Hoboen Rent Control Letter from Hudson County Taxpayer Association

The following letter is a call to action by Hoboken property owners. Please feel free to forward the URL to friends and family in Hoboken.

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HUDSON COUNTY TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION
ROBERT G. SACKS, PRESIDENT

Dear Hoboken Homeowner:
Homeowners received good news this month when Hoboken approved a 0.69 percent
tax reduction. The reduction is a good first step, but there’s a devastating “hidden tax”
that’s forcing many Hoboken small homeowners to consider bankruptcy.

Honest owners of single-family homes and condos are being sued for hundreds of
thousands of dollars because of a policy at the Hoboken Rent Leveling Office. Due to
this policy, small homeowners have been forced to rollback rents and refund to tenants
the difference between the current rent and rent charged many years ago. Some
property owners have even paid triple damages.

A Hoboken property owner recently challenged the city’s decision in court to rollback
rents. The administration of the law was ruled “unconstitutional” as applied by NJ
Superior Court Judge Shirley Tolentino. The judge further wrote that the city’s order to
rollback rents was “arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable” as applied in the case
before the court.

Seven months after the judge’s ruling, neither Mayor Dawn Zimmer nor the City Council
has done anything to fix Hoboken’s rent control law. Without immediate action by the
mayor and council, you could be the next homeowner facing a financially crippling
lawsuit.

Call Mayor Zimmer (201-420-2013) and your Councilman
today. They will not act unless they hear from you. Tell them rent control should apply
only to apartment buildings, not small homeowners. Unless Mayor Zimmer and
Councilman hears from the public, nothing will change. Tell them the city’s
rent control law must be changed to protect honest property owners. Please call them
today!

Sincerely,

Robert G. Sacks
President
Hudson County Taxpayers’ Association

225 ST. PAULS AVE #1F, JERSEY CITY, NJ 07306
HUDSON COUNTY TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION
ROBERT G. SACKS, PRESIDENT

PROTECT YOUR HOME. PROTECT YOUR SAVINGS.
CALL MAYOR ZIMMER, 201-420-2013.
AND COUNCILMAN