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For LSP's almost 50 years – the park’s
birthday is on June 14 - the overwhelming majority broad public
consensus – many 10’s of 1000’s of caring people in many battles
have strongly supported a FREE PEOPLE'S PARK next to Lady
Liberty FOR ALL TO ENJOY and opposed commercialization and
privatization of this priceless public land! The essential LSP Protection Act was
re-introduced in the legislature by Senator Raj Mukherji and
will need everyone’s persevering support!
It was stalled for 6 years in the legislature due to
billionaire Paul Fireman’s money and his lobbyists, PR flaks,
and two front groups pushing lies and smear attacks. Fireman
still wants a sports and entertainment complex replacing the
long-planned flood resiliency spectacular habitats and trails in
the interior. We urge the legislature and Governor
Sherrill to strongly support the Protection Act which will end
decades of battles and would be the best 50th birthday present
to LSP!
The Protection Act with its
amendments
is
here
The bracketed lines in the Act mean they're deleted and the
underlined lines are what was added.
The Hudson
County View news story on the March 15 passage in the Senate
Environment Committee is
here.
We'll let you
know about the Assembly introduction of the Act, and the date of
the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee hearing and other
news on social media and by email.
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LSP’s Official 2025 MASTER PLAN based on the DEP 5-year public participation process with over 5000 public comments and respecting the 49 years of the broad public consensus for LSP without privatization and commercialization. To see the 138-page Master Plan, please scroll down to the image on the left which says “Explore the Master Plan”.
- DEP WEBPAGE for Phases of LSP REVITALIZATION PROGRAM
- Archive of Protective Act battle up to June 2023 - stories and editorials. Also DEP rejected Fireman's Sports and Entertainment Complex in 2023. DEP again rejected it in 2024.
NO to billionaire Paul Fireman’s and his front groups’ Sports and Entertainment Complex plan to replace the Interior’s flood resiliency spectacular urban habitats and paths in LSP’s Interior
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NO Exclusionary Admission-Fee Traffic Jam-Causing Commercial venues robbing our public parkland and blocking public access!
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NO 5,000 and 2,500 seat Stadiums and NO 7,000 seat Commercial Concert Venue and NO NHL level hockey rink with 2,000 seats.
NO to Fireman’s privatization of LSP’s Caven
Point Natural Area Habitat and Nesting Area to relocate golf holes
for his multimillionaire golfers
Billionaire Paul Fireman's & his funded front groups' second rendering with their commercial venues labeled by Friends
- Media Pieces Linking Paul Fireman to front groups and to Interior Commercial Venues plans
- "The Point" Trailer in support of the LSP's Protection Act and Caven Point
- Thanks to the 33,000 signers of the LSP Protection Act Petition
- Coalition
to Pass the Liberty State Park
Protection Act and Save the Park's Caven Point Natural Area 111 groups
2-12-22
- Friends of LSP history of support for Central Park type-park with
active recreation
- DEP 1978 Geddes Master Plan 20-page summary
- DEP 1978 Geddes Master
Map Legend
- LSP 1978 Master
Plan Similarities to LSP reality including current DEP plans
- LSP 1978
Master Plan lead designer Robert Geddes statement opposing Fireman
plans June 2022
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6/15/22 The
Jersey Journal guest column Dozens
of Black, Latino community leaders and activists call for LSP
Protective Act passage
- Refuting
Lies & Smear Attacks by Fireman's surrogates on Protection Act &
Friends
- Protection Act one
page summary and privatization battle against billionaire Paul
Fireman
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Fireman Big
Lie about abandoning Caven Point Natural Area privatization goal
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The LSP Protection Act
- Assembly bill
A 1957 and Senate bill S907
"We downright condemn the falsehoods attacking the LSP Protection
Act by billionaire Paul Fireman and his funded group, and we affirm
our support for the Act in alliance with the coalition of over 100
groups and over 31,700 petition signers." (petition got to 32,559)
Archived history of the grassroots battle against the billionaire's plan, rejected by DEP in 2018