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Desperately need to clean house in NJ DOT for many reasons.
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Urban Dispatch
about 21 hours ago
Onshore wind remains illegal to build in Connecticut after being outlawed in ~2015. A decision that is long overdue to revisit
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I feel like this must be incredibly triggering - dressing up Hudson County as Long Island City for a film shoot.
about 21 hours ago
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Ok, I've learned the new Knives Out isn't playing at AMC and I'm pissed.
about 21 hours ago
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Will NY fix their broken outdoor dining laws?
evgrieve.com/2025/11/city...
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City Council weighs big roadway-dining changes; opponents cry bill-burying
EV Grieve is the leading news, entertainment and lifestyle blog about the East Village of New York City.
https://evgrieve.com/2025/11/city-council-weighs-big-roadway-dining.html
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Now that we can talk more freely, this was a big problem I had with Bill O'Dea's approach of let's make an individual deal for each project. It was better than the alternative this year, but ultimately what works is to have
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How D.C. developers made big money on a taxpayer-funded housing project
The Ethel was built on land provided by the city and benefited from a cascade of government subsidies that helped enrich its developers, a Washington Post investigation found.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2025/dc-bowser-housing-homeless/
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Fight the EWR monopoly, and not with Spirit/Frontier either.
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Scott Kirby Keeps Pushing for Newark Slot Controls โ Hereโs Why Those Should Be Abolished Everywhere Instead - View from the Wing
Scott Kirby argues that Newark needs slot controls to manage congestion, but slots are the wrong solution everywhere theyโve been imposed. They lock in incumbents, block competition, and do nothing to...
https://viewfromthewing.com/scott-kirby-keeps-pushing-for-newark-slot-controls-heres-why-those-should-be-abolished-everywhere-instead/
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How can limiting the duration of motel stays have any effect but increasing homelessness?
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Katie Brennan publicly commits to improve housing and transit via taxing the rich. Although that's an interesting contrast to her beliefs on school funding, which are that wealthy homeowners in her district should get a tax cut.
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Can the seven NJ Assembly freshmen make progressive impact? | Opinion
Seven new progressive Democrats will join the New Jersey General Assembly in January. Can these independents make an impact?
https://www.northjersey.com/story/opinion/columnists/charles-stile/2025/11/24/nj-assembly-progressives-impact-opinion/87384305007/
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Matt da Silva
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This new data on tax base fragmentation shows massive disparities within Hudson County. You can see why: 1. Hoboken can afford so many fancy public works projects and Jersey City canโt. 2. Why Brian Stack bringing home state aid for North Hudson gives him so much power.
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www.instagram.com/p/DRcb5qIkS5...
You do the theory, and I'll do the praxis.
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Rick Cotton is stepping down from the Port Authority. We need to pressure Hochul to appoint someone who cares about transit.
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Senator Andy Kim
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For Newarkโs University Hospital, GOP Medicaid cuts will spread already tight budgets even thinner. This will strain hospital staff. It will close support programs. Your care will suffer. All to keep billionaires from paying their fair share of taxes.
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When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/upshot/urban-hospitals-medicaid-cuts.html
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www.nj.com/news/2025/11...
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This tiny Jersey Shore town might grow by 10 blocks, but locals are worried about the cost
Residents are questioning the potential debt and infrastructure impacts if their small borough takes over a beachfront neighborhood in the next town.
https://www.nj.com/news/2025/11/this-tiny-jersey-shore-town-might-grow-by-10-blocks-but-locals-are-worried-about-the-cost.html
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My "the mall is not closing" shirt is raising a lot of questions already answered by the shirt.
www.tapinto.net/towns/east-b...
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Brunswick Square Mall Begins Multi-Year Transformation: Updates from Results Boxing & Fitness and AxeCeptional
Results Boxing & Fitness expands with a new state-of-the-art mall location as Brunswick Square Mall begins a major renovation. AxeCeptional Experience seeks new
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/east-brunswick/sections/development/articles/brunswick-square-mall-begins-multi-year-transformation-updates-from-results-boxing-fitness-and-axeceptional
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NJ.com
2 days ago
Goodman Group acquired the longtime site of the New York Daily Newsโ printing plant in Jersey City in 2024.
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Former newspaper printing plant demolished for major N.J. warehouse project
Goodman Group acquired the longtime site of the New York Daily Newsโ printing plant in Jersey City in 2024.
https://www.nj.com/hudson/2025/11/historic-nj-newspaper-printing-plant-gets-unexpected-second-life-as-huge-warehouse-center.html
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McGreevey trucks are back to parking illegally, they just can't afford video trucks anymore.
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Joe Fish
3 days ago
I think this is mostly San Francisco finally shrugging off the pandemic, but it is *really* funny that rent prices in San Francisco shot up *immediately* after the city banned RealPage and other algorithmic price setting software. My pre trends are incredible!
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@glassbro.bsky.social
Mark Cuban proposed on X replacing some ACA subsidies with HSAs.
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www.youtube.com/live/ycrKeXs...
Pretty big contrast to the one a week ago - standing vs. sitting has a big impact, but you can definitely see at points the weight of the past week on McGreevey. He acts like he's losing, and Solomon acts like he's winning. McGreevey lashes out a few times.
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2025 Jersey City Mayoral Runoff Debate
YouTube video by Hudson Media Group
https://www.youtube.com/live/ycrKeXspJ0Q
2 days ago
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I've had multiple businesses in the past week tell me they don't have soap bc someone stole it. Regardless of whether or not they're telling the truth, something is very wrong.
3 days ago
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Gothamist
5 days ago
MTA blames serial copper thief for hundreds of NYC subway delays
https://gothamist.com/news/mta-blames-serial-copper-thief-for-hundreds-of-nyc-subway-delays
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MTA blames serial copper thief for hundreds of NYC subway delays
Subway commuters on the numbered lines had a rough time last month after a vandal knocked out a key piece of equipment in the Bronx. The MTA said the vandal singlehandedly delayed 755 subway trains over the course of three days in October. [ more โบ ]
https://gothamist.com/news/mta-blames-serial-copper-thief-for-hundreds-of-nyc-subway-delays
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My fear is there's going to be talk of building more, but the next four years in NYC are just going to be the city council regulating away all economic activity.
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sfstandard.com/2025/11/20/s...
They're going to end up renting out a residential floor in one of the SoHo West buildings, right?
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San Franciscoโs most controversial startup Cluely is moving to New York
The โcheat on everythingโ AI app is ditching its SoMa headquarters due to legal issues.
https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/20/san-francisco-s-controversial-startup-moving-new-york
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Collin Pearsall
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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We are very lucky in NJ to have
@fairsharehousing.bsky.social
, which scrutinizes municipal fair share plans around the state, and sues the municipalities that screw around with their housing plans.
thepressgroup.net/montvale-par...
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Montvale, Park Ridge at risk of losing immunity from โbuilderโs remedyโ lawsuits โ Pascack Press & Northern Valley Press
PASCACK VALLEYโFair Share Housing Center (FSHC) is challenging the Fourth Round affordable-housing plans filed by Montvale and Park Ridge, accusing both towns of using โprocedural games and bad-faith ...
https://thepressgroup.net/montvale-park-ridge-at-risk-of-losing-immunity-from-builders-remedy-lawsuits/
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"LeFrak carefully curates boutique retail."
4 days ago
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Acyn
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Trump: He said some things that were very interesting and very interesting as to housing construction and he wants to see houses go up and apartments created. People would be shocked. I want to see the same thing.
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Lots of differences, but if McGreevey wasn't littered with scandal, I wonder if the runoff would be considered a toss up like Hoboken's is. (I kinda disagree with that and think Jabbour should be slightly favored.)
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A lot of the downtown vs. everyone else discourse is stuck in 2018. Look at an election map. If you live near PATH or the light rail, you're much more likely to be voting for a downtown candidate.
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I'm not sure who needs to hear this, but I booked some hotels last week, and canceled and rebooked them this week because they're already doing Black Friday pricing. Many such cases.
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Naqiy Mcmullen
5 days ago
Since I made this map mid-2024 Miami has added 5 new skyscrapers, NYC has added 3, tiny Jersey City has added 4, while Chicago, the city that invented the skyscraper, has completed no new towers. We need to pump these numbers up to put those whippersnappers in their place!
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nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/21/d...
I agree that McGreevey's behavior here was awful, but I disagree with the rest of this article. We need to be truthful - Solomon has a good council record on these issues, and would be better than McGreevey, but Gilmore has an atrocious record here and is no ally.
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'Dirty and Embarrassing': Jim McGreevey Fights Street Safety in Jersey City Mayoral Run - Streetsblog New York City
All eyes are on the Garden State's second city, where a former governor plots a comeback with a divisive, anti-safety campaign.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/21/dirty-and-embarrassing-jim-mcgreevey-fights-street-safety-in-jersey-city-mayoral-run
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I am still getting Solomon mail, but nothing from McGreevey.
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@tehoriman.bsky.social
x.com/MattFriedman...
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https://x.com/MattFriedmanNJ/status/1991873950474010700?t=G__leS1TUpQPU3CkkbPEhA&s=19
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This will be hard to pass in the lame duck.
www.nj.com/politics/202...
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N.J. health insurance program is broke. Murphy proposes $260M bailout to save it.
Copays for doctor visits would rise from $10-$15 to $30-$50, and employees would for the first time pay deductibles ranging from $1,000 to $2,500 under new plan.
https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/11/nj-health-insurance-program-is-broke-murphy-proposes-260m-bailout-to-save-it.html
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www.crainsnewyork.com/politics-pol...
These rules would dramatically decrease affordable housing production.
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Facing reduced housing powers, City Council wants to lock in affordability rules
Adams administration officials warned against a package of bills requiring bigger, more affordable homes.
https://www.crainsnewyork.com/politics-policy/nyc-housing-officials-oppose-council-bills-setting-affordability-size-rules
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Looks like a builder's remedy could be on tap for Summit, I can't wait.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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A Wealthy New Jersey Townโs Empty Firehouse Shows Strain of Fixing Housing Crisis
The New York-area suburb of Summit is struggling to make progress on a mandate to add affordable homes.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-11-20/new-jersey-affordable-housing-fight-shows-strain-of-building-in-wealthy-towns
5 days ago
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The past few times I went to my gym, there was no one at the front desk. Don't think it's a coincidence that other things are going downhill there too.
5 days ago
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I used a lot less electricity than last month, but my bill increased from $10 to $55, because the $50 election gimmick credit expired. Going to be some crazy sticker shock now, and in December when it's presumably much colder.
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WMATA being fixed, while Georgetown being a NIMBY nightmare got Maryland a recruit.
www.zagsblog.com/2025/11/19/f...
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Five-star small forward Baba Oladotun commits to Maryland | Zagsblog
BY ADAM ZAGORIA Baba Oladotun, the five-star [โฆ]
https://www.zagsblog.com/2025/11/19/five-star-small-forward-baba-oladotun-commits-to-maryland/
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The Downballot
5 days ago
NJ Senate President Nick Scutari claims Dems are "not in a position" to pass a constitutional amendment that would allow them to redraw the state's congressional map. But Dems have supermajorities in both chambers & *gained* seats this month.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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The Washington Post
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Yearly deaths caused by cars and trucks striking pedestrians rose 70 percent between 2010 and 2023, an examination of federal data and other public records by The Post shows.
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The deadliest roads in America
The number of pedestrians killed by vehicles has increased in the U.S., with road infrastructure and inadequate safety measures among key contributing factors.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2025/pedestrian-deaths-surge-road-safety/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Former mayor of Hopewell Twp, NJ, a lifelong NIMBY, has found a way to object to an inclusionary housing proposal by handwringing about a 50-year-old gas pipeline. Seems obviously motivated to me. Of course he gets a sympathetic write-up here.
www.nj.com/mercer/2025/...
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Former N.J. mayor leads opposition of plan to build senior housing over pipeline that had a recent leak
The same pipeline recently leaked into Pennsylvania drinking water, but plans move forward for 600 senior homes directly above it in Mercer County.
https://www.nj.com/mercer/2025/11/former-nj-mayor-leads-opposition-of-plan-to-build-senior-housing-over-pipeline-that-had-a-recent-leak.html
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NJ gets a shoutout for coming up with the โbuilderโs remedyโ idea.
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The Housing Strategy That Has California NIMBYs in a Corner
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/business/economy/california-housing-nimby.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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This Ward D race is so cursed.
reddit.com/r/jerseycity/comments/1p1kfwu/catherine_healy_thinks_jersey_city_renters_are/
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From the jerseycity community on Reddit: Catherine Healy thinks Jersey City renters are dangerous
Explore this post and more from the jerseycity community
https://reddit.com/r/jerseycity/comments/1p1kfwu/catherine_healy_thinks_jersey_city_renters_are/
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Looks like Solomon won the ballot draw for the runoff, but all of his council candidates except Ephros lost it.
www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/wp-content/u...
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https://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/HC-2025-Jersey-City-Sample.pdf
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One underated thing is I think drivers are probably pissed at the endless useless Turnpike expansions that they don't want or need.
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Conrail marks replacement of 124-year-old bridge linking Newark and Kearny | ROI-NJ
Conrail is holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the new Point-No-Point Bridge connecting freight rail operations between Kearny and Newark across the Passaic River.
https://www.roi-nj.com/2025/11/17/transportation/conrail-marks-replacement-of-124-year-old-bridge-linking-newark-and-kearny/
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