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>Passaic, N.J. Considers Charging For Emergency Calls

>Passaic, N.J. Considers Charging For Emergency Calls
How Does $1,000 For House Fires And $600 For Car Fires Grab You?
March 30, 2012 5:00 PM

ASSAIC, NJ (CBSNewYork) – When emergency crews respond to a car or building fire in Passaic, a bill might soon be sent out.

When the Passaic City Council meets next Tuesday, Mayor Alex Blanco said what they will not decide to do is levy fees against people in car accidents or building owners whose structures catch fire.

What they will do is go after the insurance companies.

“If you are a policy owner, you are already paying for it — this fire department service charge provision,” the mayor told WCBS 880 reporter Levon Putney on Friday.

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/30/passaic-considers-charging-for-emergency-calls/

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>Passaic County Freeholder Director Terry Duffy is exploring 5th District run against Scott Garrett

>Passaic County Freeholder Director Terry Duffy is exploring 5th District run against Scott Garrett


Passaic County Freeholder Director Terry Duffy announced he is forming an exploratory committee for a potential 5th District congressional bid.

In a statement, Duffy said he will meet with residents of the newly drawn district over the next 30 days in an effort to decide if challenging incumbent Republican U.S. rep. Scott Garrett is feasible.
“Our priority needs to be unseating Congressman Garrett – who now becomes the most vulnerable incumbent Congressman in New Jersey with this new map,” Duffy said in a statement. ” I look forward to challenging his extremist record with pragmatic common sense solutions.”  (Isherwood, PolitickerNJ)

https://www.politickernj.com/53497/passaic-freeholder-exploring-5th-district-run
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>Report: Bergen and Passaic counties dangerous for elderly walkers

>THE RECORD
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
BY KAREN RO– USE

Bergen and Passaic counties ranked among the five worst in New Jersey for older walkers, according to a transportation report released Wednesday.

The Tri-State Transportation Campaign study, based on National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data, found that while adults 65 and older make up roughly 14 percent of Bergen County’s population, they comprised 30 percent of pedestrians killed between 2005 and 2007.

In Passaic County, the non-profit organization , which promotes transit-friendly communities, found that seniors 65 or older make up 11 percent of the population, but 23.5 percent of those killed in pedestrian accidents.

“Older pedestrians are less likely to survive getting hit by a car or truck,” said Zoe Baldwin, New Jersey advocate for the New York-based group. As a result, she said, transportation officials should incorporate safety measures that protect older walkers.

Those include engineering crosswalks so that the distance from once side of a street to another isn’t too long, banning right turns at red lights, and extending the time pedestrians have to cross the street.

“I’m in my mid-20s and if I’m in the middle of the intersection when it starts flashing, ‘Don’t Walk,’ there’s a problem,” Baldwin said. Communities “don’t always think of children, seniors or disabled people as they cross the road.”

Read tehe full report on Bergen County conditions here:

https://www.tstc.org/reports/seniors08/bergen.pdf