Letter to the Editor: Affordable Housing Mandate Doesn’t Justify Developer’s Tax Break, Resident Argues

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My problem is the not-so-secret, secret plan to give the developer a PILOT for this. The school district will suffer a huge tax loss, and many school-age children will live there. It is well established that he is the key to getting a real estate PILOT in Parsippany. Furthermore, this PARQ apartment development is already in the Parsippany “Housing Element and Fair Share plan” that can be found online and 20% of these apartments will be affordable housing. In October 2024, the owner of PARQ, Tema Development Inc., made a maximum allowed contribution of $5200 to the Mayor.