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Damn, the weekend forecast keeps getting better, I might spend a day in NYC (not counting work) for the first time in months.
February 11, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Damn, the weekend forecast keeps getting better, I might spend a day in NYC (not counting work) for the first time in months.
Newark's planning board, sometimes, is like, "that block has been blighted for decades, please do something." www.tapinto.net/towns/newark...
University Heights Development in Newark Accelerates with 83-Unit Housing Project
The Newark Central Planning Board unanimously approved a six-story, 83-unit residential development at 288 Central Avenue, between Norfolk and Newark streets.
www.tapinto.net
February 11, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Newark's planning board, sometimes, is like, "that block has been blighted for decades, please do something." www.tapinto.net/towns/newark...
Well, if CH is closing, central-ish to North Hudson probably desperately needs more emergency care. www.northjersey.com/story/news/h...
Newest North Jersey hospital ER opens to ease growing demand
A $50 million project will double the size of Palisades Medical Center's department to 22,000 square feet so staff can handle 56,000 patients a year.
www.northjersey.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Well, if CH is closing, central-ish to North Hudson probably desperately needs more emergency care. www.northjersey.com/story/news/h...
A little surprised this was approved, although maybe Holmdel's logic was they'd rather take senior apartments than the alternative. www.app.com/story/news/l...
Holmdel approves senior apartments in former Vonage building
The Holmdel planning board voted to redevelop a vacant office building formally occupied by Vonage. The building would house 104 senior apartments.
www.app.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:50 AM
A little surprised this was approved, although maybe Holmdel's logic was they'd rather take senior apartments than the alternative. www.app.com/story/news/l...
Damn, now that snow is starting to melt a tiny bit, the roads are in horrible shape, and will need a lot of work.
February 11, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Damn, now that snow is starting to melt a tiny bit, the roads are in horrible shape, and will need a lot of work.
Greg Lalevee (NJ Laborers, might have killed the Turnpike extension by opposing Sherrill) now has competition for most self-defeating union leader. John Samuelsen is going to endorse Blakeman, and soon enough every subway in metro NY will be using OPTO. I can't wait.
Transit union balks at endorsing Gov. Hochul
https://www.newsbeep.com/us-ny/129399/
Stand clear of the closing doors, Governor. John Samuelsen, president of the International Transport Workers Union representing 60,000…
https://www.newsbeep.com/us-ny/129399/
Stand clear of the closing doors, Governor. John Samuelsen, president of the International Transport Workers Union representing 60,000…
Transit union balks at endorsing Gov. Hochul - New York News Beep
Stand clear of the closing doors, Governor.
www.newsbeep.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Greg Lalevee (NJ Laborers, might have killed the Turnpike extension by opposing Sherrill) now has competition for most self-defeating union leader. John Samuelsen is going to endorse Blakeman, and soon enough every subway in metro NY will be using OPTO. I can't wait.
www.nj.com/education/20... Seems like we see a new variation on this story every day.
N.J. school district may cut sports, slash 30+ jobs if voters don’t approve tax hike
Advanced Placement courses, foreign language instruction, sports and student clubs could be scaled back or eliminated to fill a $5 million budget hole.
www.nj.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:23 PM
www.nj.com/education/20... Seems like we see a new variation on this story every day.
Newark State Sen Teresa Ruiz is sponsoring legislation for a $10.5 billion bond measure for school construction. $7 billion would go to former Abbott/SDA districts, with $3.5 billion for the rest of the state. Newark recently has gotten the lion's share of available SDA funding.
Newark, other districts could get $10.5 billion for buildings under proposed vote
The proposal would allocate $7 billion to Newark and 30 other high-poverty districts for construction and urgent repairs, with the Schools Development Authority set to run out of funds by 2030 without...
www.nj.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Newark State Sen Teresa Ruiz is sponsoring legislation for a $10.5 billion bond measure for school construction. $7 billion would go to former Abbott/SDA districts, with $3.5 billion for the rest of the state. Newark recently has gotten the lion's share of available SDA funding.
@thenewjerseyer.bsky.social is Montclair changing their IZO? Someone said that, I haven't seen any articles.
February 10, 2026 at 11:00 PM
@thenewjerseyer.bsky.social is Montclair changing their IZO? Someone said that, I haven't seen any articles.
Kind of annoyed that a decision I made a decade ago (buy mutual funds as a long term hold) will blow up my taxes this year, which apparently is a common thing. It paid me a balloon capital gain this year. I reinvested it, so no addl money in my pocket, but big fed tax bill.
February 10, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Kind of annoyed that a decision I made a decade ago (buy mutual funds as a long term hold) will blow up my taxes this year, which apparently is a common thing. It paid me a balloon capital gain this year. I reinvested it, so no addl money in my pocket, but big fed tax bill.
Realistically, it will be very hard to beat Mejia in a primary in June. Not unless she does something to make people mad before then. Given district makeup, more likely in '24 or '26 if she has flubs.
February 10, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Realistically, it will be very hard to beat Mejia in a primary in June. Not unless she does something to make people mad before then. Given district makeup, more likely in '24 or '26 if she has flubs.
If the left doesn't consolidate and pick a candidate in NJ-12, ironically we could very much end up in an opposite situation of NJ-11, where this time, a moderate wins a more progressive district.
February 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM
If the left doesn't consolidate and pick a candidate in NJ-12, ironically we could very much end up in an opposite situation of NJ-11, where this time, a moderate wins a more progressive district.
My dream is TWA endorses Blakeman for NY Gov and we get OPTO as a result.
February 10, 2026 at 5:46 PM
My dream is TWA endorses Blakeman for NY Gov and we get OPTO as a result.
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That angle is interesting enough, but what really caught my eye here is they might finally start on One45 (the infamous project in Harlem that was faux replaced with a truck stop) soon.
February 10, 2026 at 7:21 AM
That angle is interesting enough, but what really caught my eye here is they might finally start on One45 (the infamous project in Harlem that was faux replaced with a truck stop) soon.
That angle is interesting enough, but what really caught my eye here is they might finally start on One45 (the infamous project in Harlem that was faux replaced with a truck stop) soon.
February 10, 2026 at 7:21 AM
That angle is interesting enough, but what really caught my eye here is they might finally start on One45 (the infamous project in Harlem that was faux replaced with a truck stop) soon.
Every visit to an Israeli news site be like:
Headline 1: They've figured out how to use falafel extract to cure 27 different cancers.
Headline 2: Itamar Ben-Gvir announces new Hunger Games tribunal for Gaza.
Headline 1: They've figured out how to use falafel extract to cure 27 different cancers.
Headline 2: Itamar Ben-Gvir announces new Hunger Games tribunal for Gaza.
February 10, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Every visit to an Israeli news site be like:
Headline 1: They've figured out how to use falafel extract to cure 27 different cancers.
Headline 2: Itamar Ben-Gvir announces new Hunger Games tribunal for Gaza.
Headline 1: They've figured out how to use falafel extract to cure 27 different cancers.
Headline 2: Itamar Ben-Gvir announces new Hunger Games tribunal for Gaza.
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This is very 2010s tech trauma and spiteful, but I don't mind that #$TEAM is in decline due to fears of being replaced by AI. No other company did more to create little dictatorships within the industry with more annoying software. Go ahead and drag JIRA and Confluence to the trash bin please.
February 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM
This is very 2010s tech trauma and spiteful, but I don't mind that #$TEAM is in decline due to fears of being replaced by AI. No other company did more to create little dictatorships within the industry with more annoying software. Go ahead and drag JIRA and Confluence to the trash bin please.
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If anyone's wondering why the MTA is plunging head-long into the new faregates project, this is the math. A $100m annual return on a $1b investment with a 30-year payback is no-brainer math.
If the $10 million annual savings is close to being true, that’s a good return on a $90 million investment…way more than their bonds’ rate of interest
Source for the $90 million cost: missionlocal.org/2025/06/sf-b...
Source for the $90 million cost: missionlocal.org/2025/06/sf-b...
BART’s new tall fare gates are bringing in an additional ten million dollars a year in revenue that would have been lost to fare evasion.
February 9, 2026 at 6:41 PM
If anyone's wondering why the MTA is plunging head-long into the new faregates project, this is the math. A $100m annual return on a $1b investment with a 30-year payback is no-brainer math.
Last year, Phil Murphy supposedly killed Pompidou as retaliation for unendorsing Tami Murphy. I get that the budget situation is horrible this year, but can't we ask for that money for just general-purpose aid?
February 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Last year, Phil Murphy supposedly killed Pompidou as retaliation for unendorsing Tami Murphy. I get that the budget situation is horrible this year, but can't we ask for that money for just general-purpose aid?
I have a recommendation. The ice cream at Porta Rossa in Maplewood is incredibly good.
February 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I have a recommendation. The ice cream at Porta Rossa in Maplewood is incredibly good.
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Very excited to say that the stars have aligned and NYU Marron/Transit Costs Project have landed a grant that will fund a second edition of Momentum, which will apply the high-throughput framework to major regional rail networks beyond the NY area.
Our three big new cases:
- NJT
- SEPTA
- METRA
Our three big new cases:
- NJT
- SEPTA
- METRA
The NYU-Marron report on electrification is out: It pairs electrification and other components to develop a high-throughput infrastructure design framework, which slashes time off of existing commuter and inter-city passenger rail services. We call it Momentum -- transitcosts.com/wp-content/u...
February 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Very excited to say that the stars have aligned and NYU Marron/Transit Costs Project have landed a grant that will fund a second edition of Momentum, which will apply the high-throughput framework to major regional rail networks beyond the NY area.
Our three big new cases:
- NJT
- SEPTA
- METRA
Our three big new cases:
- NJT
- SEPTA
- METRA
NJ towns putting all of their Mount Laurel development right near the town border is a pretty common and crummy practice, but I don't think there are legitimate grounds for this suit. www.tapinto.net/towns/bridge...
Somerville Files Suit Against Bridgewater Over Affordable Housing on Borough Border
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – The Borough of Somerville has filed a lawsuit against Bridgewater Township regarding an ordinance that would allow for affordable housing on a lot adjacent to Route 202/206, about...
www.tapinto.net
February 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
NJ towns putting all of their Mount Laurel development right near the town border is a pretty common and crummy practice, but I don't think there are legitimate grounds for this suit. www.tapinto.net/towns/bridge...
www.nj.com/news/2026/02... I too, want Jackson to lose a RLUIPA suit so badly that the town has to disincorporate.
N.J. town never should have approved Orthodox Jewish boys’ school, lawsuit says
The complaint asks a judge to overturn approval for the 25-acre Orthodox boys' school, arguing officials failed to assess environmental concerns.
www.nj.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:20 AM
www.nj.com/news/2026/02... I too, want Jackson to lose a RLUIPA suit so badly that the town has to disincorporate.
Inserra is very mediocre, but knowing NYC groceries, this will be a dramatic upgrade for them.
Downtown Brooklyn's newest supermarket, a Fresh Grocer, will open on February 13. It'll be the first Inserra-owned store in NYC. brooklyneagle.com/366701/fresh...
Fresh Grocer supermarket to open in Downtown Brooklyn
INSERRA SUPERMARKETS will open its first New York City Fresh Grocer location on Feb. 13 at 523 Fulton St., directly across from Fulton Mall
brooklyneagle.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Inserra is very mediocre, but knowing NYC groceries, this will be a dramatic upgrade for them.
We now have to legalize Washington state style single stair nationwide. I don't make the rules.
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 AM
We now have to legalize Washington state style single stair nationwide. I don't make the rules.