economically dangerous to the town that relies on tourism for 30 percent of its
annual $12 million budget.

That’s why Seaside Heights is rushing to rebuild its boardwalk in time for summer even though the total cost of the project is still not firm, nor is the amount that the town can
expect in the form of reimbursement from FEMA.

Asbury Park Press reporter Kiristi Funderburk has the story here.

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Hearing on open-space funding bills Feb 11 in NJ Senate

Bob Smith, chairman of the New Jersey Senate’s Environment and Energy Committee postponed today’s scheduled hearing on his bill (S-813) that would fund the purchase of properties for open-space, farmland and historic sites preservation through a new fee/tax (pick-a-noun) on water use.

During his committee meeting this morning in Trenton, Smith said that the issue would be taken up on February 11 when his water bill will be considered along with legislation that would replenish the state’s now-empty Open Space Fund by two other methods:

1. A bond issue (NJ’s traditional method of raising money for open space), or
2. The dedication of a portion of an exiting revenue source (likely the sales tax)

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