Patrick Pasculli
Patrick Pasculli | |
|---|---|
| 34th Mayor of Hoboken | |
| In office 1988–1993 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Vezzetti |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Russo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 10, 1947 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Hoboken, New Jersey |
Patrick L. Pasculli (born August 10, 1947) is a retired educator and
Biography
He was born on August 10, 1947, and was reared in Hoboken.[1]
He was serving as president of the Hoboken City Council at the time of the death of Mayor
He ran for mayor in 1989 on the promise to open the Hoboken waterfront to development.[1][4] Pasculli's campaign led to the formation of the Coalition for a Better Waterfront which opposed his plan to lease city-owned land to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for commercial development.[4] In 1992, when General Foods announced the closing of a 600 employee facility, Pasculli noted that the departure left the city with little business on the property immortalized in On the Waterfront.[5]
In 1990 he proclaimed that
References
- ^ a b DePalma, Anthony (May 5, 1989). "Parks vs. Development: Battle for Hoboken's Salty Soul". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
Leading the other side is Mayor Pat Pasculli, Hoboken born and raised, who believes the city should follow other Hudson River communities and develop the vacant piers into housing, offices and marina slips, with scattered pieces of parkland.
- ^ "Some 'ego' or another will make it a race". The Jersey Journal. 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
- ^ Sullivan, Joseph (1989-05-10). "McCann Leads Jersey City Voting But Cunningham Forces a Runoff". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
- ^ a b Romano, Jay (1992-03-29). "How a 'Bunch of Amateurs' Learned to Fight City Hall". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
The grass-roots movement began in 1989 when Patrick Pasculli ran for Mayor on a platform that included a plan to lease city-owned waterfront land to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for development. ...
- ^ "Maxwell House plant grinding its last drop". Gainesville Sun. Associated Press. 1992-03-22. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
- ^ "Cooperstown challenged as birthplace of baseball". Lawrence Journal-World. Associated Press. 1990-01-11. pp. 2A. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
- ^ "Who's on first (so to speak)?". Boca Raton News. USA Weekend. 1990-08-05. p. 6. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
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