Comments on: Secaucus, Carlstadt mayors threaten to withhold emergency services during Super Bowl

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:53:43 +0000

I hope mother nature does take a big giant white crap on the region so that this stupid idea is never thought about again ever. The Super Bowl is more than just a game played on Sunday night. It’s an event that lasts two weeks. They can’t even have the NFL Experience because there’s no room in NY. WTF!!! For kids and parents, that was one of the best outside functions out there. Throw NY their bone, then never ever ever do this again.

By: blowtorch1964

blowtorch1964 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:26:41 +0000

NJ towns have mutual aid agreements for fire, EMS and police. These mayors are not really going to withhold anything, otherwise, East Rutherford will not respond to emergencies in their towns.

By: norcalirish

norcalirish — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:47:32 +0000

But turn in your guns tho fellas, the gov will protect you.

By: floriogotrichtrolling

floriogotrichtrolling — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:42:59 +0000

This is why suburbia is fundamentally screwed-up. You have 30 towns in one small area, and none of them give a crap about their neighbors, and everyone has their local little big-wigs.

If these guys can’t afford their cops, here’s an idea: merge with the (otherwise-indistinguishable) town next door.

By: dj121191

dj121191 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:18:35 +0000

Everyone whining about them being called the NJ Jets/Giants are morons. New York is referring to the city, not the state. If the bengals stadium was moved a quarter mile away, it would be in Kentucky, and guess what, they would still be the Cincinnati Bengals

By: 2ndaryinsanity

2ndaryinsanity — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:29:28 +0000

All emergency medical services have a legal duty to act in their jurisdiction. Failure to respond is ILLEGAL. Not to mention the civil liability. What an idiot.

By: joeypickles

joeypickles — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:33:36 +0000

i believe east rutherford is closer to manhatan, than orchard park is to downtown buffalo.

i’m not saying, i’m just saying…

By: gadgetdawg

gadgetdawg — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:04:14 +0000

How many NFL/NBA/NHL teams are still playing in the city on their jerseys?
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My bet is that the vast majority are in the same state as their namesake at the very least. NY has one team and that would be the Bills. NJ has 2- Giants and Jets.

By: deedub1639

deedub1639 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:02:06 +0000

This is funny… Ok Mayor don’t supplement your emergency services for the SB. This will be a hoot. Cutting off your nose to …..

By: csilojohnson

csilojohnson — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:42:39 +0000

First thing Goodell has done to better the game. Football was made for the outdoors. Just wish it was on real grass.
Why are we calling this a New York.super bowl? The stadium is clearly located in New Jersey. I’m sure NYC will be compensated by the league. Due to being the “host city”. Yet they are not hosting. Just the cities teams. The teams that share a stadium, and aren’t even located in thier respective city. What a joke.

By: fightnamish

fightnamish — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:28:04 +0000

road 3500 said it best; surrounding towns want money from the Giants and Jets? why because they have it? that’s ridiculous. should Springsteen pay them when he has three weeks of concerts? it was said that this area is the highest taxed and its soooooo right. the revenue from the SB will offset any need for “emergency services”. stop you’re whining and maybe we will get another SB

By: cometkazie

cometkazie — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:03:26 +0000

How far off is this super bowl?

The drama is already . . . . I don’t think there is a word for it.

By: bigbluefan1

bigbluefan1 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:58:06 +0000

Lets see what would those two town have to offer anyway I go to every Giants game have never seen anything other then State Police.

Secaucus used to be the home of pig farms then Hartz Mt bought all the land with bird seed money and it is the home of large warehouses.
And no one going to Metlife would have any reason to enter the town proper.

Carlstat another fine town and the home of not so big warehouses.
Local bars gas stations and diners may see some football cash but neither town has anything to offer a football fan.

The Highways go thru there towns but as to emergency services????

What services are this two clowns holding back?
Yes your neighboring town is the home of the Giants and Jets your towns are the home of nothing

By: lrjets

lrjets — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:54:50 +0000

Dear Part-Time Mayors:

Care to contemplate how much money your residents earn from working in NYC, and then taking the 5:15 into your town with the money?

As far as calling the teams “NJ” Giants and Jets, I’d wager the stadium is closer to NYC than many sports franchises are to their namesakes.
How many NFL/NBA/NHL teams are still playing in the city on their jerseys?

By: blackngold4life

blackngold4life — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:44:37 +0000

Another reason why there should be no Superbowl in NY/NJ

By: mancave001

mancave001 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:34:15 +0000

Gee mayors, I guess you don’t get any economic benefits from TWO franchises located next to you. Requesting payment for services is one thing…trashing your towns’ two Golden Geese is another.

By: geefan1

geefan1 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:26:59 +0000

The NFL should gladly pay for addtional security and emergency services — of course, they should bid those contracts out and we’ll see whether Seacausus and Carlstadt can provide service on par with other cities and/or private providers.

By: nyfootballgiants

nyfootballgiants — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:11:05 +0000

Tax payments on the training center are covered by an arrangement that dates back to the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority’s construction of Giants Stadium in the 1970s, according to John Samerjan, a spokesman for NJSEA. The authority, which still owns the property, pays about $6 million annually to East Rutherford in place of property taxes for the Meadowlands complex, which also includes a horse-racing track and the Izod Center.

By: pjlva

pjlva — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:05:07 +0000

edge661 says:
Feb 12, 2013 4:07 PM
Should of never granted ny with a sb.

they didn’t they gave it to NJ………

By: torturedraiderfan

torturedraiderfan — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:00:27 +0000

I’ve lived in NJ my whole life. I’m OK if the Giants or Jets don’t pay anything to the state, but at least call yourself the New Jersey Giants or the Jersey Jets.

By: thewizardofbs

thewizardofbs — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:55:38 +0000

Yea, but who would want to own Secaucus or Carlstadt? They would have to be nuts. If they win that lawsuit they lose.

By: azarkhan

azarkhan — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:53:30 +0000

Poor blue staters. Eventually they find that no matter how high taxes are (and taxes are extremely high in NJ and NY), if you don’t control spending, there will never be enough money.

By: zaggs

zaggs — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:50:15 +0000

“granadafan says:
Feb 12, 2013 4:29 PM
I’m flabbergasted. The 1% ers are greedy and will suck everything they can from the Middle and lower classes and the taxpayers?”

You’re an idiot. The Giants/Jets aren’t sucking anything from anyone. Met Life was built with private funds, not public. Because of that the team don’t have to give jack to the surrounding governments outside of the normal taxes. The governments didn’t want to pay, but now they want to play? Yeah, no. Security should be set up the same as every other Super Bowl. If the local emergency services are compensated, then compensate them. If not, then don’t. Its not as if the mayors of Seacacus and Carlstadt are going to kick back any of the new tourist money from the SB to the NFL or Giants/Jets.

By: ampats

ampats — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:34:53 +0000

Try with holding emergency services from someone and budget problems will be the least of these Mayor’s worries. After the lawsuit that would be filed ,that somone would own those one or both of those towns.

By: granadafan

granadafan — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:29:52 +0000

I’m flabbergasted. The 1% ers are greedy and will suck everything they can from the Middle and lower classes and the taxpayers? I’m shocked that the NFL billionaire owners would do such a thing.

By: justintuckrule

justintuckrule — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:28:10 +0000

Anti-New Yorkers should put aside their hatred and root for this SB to be successful. It will be the first SB where real fans have a prayer of going b/c corporate heads will not tolerate the weather. If this game succeeds, other stadiums in cold climates have a prayer of hosting too.

By: noahbird

noahbird — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:28:04 +0000

I think the mayors are saying that the week in extra spending placed on emergency departments because of super bowl with no NFL kick back or tax benefit is counter productive to the local area as a whole.

By: roadtrip3500

roadtrip3500 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:24:43 +0000

The stadium and the Giants’ headquarters are in the town of East Rutherford. The teams have no obligation whatsoever to help finance the surrounding towns. Carlstadt is complaining because routes 17, 120, and 503 approaching/leaving the stadium from/to the north are in Carlstadt, so they get tons of traffic, but no revenue. Secaucus is complaining because all the passengers now coming via train generally transfer in Secaucus, but they never have to leave the station building to do so – again, no revenue for the town.

By: millerhour

millerhour — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:24:17 +0000

Why are the teams forcing them to cut budgets?

By: catquick

catquick — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:08:27 +0000

Strange how the mot highly taxed places in the nation can’t afford anything