NJ Transit meeting on Union Dry Dock site in Hoboken cancelled

HOBOKEN – According to a notice on the NJ Transit website a meeting of the board of directors scheduled for today has been cancelled.
NJ Transit was scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. to vote on whether to purchase the former Union Dry Dock site now owned by NY Waterway on Hoboken’s northern waterfront. The city of Hoboken wants to acquire the property for public open space.
If approved, the agency would’ve purchased the property and then leased it back to NY Waterway for their use as a ferry maintenance and repair facility. That action would have prevented Hoboken officials from seizing the property through eminent domain.
The meeting was cancelled due to an agreement between Hoboken, Gov. Phil Murphy’s office, and NJ Transit, in which the parties agreed that if Hoboken withdrew eminent domain proceedings to acquire the land NJ Transit would not have its scheduled special meeting.
The meeting was cancelled in order to facilitate negotiations between the stakeholders to work cooperatively towards a solution.