To the Leadership of People’s Park Foundation and Liberty State Park for All, Now that tax season is over, I have been trying to get your organizations’ tax-exempt documentation for the past several weeks. My requests have been ignored despite repeated attempts to reach Bob Hurley, President of the People’s Park Foundation (a registered 501(c)3); Arnold […]
Eric Conner
Born and raised in New Jersey, Eric grew up going to many of the state parks, including Liberty State, on school field trips and excursions with the Boy Scouts in the 90s and early 2000s.
Eric currently lives in Downtown Jersey City with his wife, who grew up in Elizabeth, NJ, and his two young daughters. He frequents the park with his family and often takes long runs there.
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Op-Ed: How Are Restoring Habitat, Trails and 61 Acres for Outdoor Sports Racist?
Two weeks ago, the Hudson County View published an op-ed by New Jersey NAACP President Richard Smith in which he claimed that the NJ DEP’s plan to add 61 acres of fields for outdoor recreational sports and restore over 200 acres of habitat was an act of “blatant racism.” The Paul Fireman-backed People’s Park Foundation quickly piled on, thanking Smith for […]
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Op-Ed: Acquire Fireman’s Golf Course for Public Recreation
Liberty State Park is a triumph of environmental remediation and urban renewal. The park is a 1,200-acre expanse of land and water, reclaimed from ruins of abandoned rail yards and decayed industrial sites, that has become — in equal measure — a resource for community recreation and a refuge for wildlife. Unfortunately, it neighbors the […]