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Why does the 16 bus not show up in the NJ Transit app? More importantly, why is the route so insane? Why aren't the NJT routes just on all the major N/S and E/W arterials? moovitapp.com/index/en/pub...
December 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Why does the 16 bus not show up in the NJ Transit app? More importantly, why is the route so insane? Why aren't the NJT routes just on all the major N/S and E/W arterials? moovitapp.com/index/en/pub...
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Housing production increases 23% in first year of City of Yes
The Adams administration has released figures on accessory dwelling units, affordable housing and more to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the plan's passage.
www.crainsnewyork.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Hoboken's Rent Control Board told these tenants that they didn't have to pay their full rent. A judge disagreed. Now many of them owe tens of thousands in back rent, and are facing eviction. What a sh!tshow. www.nj.com/hudson/2025/...
‘I can’t live like this.’ N.J. apartment tenants fear eviction over rent hikes city ruled against.
Residents of a luxury apartment building say they are facing cascading rent hikes, sudden five-figure “balances”
www.nj.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Hoboken's Rent Control Board told these tenants that they didn't have to pay their full rent. A judge disagreed. Now many of them owe tens of thousands in back rent, and are facing eviction. What a sh!tshow. www.nj.com/hudson/2025/...
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This is 100% reactionary of me, but when I see that Philly's Preservation Alliance is against a bill, it makes me 100% support it because these people have been strangling the city for little to no benefit for years to keep shitty old buildings up.
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is 100% reactionary of me, but when I see that Philly's Preservation Alliance is against a bill, it makes me 100% support it because these people have been strangling the city for little to no benefit for years to keep shitty old buildings up.
Fuck yeah, we have YIGBY, ADUs, office conversions, and parking minimums. Let's go.
Princeton Mayor Mark Freda asked NJ Governor Phil Murphy what else he hoped to achieve during his remaining weeks in office, and Murphy said, "there are some housing bills that I'd love to see get across the goal-line, because we continue to suffer from a paucity of affordable housing"
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Fuck yeah, we have YIGBY, ADUs, office conversions, and parking minimums. Let's go.
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It doesn't need to be a big switch, just start out with 2 NJT lines: NEC (to Jersey Ave/North Bruns), NJCL (to South Amboy) and LIRR PW line, Far Rockaway, Hempstead or the Metro North Penn Station Access.
Then as success grows, add more.
www.ourtownny.com/news/byford-...
Then as success grows, add more.
www.ourtownny.com/news/byford-...
Byford Plan: Figure Out How to Get LIRR to Run to New Jersey
No one can accuse Andy Byford of thinking small. Byford presented to a breakfast of New York power brokers his game plan for transforming (his word) Penn Statio...
www.ourtownny.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It doesn't need to be a big switch, just start out with 2 NJT lines: NEC (to Jersey Ave/North Bruns), NJCL (to South Amboy) and LIRR PW line, Far Rockaway, Hempstead or the Metro North Penn Station Access.
Then as success grows, add more.
www.ourtownny.com/news/byford-...
Then as success grows, add more.
www.ourtownny.com/news/byford-...
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good piece on Waymo's self driving cars
we can reasonably begin to look at self driving as a potential public health breakthrough, Waymo cars are much better and safer drivers than people
the problem is the economics of the technology not the technology itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
we can reasonably begin to look at self driving as a potential public health breakthrough, Waymo cars are much better and safer drivers than people
the problem is the economics of the technology not the technology itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
December 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
good piece on Waymo's self driving cars
we can reasonably begin to look at self driving as a potential public health breakthrough, Waymo cars are much better and safer drivers than people
the problem is the economics of the technology not the technology itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
we can reasonably begin to look at self driving as a potential public health breakthrough, Waymo cars are much better and safer drivers than people
the problem is the economics of the technology not the technology itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
I visualized a nightmare where it's 2036 - Bushwick has turned into a south Brooklyn-style brownstone enclave, and the young transplants who move to Bushwick today have completely taken over and displaced Greenville.
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I visualized a nightmare where it's 2036 - Bushwick has turned into a south Brooklyn-style brownstone enclave, and the young transplants who move to Bushwick today have completely taken over and displaced Greenville.
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It's because Jabbour didn't run a 6th Ward candidate. She won the 6th Ward in both the General and Run Off, so if she had a candidate, the council majority would be flipped.
Additionally, Jabbour voters are packed in wards 5 and 6 (60/40 splits). She only loses extremely narrowly in Wards 1 and 2.
Additionally, Jabbour voters are packed in wards 5 and 6 (60/40 splits). She only loses extremely narrowly in Wards 1 and 2.
December 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
It's because Jabbour didn't run a 6th Ward candidate. She won the 6th Ward in both the General and Run Off, so if she had a candidate, the council majority would be flipped.
Additionally, Jabbour voters are packed in wards 5 and 6 (60/40 splits). She only loses extremely narrowly in Wards 1 and 2.
Additionally, Jabbour voters are packed in wards 5 and 6 (60/40 splits). She only loses extremely narrowly in Wards 1 and 2.
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Commercial property in Boston is down another 6% after a 5% drop last year - with a whopping 27% vacancy.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Boston Office Slump Deepens as Mayor Wu Pushes for Higher Taxes
Commercial building values in Boston are on track to fall another 6% in fiscal 2026, deepening a two-year slide in a city that leans more heavily on real estate taxes than almost any other major US mu...
www.bloomberg.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Commercial property in Boston is down another 6% after a 5% drop last year - with a whopping 27% vacancy.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Don't ever believe Hoboken's propaganda about Vision Zero. They literally just passed a law to ignore double parking. hudsoncountyview.com/hoboken-city...
Hoboken City Council votes 5-4 to put temporary freeze on CLEAR program - Hudson County View
The Hoboken council voted 5-4 on the second reading of an ordinance to halt the CLEAR parking enforcement program at last night's meeting.
hudsoncountyview.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Don't ever believe Hoboken's propaganda about Vision Zero. They literally just passed a law to ignore double parking. hudsoncountyview.com/hoboken-city...
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This Brazilian guy ran non-stop from Princeton University to Central Park, NYC. 68 miles, 13 hours. “When I was figuring out the route, I tried to run from Jersey City to Central Park, but it was clear that the George Washington Bridge was the only place to cross.” www.towntopics.com/2025/12/03/f...
From Princeton to Central Park: How a Princeton Student Finds His Runner’s High – Town Topics
www.towntopics.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:55 AM
This Brazilian guy ran non-stop from Princeton University to Central Park, NYC. 68 miles, 13 hours. “When I was figuring out the route, I tried to run from Jersey City to Central Park, but it was clear that the George Washington Bridge was the only place to cross.” www.towntopics.com/2025/12/03/f...
Many people are saying! It's ridiculous to focus on 5/11, when the real problem was Bonnie Watson Coleman demanding a primary-proof seat by keeping Plainfield.
Actually infuriating how easy it is to make a version of NJ-07 that Malinowski probably holds on to in 2022 just by adding some blue turf from NJ-12 while still keeping NJ-12 safe blue.
December 4, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Many people are saying! It's ridiculous to focus on 5/11, when the real problem was Bonnie Watson Coleman demanding a primary-proof seat by keeping Plainfield.
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More on that 64-unit mixed-income senior living project that was rejected in Bridgewater NJ: "I want to say right up front that this is one of the most egregious, flagrant examples of overdevelopment that I've seen in nearly 20 years on this board" patch.com/new-jersey/b...
'It Screams Overdevelopment': Bridgewater Rejects Senior Housing Project On Route 202/206
Issues were raised by Board members over the size, height, flood risk, traffic, and the number of trees to be removed for the project.
patch.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
More on that 64-unit mixed-income senior living project that was rejected in Bridgewater NJ: "I want to say right up front that this is one of the most egregious, flagrant examples of overdevelopment that I've seen in nearly 20 years on this board" patch.com/new-jersey/b...
This year's general election was an anomaly - this is the kind of turnout map we're using to seeing, with brownstone districts downtown outvoting everywhere else.
December 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This year's general election was an anomaly - this is the kind of turnout map we're using to seeing, with brownstone districts downtown outvoting everywhere else.
The Hoboken map wasn't really the normal uptown/downtown dynamic there. You clearly see Russo won 1 (PP), 2 (Fisher), and 3 (Russo.) This was about coalitions. Looks like she won 4?
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Hoboken map wasn't really the normal uptown/downtown dynamic there. You clearly see Russo won 1 (PP), 2 (Fisher), and 3 (Russo.) This was about coalitions. Looks like she won 4?
ROFL, Orleans/McGreevey won College Towers. He also won Port Liberte and Croxton.
December 3, 2025 at 4:19 AM
ROFL, Orleans/McGreevey won College Towers. He also won Port Liberte and Croxton.
I hope the next mayor listens to high quality civil servants like Barkha and Tanya, takes their advice, and gives them the leeway to work freely.
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I hope the next mayor listens to high quality civil servants like Barkha and Tanya, takes their advice, and gives them the leeway to work freely.
My district was 80/20, and it wasn't even close to the biggest blowout district. We all live in Union City now?
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
My district was 80/20, and it wasn't even close to the biggest blowout district. We all live in Union City now?
The McGreevey ward candidates:
Warren - tried, will lose by the lowest margin.
Healy - tried, but had a horrible gaffe, and swallowed by the electoral tsunami.
Boggiano - stopped making public appearances months ago.
Orleans - supposedly left the US weeks ago for family reasons.
Warren - tried, will lose by the lowest margin.
Healy - tried, but had a horrible gaffe, and swallowed by the electoral tsunami.
Boggiano - stopped making public appearances months ago.
Orleans - supposedly left the US weeks ago for family reasons.
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The McGreevey ward candidates:
Warren - tried, will lose by the lowest margin.
Healy - tried, but had a horrible gaffe, and swallowed by the electoral tsunami.
Boggiano - stopped making public appearances months ago.
Orleans - supposedly left the US weeks ago for family reasons.
Warren - tried, will lose by the lowest margin.
Healy - tried, but had a horrible gaffe, and swallowed by the electoral tsunami.
Boggiano - stopped making public appearances months ago.
Orleans - supposedly left the US weeks ago for family reasons.
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I know Hoboken's been called, but it's a pretty tight race. That's basically what the JC runoff could have been if you ran, say, Bill O'Dea instead. Solomon still wins, but not by the insane margin.
December 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I know Hoboken's been called, but it's a pretty tight race. That's basically what the JC runoff could have been if you ran, say, Bill O'Dea instead. Solomon still wins, but not by the insane margin.
All the ward races have been called, but now we're starting to get full data from some districts. Ridley not doing great in East Greenville is not great overall (her win seems very dependent on Solomon), but basically if they're close to tied there, Warren had no chance.
December 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
All the ward races have been called, but now we're starting to get full data from some districts. Ridley not doing great in East Greenville is not great overall (her win seems very dependent on Solomon), but basically if they're close to tied there, Warren had no chance.