N.J. State Commission of Investigation
Point Breeze Development Frauds, Jersey City
1971-72
After an October 1971
public hearing (reported in the Commission's 1971 Annual Report), two
bills implementing SCI recommendations were enacted into law. One
improved the urban renewal process and the other tightened statutory
provisions to prevent a purchaser of publicly-owned lands from receiving
any part of the brokerage fee on such a purchase. The Commission
also referred records to prosecutorial authorities. A Hudson
County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging a former Jersey City
building inspector with extorting $1,200 from an official of the Port
Jersey Corp. and obtaining money under false pretenses. The
inspector was convicted of obtaining money under false pretenses, fined
$200 and given a six-month suspended sentence.
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