By: Chronicler In Chief - October 27, 2020
10 Facts on Sam Pesin & The Friends of Liberty State Park (FOLSP) aka Polluters
1. Sam Pesin & FOLSP have not held an open Community Meeting in years.
2. As the self-proclaimed caretaker of LSP, Pesin advocated against the 9/11 Memorial at the park, (
N.J. comes up empty on 9/11 honor, NY Daily News, May 11, 2010 ).
3. Sam is the creator of the Liberty State Park Protection Act which excluded minority-led community groups participation until after the legislation was written, and he failed to disclose FLOSP board members would become the sole authority over the future of Liberty State Park requiring no public input.
4. In 25 years Friends of Liberty State Park has never advocated in favor for the implementation of the 1977 Liberty State Park Master Plan being which calls for minorities to have opportunities to open businesses in the Park.
5. Sam Pesin has covertly fought to protect the interests of corporate polluters.
6. Until recent weeks Sam Pesin has never proposed active recreation in LSP.
7. Sam Pesin advocated against having a youth basketball tournament in LSP's Parking Lot, instead asking that the children build bird cages.
8. Pesin refused to consult with the African-American City Council Members whose wards’ district lines encompass LSP, instead sought the support of the Ward E Councilman.
9. Pesin employed propaganda campaign against Councilman Robinson for suggesting community meetings be held with minority-led community groups and Ward F residents before proposing legislation, now after NJDEP supports the idea of open and inclusive community meetings to address the future of LSP, Pesin has changed his tune.
10. Friends of Liberty State Park refuse to support the 1977 Master Plan, the same plan Sam's father Morris Pesin supported and assisted in drafting.