ANTI-HEALY VOTE SOUGHT

Fed up with city officials who are stopping him from building housing on the Sixth Street Embankment in Jersey City, real estate businessman Steve Hyman has launched a $150,000 anyone-but-Jerramiah T. Healy-for-mayor campaign.

The first salvo: 30,000 fliers distributed in Wards C and F that among other things, rake Healy over the coals for allowing Greenville Hospital and the Lafayette Post Office to close and several bus lines in African American neighborhoods to be eliminated under his watch.

Hyman has been trying to build housing on the defunct railroad turnaround since his wife Victoria purchased the elevated six-block stretch from Conrail for $3 million in 2005. But the Healy administration has stymied him at every turn, Hyman said yesterday.

"It took us over two years to get in front of the Historic Preservation Board," Hyman fumed, adding that his wife "couldn't live without trying to unseat him (Healy)."

The first wave of fliers, Hyman said, cost him $50,000. Between now and next Tuesday's election, he said, he plans to spend another $100,000 for more fliers and anti-Healy robo-calls. And if there is a runoff election, he's prepared to spend another $100,000, he said.

The fliers, placed on porches and windshields on Saturday, picture a smiling Healy with "no friend" stamped across his forehead. The flier reads: "African Americans suffer, he laughs! . Healy's no friend. Don't plead. Don't pout. Vote Healy out!"

Hyman said he's focusing on minority voters because he thinks they've been "treated shabbily" for too long.

"I'm not totally altruistic in this," he said. "But I figured as long as we're spending the money, the minorities could be the long-term beneficiaries. If it becomes known that their vote influenced the election, maybe people will take note and treat them better."

The Healy campaign shrugged off the fliers, which are technically paid for by 415 Brunswick Street, L.L.C., a corporation owned by the Hymans.

"He doesn't like how hard the administration has fought to save the embankment," said Bud Demellier, a campaign spokesman. Voters, he said, will see the "personal motivation" behind the attack and "not fall prey to this type of negative advertising."

He added, "It's very interesting how a person who doesn't live in Jersey City, arguably doesn't live in New Jersey, can put himself in an exalted position and pretend to tell a community how to vote."

The administration has been negotiating with Hyman to include a park, bicycle/hiking path and Light Rail line in his plans for the Embankment.