ADVOCATING SAFER AND MORE EFFECTIVE PLANS FOR TRAFFIC AND PARKING:

Councilwoman Castellano has worked to combat Hoboken's twin parking and traffic problems and helped to create over 2000 new parking spaces, change the traffic patterns around Hoboken's transportation hub to make it safer and saner, worked with the State, the County, the Port Authority and PSE&G to improve stop light performance and traffic patterns and battled the Hoboken Parking Authority and the state of New Jersey over parking rate increases. Councilwoman Castellano was also instrumental in creating numerous commercial loading zones in Hoboken's First Ward to relieve the double-parking on our streets.
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ENCOURAGING SMART DEVELOPMENT:

Preserving the 19th Century character of Hoboken, while tackling the 21st Century challenges we face has been my priority. I have always worked to stop overdevelopment by limiting the height (reduced by 20%) and reducing density of buildings and joining with citizens groups to bring stop actions against developers flouting Hoboken's Zoning Laws. I have chaired Hoboken's Historic Preservation Commission for the past 16 years, a member for 29 years.
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PRESERVING AND PROTECTING HOBOKEN'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING:

Councilwoman Castellano voted to create new units of affordable housing and has been a constant presence in Trenton battling against management's unreasonable demands for increases and was a sponsor of legislation extending rent control protection to current residents of subsidized housing.
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