From the desk of Councilman Ravi Bhalla:
From the desk of Councilman Mike DeFusco:
“The redevelopment process takes a significant amount of time and I don’t want our historic terminal to sit underutilized, potentially for decades, when we can make the building productive now,” said DeFusco. “On the terminal’s second floor, there’s a sprawling area where artist galleries and a European-style market can flourish; and, just outside, a blighted parking lot where food kiosks and green space could naturally coexist.”
The Hoboken City Council approved Trader Joe’s coming to Hoboken.
The special meeting tonight featured weightng the issue and terms as part of an off schedule meeting.
The location will be upper Clinton St. at 13th.
9:33 PM – A number of Hoboken residents report power outages. Maxwell Place and upper Hudson among them.
While power is returning, PATH service is reported down too.
An announcement from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey:
hospitals owned by the for-profit CarePoint Health company, Bayonne Hospital
and Hoboken University Medical Center, will end their longstanding relationship
with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) in the next 45
days. CarePoint Health terminated, without cause, both contracts and
refused reimbursement increases offered by Horizon BCBSNJ, the state’s largest
health insurer.
CarePoint Health withdrew Christ Hospital
in Jersey City from Horizon BCBSNJ’s network on June 1, 2015. CarePoint is
terminating Bayonne’s in-network status effective May 1, 2016 and Hoboken
University Medical Center effective June 1, 2016. As of that date, all of
CarePoint Health’s facilities and providers will be out-of-network.
In accordance with New Jersey state
regulations, Horizon BCBSNJ has sent notices to members in the Hudson County
area advising that the facilities will no longer be in Horizon BCBSNJ’s
hospital network. Horizon BCBSNJ members will be subject to higher out-of
pocket costs when using the CarePoint facilities as a result.
“There has been some confusion about who is
responsible for the termination, but the facts are clear: CarePoint Health
notified us last year that they were exercising their right to terminate the
contract without cause,” said Kevin McArdle, Public Affairs Manager for Horizon
BCBSNJ. “We have put forward a number of reasonable offers to CarePoint and
continue to hope that they will return to the negotiating table,” McArdle
added.
Horizon BCNSNJ is committed to lowering
healthcare costs for New Jersey residents and remains open to discuss an
acceptable rate structure with CarePoint.
About Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Yesterday’s grist smoked them out in the open. That’s the official story and we’re sticking to it.
It’s rare being on the wrong side of the accuracy ledger, even in the popular rumor column “Grist for the Mill” but the brewing enchilada of conflict between Jersey City and Hoboken as it turns out may actually be about differences in bike share programs after all.
A source close to the Jersey City mayor’s office came out of the cold to rue over the dynamics of Horse’s grist and pointed to the conflict between the selection of two different bike share companies for the Hudson neighbors.
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