Vacant NJN building stirs concerns

Nearly two years after Gov. Christie closed New Jersey Network (NJN), there are concerns about the vacant building just sitting there at a corner in Trenton.

The former NJN is located at 25 Stockton St., and Ernie Kovacs Place. It was once a lighted area, with many colorful studio lights showing through the big glass windows all over the building.

“It is a beautiful building and when it is lit up with all the neon signs in the windows; it kind of brings life back to that corner across from City Hall, and it complements the City,” said Councilwoman, Marge Caldwell-Wilson.

Gregory Tift, a New Jersey State employee and a Communications Workers of America Local 1039 leader, also thinks that the governor needs to address concerns about the vacant NJN building.

Tift talks about the special election that the governor is planning to hold this fall to fill the seat of the recently deceased, New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg. He believes the governor priorities are a bit “misplaced,” because this unnecessary election will cost millions of dollars at a time when he closed NJN to save the state money.