Community Letter to the Jersey City Council


Councilman Yun’s tragic passing on April 6, 2020 from COVID-19 will reverberate throughout Jersey City for years to come, but his spirit of open government should be honored by the Council.

Councilman Yun’s son Benjamin urged the City Council to conduct a transparent vetting of all the candidates prior to selecting a replacement. The Council set up a process to do just that, inviting submissions for consideration and beginning interviews. But yesterday, with not even half of these interviews completed and NO public comment, the mayor announced his preferred candidate and is sending it to the Council for a rubber stamp.

The Council should follow the open, transparent process it started and continue to consider all candidates, not rubber stamp the mayor’s decisions!

Mayor Fulop has undermined the public and transparent interview process. Many candidates now do not have the opportunity to present their qualifications to the Council, the Mayor, or the public.

We the undersigned demand that the Council hold a thorough and transparent vetting process. Sadly, the Mayor’s unilateral action dishonors Councilman Yun’s family’s wishes, and leaves Heights residents stunned and let down. Let’s find the best person among the candidates to fill the Ward D Council seat, not rubber stamp the mayor.


Aanand Kapadia
Adam Saynuk
Adela
Aleida Jimenez
Alessandra Rafferty
Alex Trillo
Alexandra Finger
Alicia Bobiles
Alicia Palandri
Allison Lee
Amanda Novello
Amy Torres
Andrea Ducas
Andrew Altman
Andrew Baird
Andrew G Koren
Andrew Luck
Andy Liriano
Ann I Neumann
Anna Christodoulakis
Anne Kassalow
Anthony Blunda
Anthony J. Matarazzo
April Kuzas
Arlene Stein
Athena
Bart Warshaw
Becky Hoffman
Ben Creech
Beverly Brown
Blair Scheiner
Brian Rans
Brianna Lawrence
Carlos Cuello
Carlos Negron II
Carmen Correa
Carol Losos
Catherine Hecht
Chris Gadsden
Christine Arnold
Christy Sayre
Cindy Howle
Cindy Merchan
Claire Perrault
Claudia Coffman
Cordelia C Ruggia
Cynthia Renta
Cynthia Sanford
Daniel Hodges
David Booth
David Case
David Goodwin
Dawn Ferris
Deborah McWilliams
Debra DeVenezia
Deirdre Newman
Derek Patterson
Diane Grodney
Donald J Gallager Jr.
Donna Newland
Dorothy Hanussak
Eileen Cribbin Yuditsky
Eileen T Ferara
Eleana Little
Elise Nussbaum
Elsa Lorenzo
Elsie Fuentes
Emily
Emily Campbell
Emily G Glass
Emily Pecot
Eric Hughes
Eric Nadler
Erin Connors
Erin DeLaney
Erin Gromen
Erin Jensen
Ethel Cesarman
Frank Infante
Gail Scales
George Del Valle
Gopanand SrinivasaRao
Gregory McLoughlin
Gregory P. Kardell
Greta Knutzen
Gus Tsekenis
Hector Oseguera
Hector Vargas
Héctor Velásquez
Hilary Padget
Ilianna Martinez Baldayac
Irene Borngraeber
Isabel Cohen
James Ferguson
James Ruggia
James Van Aken
Jamie Wilson Murray
Jan Huling
Janet Jeun-Gourley
Janet Mines Krings
Jason Biegel
Jenna Firshein
Jennifer Prusakowski
Jennifer Robinson
Jessica Murphy
Jessica Zakkak
Jillian Costigan
Joel A Brooks
Joel Naatus
John Hebert
John W Bauers
Jonathan Glick
Joseph Berlinghieri
Julie Sloane
Kao Pin Lew
Karen Galli
Katherine Allen
Katherine Crawford-Gray
Kathleen Kaiser
Katie Franklin
Kenny Murnin
Kern Weissman
Lara Hartman
Laura Skolar-Gamarello
Lauren Mann Baez
Laurence Heinemann
Leeja Carter
Leilani Chin
Linda Corrin
Linda Leone
Lindsey Buller Maliekel
Lisa Blando
Lissette Valentin
Lucy Dixon
Luis Negron
Lynn Mullins
Maida Valentin
Mallory King
Marc Devens
Margaret Jones-Monteiro
Margaret M Ramos
Margo Parks
Maria D
Maria Lau
Maria Viniam
Mark Blanchard
Mark Bunbury
Mary Anne Sullivan
Mary Beth Botts
Mary Mills
Mary Rose Conboy
Marysol Cerdeira
Maureen Gallagher
Mauro Altamura
May O Smith
Meera Jaffrey
megan santosusso
Megan Wilkie
Meghan McKee
Melissa Buesing-Glick
Melissa Starrett
Meredith Lander
Michael Cole
Michael Collins
Michael DiFeo
Michael Reilly
Michael Wright
Midori Yoshimoto
Mike Kelly
Mike Segretto
Mikhail Kotlov
Monika Semprir
Moriah Kinberg
Morris peters
Mory Thomas
Nadine Machado
Nancy Pokler
Nancy Tompkins
Nanette Beachner
Nathan Kassalow
Nicholas Buffum
Nick Caballero
Nick Lawrence
Nicole Ortolano
Omar Mansour
Pankaj Gangaram Kapadia
Patricia Granados
Patricia O’Cone
Patrick James Longo
Patrick Toussaint
Pete Peterson
Peter Basso
Petra Riviere
Philip A Huling
Priscilla Ortiz
Priscilla Renta
Rachel Brandon
Rachel P Meyers
Raina Koren
Rebecca Missel
Ricardo Luis Rojas
Richard A Ritzel
Rob Christiansen
Robert Boudreau
Robert Farren
Robert H Webb
Robert Lee
Roger Heitmann
Roger Sayre
Ron Bautista, District 5 Candidate for Freeholder
Ron Clate
Rory Pasquariello
Ryan Moser
Sally Morales
Sandra Martiny
Santiago Cohen
Scott Dylan Wordsman
Scott Parent
Sergio Sandino
Shanee helfer
Shelley A. Brown
Sherry Ayres
Stacy Hartman
Stacy Mooradian
Stefanie Kautzmann
Stephanie Wecht
Steven Prusakowski
Sydney Novotny
Tanya Tripi-Weiss
Tao Ho
Terri Stembridge
Theodore Baus
Thomas Waugh
Tiffany C Delgado
Tine Pahl
Tonya Banner
Vanessa Espinoza
Veronica Woods
Vishnu Nayak
Walter John Parks IV
William Fox
Yi Li