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This article seems overly positive. It reads like a PR piece for the man. For example, [REDACTED unsourced derogatory allegations against this living person].
Nor does it mention that the witness he tampered with [REDACTED unsourced derogatory information about this living person] Instead, there's a lot of fluff about the schools he funded and the buildings named after him (and his wife!). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.198.137.123 ( talk) 01:35, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
accompanied by aides or associates, the two principals met. If an article in a reliable source says they met, no matter who else was in the room as aides, rewriting this sourced material is inappropriate. As is edit-warring. Please respond here, with a policy-based reason for the reversions. Gleaning the intentions of the editors (either of the reliable source, or of the wiki-editor) is foolish and outside of the norms here. Focus on the edit, not the editor. David in DC ( talk) 10:01, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
I concur with
David in DC in that the newspaper article appears to indicate that Mayor Wilda Diaz met with Charles Kushner. I am writing to the newspaper reporter and mayor's office to ascertain whether this is inaccurate, but until presented with evidence to the contrary, I stand by the assertion that they met. What is the source of knowledge that allows
XLR8TION to state they did not meet?
AmboyBeacon ( talk) 19:03, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Please refrain from construing information found in articles to paint Mayor Diaz in a negative light. I don't know Ms. Diaz, don't live in Perth Amboy, nor will vote for her , however as an editor who maintains Puerto Rican-related articles, I won't tolerate her article being used as a billboard of hatred and lies. Remember anything you post can be liable should Mayor Diaz decide to sue for slander. Read the article carefully, as Ms. Diaz met with the Kushner Companies, and NOT MR. Kushner alone. I am sure there were more people at that meeting as any publicity of a face to face, personal meeting between Ms. Diaz and Mr. Kushner would not paint her in a positive light. She is not an idiot to risk an investigation by state or federal prosecutors on having personal meetings closed to others, especially as her role as mayor. I will remove any information that is considered libelous from the article and will report any editor who fails to conform to Wikipedia's NPOV when editing an article. It's obvious one editor on this site has a zealous hatred for Ms. Diaz.-- XLR8TION ( talk) 01:24, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
Representatives from Kushner Companies presented the new design plans to the Perth Amboy Redevelopment Agency last month to generate discussion. The city is in discussions with Kushner on the overall plan. Nothing has been approved. The revised plans are the result of meetings with the city officials to get the waterfront project back on track. “This is an opportunity to have a redesign Perth Amboy is proud of, that reflects the city’s historical significance,” Mayor Wilda Diaz said. Diaz said she was particularly interested in saving two buildings — the former city courthouse on Fayette Street that is more than 100 years old and the Naval building off Smith Street. “It’s a shame to knock down historic sites if we can save it,” Diaz said. “Too many sites have been torn down. Let’s restore them and use them for other purposes.” Diaz said the interior of the courthouse is in poor condition, but the exterior is not. She said the building has a historical significance in the community and she wants to preserve that. “You have to be creative about preserving it and make it useful,” said Helga Van Eckert, director of the city’s office of economic/community development and redevelopment, urban enterprise and Business Improvement District. “It’s a proactive approach to development.” Diaz said company president Charles Kushner, chairman of Kushner Companies who got a chance to tour both buildings, sketched a concept for the courthouse that was incorporated into the redesign.
In September 2011, Perth Amboy Mayor Wilda Diaz met with Mr. Kushner and officials from his company, The Kushner Companies, after which she endorsed a scaled-back design concept for the "Landings at Harborside," a proposed residential development set to be built along the city's waterfront. The updated plan allowed for subsidized "Section 8" housing rentals instead of requiring the owner-occupied units originally planned.
"Representatives from Kushner Companies presented the new design plans to the Perth Amboy Redevelopment Agency last month to generate discussion. The city is in discussions with Kushner on the overall plan. Nothing has been approved. The revised plans are the result of meetings with the city officials to get the waterfront project back on track. “This is an opportunity to have a redesign Perth Amboy is proud of, that reflects the city’s historical significance,” Mayor Wilda Diaz said."
In what sense are these facts "not in citation given"? David in DC ( talk) 10:23, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
I've asked BLP-savvy editors to review the disputes here. Please let's all stop editing this until we hear from them. David in DC ( talk) 11:27, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
Helga Van Eckert, director of the city’s office of economic/community development and redevelopment, urban enterprise and Business Improvement District; and Perth Amboy Redevelopment Agency attorney Joseph Maraziti have both confirmed that Mayor Wilda Diaz and Charles Kushner met personally during the extensive conference between city officials and representatives from the development company. It occurs to me that this information may be trivial in the larger context, but for the sake of defending against unwarranted accusations of 'hate' and defamation, I want to set the record straight.
Mayor Wilda Diaz and Charles Kushner met personally during the extensive conference between city officials and representatives from the development company. 68.46.70.19 ( talk) 02:30, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
The cited source does not mention Section 8. Perhaps Perth Amboy is so poverty-stricken that all rental housing in the city is subsidized under Section 8, but even if that were the case, applying the description to a yet-to-be-built project would be synthesis. The description needs to be either sourced or removed. Fat&Happy ( talk) 17:42, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
I was reading some news articles about some supposed infighting within Donald Trump's transition team, including how supposedly Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was behind Chris Christie being pushed out. This apparently was due to Christie, while he was the New Jersey Attorney General, having prosecuted Jared's dad, Charles. According to this BBC report on the matter, "Like Mr Trump's father Fred, also a property mogul, Kushner senior was a controversial figure. He was jailed for tax evasion, illegal campaign contributions and witness tampering. He admitted setting up his own brother-in-law with a prostitute, secretly filming the liaison, and sending the tape to his sister in an effort to dissuade them from testifying against him. The man who prosecuted Kushner senior was former New Jersey attorney general and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie. Jared Kushner is reported to have been involved in counselling his father-in-law to choose Mike Pence as his running mate, over Mr Christie."
Intriguing stuff, no? So I popped by to see what Wikipedia has about this and found....nada, squat, and diddly. What's up with that? -BC aka 209.6.92.99 ( talk) 13:21, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
According to Tamara Vershitskaya (the creator and director of the Jewish Resistance Museum in Navahrudak, Belarus) the Kushners came to America NOT from Poland in 1949, but from Belarus in 1945. Joseph Berkovich (he had changed his last name before leaving for America and taken his wife's last name) and his family had their house in the center of the town of Navahrudak. The town was under Poland till 1939, since then it was under USSR, now under Belarus. The Kushners had their own business in Navahrudak — they sewed hats and fur coats. — Ramanuki ( talk) 08:38, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
How should the lede sentence read? -- Malerooster ( talk) 18:12, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
Why did you revert the actual names of his two daughters...it should include them instead of the generic placeholder there. Falazar ( talk) 02:46, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/news/a9244/charles-jared-kushner-family/ Wont waste much more time on this, but doing some basic writing on Jared, these links would have been helpful. Falazar ( talk) 19:37, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
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Kushner has stated many times in interviews that when he was a teenager, he was often called a kike and was often made fun of for being the son of Jews who immigrated from Poland, and as a result, has since become a non-practicing Jew.
So can someone at least edit the article to mention that Charles Kushner is a non-practicing Jew? It would be very helpful. 2601:C6:8480:1F10:8C7D:C0B3:6D38:81CE ( talk) 03:24, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
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This article seems overly positive. It reads like a PR piece for the man. For example, [REDACTED unsourced derogatory allegations against this living person].
Nor does it mention that the witness he tampered with [REDACTED unsourced derogatory information about this living person] Instead, there's a lot of fluff about the schools he funded and the buildings named after him (and his wife!). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.198.137.123 ( talk) 01:35, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
accompanied by aides or associates, the two principals met. If an article in a reliable source says they met, no matter who else was in the room as aides, rewriting this sourced material is inappropriate. As is edit-warring. Please respond here, with a policy-based reason for the reversions. Gleaning the intentions of the editors (either of the reliable source, or of the wiki-editor) is foolish and outside of the norms here. Focus on the edit, not the editor. David in DC ( talk) 10:01, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
I concur with
David in DC in that the newspaper article appears to indicate that Mayor Wilda Diaz met with Charles Kushner. I am writing to the newspaper reporter and mayor's office to ascertain whether this is inaccurate, but until presented with evidence to the contrary, I stand by the assertion that they met. What is the source of knowledge that allows
XLR8TION to state they did not meet?
AmboyBeacon ( talk) 19:03, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Please refrain from construing information found in articles to paint Mayor Diaz in a negative light. I don't know Ms. Diaz, don't live in Perth Amboy, nor will vote for her , however as an editor who maintains Puerto Rican-related articles, I won't tolerate her article being used as a billboard of hatred and lies. Remember anything you post can be liable should Mayor Diaz decide to sue for slander. Read the article carefully, as Ms. Diaz met with the Kushner Companies, and NOT MR. Kushner alone. I am sure there were more people at that meeting as any publicity of a face to face, personal meeting between Ms. Diaz and Mr. Kushner would not paint her in a positive light. She is not an idiot to risk an investigation by state or federal prosecutors on having personal meetings closed to others, especially as her role as mayor. I will remove any information that is considered libelous from the article and will report any editor who fails to conform to Wikipedia's NPOV when editing an article. It's obvious one editor on this site has a zealous hatred for Ms. Diaz.-- XLR8TION ( talk) 01:24, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
Representatives from Kushner Companies presented the new design plans to the Perth Amboy Redevelopment Agency last month to generate discussion. The city is in discussions with Kushner on the overall plan. Nothing has been approved. The revised plans are the result of meetings with the city officials to get the waterfront project back on track. “This is an opportunity to have a redesign Perth Amboy is proud of, that reflects the city’s historical significance,” Mayor Wilda Diaz said. Diaz said she was particularly interested in saving two buildings — the former city courthouse on Fayette Street that is more than 100 years old and the Naval building off Smith Street. “It’s a shame to knock down historic sites if we can save it,” Diaz said. “Too many sites have been torn down. Let’s restore them and use them for other purposes.” Diaz said the interior of the courthouse is in poor condition, but the exterior is not. She said the building has a historical significance in the community and she wants to preserve that. “You have to be creative about preserving it and make it useful,” said Helga Van Eckert, director of the city’s office of economic/community development and redevelopment, urban enterprise and Business Improvement District. “It’s a proactive approach to development.” Diaz said company president Charles Kushner, chairman of Kushner Companies who got a chance to tour both buildings, sketched a concept for the courthouse that was incorporated into the redesign.
In September 2011, Perth Amboy Mayor Wilda Diaz met with Mr. Kushner and officials from his company, The Kushner Companies, after which she endorsed a scaled-back design concept for the "Landings at Harborside," a proposed residential development set to be built along the city's waterfront. The updated plan allowed for subsidized "Section 8" housing rentals instead of requiring the owner-occupied units originally planned.
"Representatives from Kushner Companies presented the new design plans to the Perth Amboy Redevelopment Agency last month to generate discussion. The city is in discussions with Kushner on the overall plan. Nothing has been approved. The revised plans are the result of meetings with the city officials to get the waterfront project back on track. “This is an opportunity to have a redesign Perth Amboy is proud of, that reflects the city’s historical significance,” Mayor Wilda Diaz said."
In what sense are these facts "not in citation given"? David in DC ( talk) 10:23, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
I've asked BLP-savvy editors to review the disputes here. Please let's all stop editing this until we hear from them. David in DC ( talk) 11:27, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
Helga Van Eckert, director of the city’s office of economic/community development and redevelopment, urban enterprise and Business Improvement District; and Perth Amboy Redevelopment Agency attorney Joseph Maraziti have both confirmed that Mayor Wilda Diaz and Charles Kushner met personally during the extensive conference between city officials and representatives from the development company. It occurs to me that this information may be trivial in the larger context, but for the sake of defending against unwarranted accusations of 'hate' and defamation, I want to set the record straight.
Mayor Wilda Diaz and Charles Kushner met personally during the extensive conference between city officials and representatives from the development company. 68.46.70.19 ( talk) 02:30, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
The cited source does not mention Section 8. Perhaps Perth Amboy is so poverty-stricken that all rental housing in the city is subsidized under Section 8, but even if that were the case, applying the description to a yet-to-be-built project would be synthesis. The description needs to be either sourced or removed. Fat&Happy ( talk) 17:42, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
I was reading some news articles about some supposed infighting within Donald Trump's transition team, including how supposedly Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was behind Chris Christie being pushed out. This apparently was due to Christie, while he was the New Jersey Attorney General, having prosecuted Jared's dad, Charles. According to this BBC report on the matter, "Like Mr Trump's father Fred, also a property mogul, Kushner senior was a controversial figure. He was jailed for tax evasion, illegal campaign contributions and witness tampering. He admitted setting up his own brother-in-law with a prostitute, secretly filming the liaison, and sending the tape to his sister in an effort to dissuade them from testifying against him. The man who prosecuted Kushner senior was former New Jersey attorney general and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie. Jared Kushner is reported to have been involved in counselling his father-in-law to choose Mike Pence as his running mate, over Mr Christie."
Intriguing stuff, no? So I popped by to see what Wikipedia has about this and found....nada, squat, and diddly. What's up with that? -BC aka 209.6.92.99 ( talk) 13:21, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
According to Tamara Vershitskaya (the creator and director of the Jewish Resistance Museum in Navahrudak, Belarus) the Kushners came to America NOT from Poland in 1949, but from Belarus in 1945. Joseph Berkovich (he had changed his last name before leaving for America and taken his wife's last name) and his family had their house in the center of the town of Navahrudak. The town was under Poland till 1939, since then it was under USSR, now under Belarus. The Kushners had their own business in Navahrudak — they sewed hats and fur coats. — Ramanuki ( talk) 08:38, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
How should the lede sentence read? -- Malerooster ( talk) 18:12, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
Why did you revert the actual names of his two daughters...it should include them instead of the generic placeholder there. Falazar ( talk) 02:46, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/news/a9244/charles-jared-kushner-family/ Wont waste much more time on this, but doing some basic writing on Jared, these links would have been helpful. Falazar ( talk) 19:37, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
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Kushner has stated many times in interviews that when he was a teenager, he was often called a kike and was often made fun of for being the son of Jews who immigrated from Poland, and as a result, has since become a non-practicing Jew.
So can someone at least edit the article to mention that Charles Kushner is a non-practicing Jew? It would be very helpful. 2601:C6:8480:1F10:8C7D:C0B3:6D38:81CE ( talk) 03:24, 7 January 2023 (UTC)