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NJ Senate Bill S3097, which is still in committee, would bar institutional investors from bidding on a single-family home for the first 45 days it's on the market. Seems like it would be vulnerable in the courts. www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/...
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February 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
NJ Senate Bill S3097, which is still in committee, would bar institutional investors from bidding on a single-family home for the first 45 days it's on the market. Seems like it would be vulnerable in the courts. www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/...
Schools are the biggest reason that PILOTs/tax abatements have toxic politics. This bill could change that. www.roi-nj.com/2026/02/05/p...
Bill advances that require towns to share PILOT revenue with school districts | ROI-NJ
The N.J. Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee advanced legislation requiring towns to share a portion of PILOT revenue with school districts.
www.roi-nj.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Schools are the biggest reason that PILOTs/tax abatements have toxic politics. This bill could change that. www.roi-nj.com/2026/02/05/p...
Normally I have zero sympathy for these towns, but in this example, they're legitimately screwed by the Highlands Act barring development in the area. www.nj.com/education/20...
N.J. school district facing ‘dire’ $4.8M budget hole may need to cut sports, busing
The district says it may have to cut high school sports, courtesy busing and academic support programs as it faces a budget shortfall.
www.nj.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Normally I have zero sympathy for these towns, but in this example, they're legitimately screwed by the Highlands Act barring development in the area. www.nj.com/education/20...
Whether you're an urbanist who thinks this is based, or an angry driver, make sure to say thank you to Nick Scutari and Jon Bramnick for dramatically increasing rates.
Like living here wasn't already expensive enough...
Drivers in N.J. are getting hit with the worst car insurance hikes in the U.S.
Like living here wasn't already expensive enough...
www.nj.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Whether you're an urbanist who thinks this is based, or an angry driver, make sure to say thank you to Nick Scutari and Jon Bramnick for dramatically increasing rates.
How do you not have the object permanence to understand that Delgado has been courting the left for five minutes, and has a long record as a moderate?
"‘Fortunately we’ve built a mass movement that isn’t controlled by any one individual; Hochul’s still going to have to listen to the people if she wants those votes, and the people are saying “tax the rich”,’ [State Sen. Jabari Brisport] said.” www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
Socialists not thrilled with Mamdani’s guv endorsement: ‘Even Zohran gets it wrong sometimes’
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is now at odds with some of his fellow DSA electeds after throwing his support behind Gov. Kathy Hochul for reelection
www.cityandstateny.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:02 PM
How do you not have the object permanence to understand that Delgado has been courting the left for five minutes, and has a long record as a moderate?
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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
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February 6, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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...
I want to go over the record to see what and wasn't said about taxes and covid funds five years ago. Lavarro and Rob Jr. decided not to run for mayor, and Spears ran an awful campaign. It was embarrassing how little he knew about policy, so he wasn't going to bring it up.
February 7, 2026 at 10:41 PM
I want to go over the record to see what and wasn't said about taxes and covid funds five years ago. Lavarro and Rob Jr. decided not to run for mayor, and Spears ran an awful campaign. It was embarrassing how little he knew about policy, so he wasn't going to bring it up.
Every business I used in the past year and explicitly didn't ask to get emails from is using the Super Bowl as an excuse to spam me.
February 7, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Every business I used in the past year and explicitly didn't ask to get emails from is using the Super Bowl as an excuse to spam me.
In SOMA today. Way more Mejia signs than Malinowski or Gill.
February 7, 2026 at 8:41 PM
In SOMA today. Way more Mejia signs than Malinowski or Gill.
I called her a NIMBY the first few years - but she has legitimately changed, or at least become comfortable enough to act like you would expect an urban planner to.
It has been a rough few of years for Los Angeles, but Nithya Raman has been clear-eyed and solutions-oriented about the city's problems. Combine that with an understanding of government needed to effectuate change and I think she is an extremely strong candidate.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Rising Progressive Star Shakes Up Race for Los Angeles Mayor
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February 7, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I called her a NIMBY the first few years - but she has legitimately changed, or at least become comfortable enough to act like you would expect an urban planner to.
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“There’s also a component of this law that places the injuries for low-speed e-bike users into the no-fault auto system, by declaring them to be pedestrians, similar to traditional bicycles,” he said. “That’s going to cause some increased costs on auto policies most likely, in about a year.”
February 5, 2026 at 2:32 PM
“There’s also a component of this law that places the injuries for low-speed e-bike users into the no-fault auto system, by declaring them to be pedestrians, similar to traditional bicycles,” he said. “That’s going to cause some increased costs on auto policies most likely, in about a year.”
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When the Turnpike Extension widening was announced, Gov Murphy claimed it wasn't detrimental for climate because cars are going electric. In the past few months, car makes have taken tens of billions of dollars in losses due to slow EV takeup.
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
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Stellantis plunges on $27 billion bill for EV pullback
Stellantis announced 22.2 billion euros of charges as it scales back its electric-vehicle ambitions, hammering its shares as traditional automakers pay the price of misjudging the switch to cleaner dr...
www.reuters.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
When the Turnpike Extension widening was announced, Gov Murphy claimed it wasn't detrimental for climate because cars are going electric. In the past few months, car makes have taken tens of billions of dollars in losses due to slow EV takeup.
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
People are pretty mad right now (for very good reason!), although the main lesson from last night is left or right, in a clown car primary without RCV, your focus has to be to be the first one to 30%. Didn't we learn that in 2016?
February 6, 2026 at 5:29 PM
People are pretty mad right now (for very good reason!), although the main lesson from last night is left or right, in a clown car primary without RCV, your focus has to be to be the first one to 30%. Didn't we learn that in 2016?
It'd be kind of funny if United Democracy Project ran ads against Brad Lander saying Goldman has the J Street endorsement, is 100% anti-DT/ICE, and Lander actually has a weird, mixed record on a lot of things if you dig into it.
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
It'd be kind of funny if United Democracy Project ran ads against Brad Lander saying Goldman has the J Street endorsement, is 100% anti-DT/ICE, and Lander actually has a weird, mixed record on a lot of things if you dig into it.
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While the political world waits for a winner Progressive
@analiliafornj.bsky.social leads in the Contest to replace Gov Mikie Sherrill by 0.8% over former Congressman Tom Malinowski — with a Divided field of former LG Tahesha Way, Essex Commissioner Brendan Gill, & others taking the rest
@analiliafornj.bsky.social leads in the Contest to replace Gov Mikie Sherrill by 0.8% over former Congressman Tom Malinowski — with a Divided field of former LG Tahesha Way, Essex Commissioner Brendan Gill, & others taking the rest
February 6, 2026 at 4:06 AM
While the political world waits for a winner Progressive
@analiliafornj.bsky.social leads in the Contest to replace Gov Mikie Sherrill by 0.8% over former Congressman Tom Malinowski — with a Divided field of former LG Tahesha Way, Essex Commissioner Brendan Gill, & others taking the rest
@analiliafornj.bsky.social leads in the Contest to replace Gov Mikie Sherrill by 0.8% over former Congressman Tom Malinowski — with a Divided field of former LG Tahesha Way, Essex Commissioner Brendan Gill, & others taking the rest
This actually might help Jersey City's case, although good luck getting the legislature to account for it. patch.com/new-jersey/w...
New Jersey’s School Funding Formula Is Short Changing West Orange by $25 Million
One of your neighbors posted in Neighbor News. Click through to read what they have to say. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)
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February 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
This actually might help Jersey City's case, although good luck getting the legislature to account for it. patch.com/new-jersey/w...
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New property tax data dropped.
If you sort by Total Rate, the most heavily taxed towns are on the wealthier-to-middle-class end: Union Twp, Scotch Plains, East Brunswick, Woodbridge, Kearny.
If you sort by Total _Equalized_ Rate, the most-taxed are poor.
If you sort by Total Rate, the most heavily taxed towns are on the wealthier-to-middle-class end: Union Twp, Scotch Plains, East Brunswick, Woodbridge, Kearny.
If you sort by Total _Equalized_ Rate, the most-taxed are poor.
February 6, 2026 at 2:03 PM
New property tax data dropped.
If you sort by Total Rate, the most heavily taxed towns are on the wealthier-to-middle-class end: Union Twp, Scotch Plains, East Brunswick, Woodbridge, Kearny.
If you sort by Total _Equalized_ Rate, the most-taxed are poor.
If you sort by Total Rate, the most heavily taxed towns are on the wealthier-to-middle-class end: Union Twp, Scotch Plains, East Brunswick, Woodbridge, Kearny.
If you sort by Total _Equalized_ Rate, the most-taxed are poor.
@princetonyimby.bsky.social just imagine me with that video I posted upon reading this. (They're the team Rutgers hates the most by far.) www.sportico.com/leagues/coll...
Penn State Athletics Debt Hit $535 Million Amid Stadium Rehab
Penn State's athletics-related debt more than tripled from FY24 to FY25 due to financial obligations associated with renovating Beaver Stadium.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:13 AM
@princetonyimby.bsky.social just imagine me with that video I posted upon reading this. (They're the team Rutgers hates the most by far.) www.sportico.com/leagues/coll...
I assume the guy who blocked me's feed is like Bobby Heenan after Ric Flair won the Royal Rumble like now. A progressive finally won a big upset in NJ after Lucy took the ball away 5 billion times. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXMg...
Ric Flair enters at No. 3, winning the Royal Rumble Match - Jan. 19, 1992
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February 6, 2026 at 4:32 AM
I assume the guy who blocked me's feed is like Bobby Heenan after Ric Flair won the Royal Rumble like now. A progressive finally won a big upset in NJ after Lucy took the ball away 5 billion times. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXMg...
Well it's not a total blackmail map like the SEPTA one where they threatened to drown the entire system.
Phase 2, which could start in July 2027 is even worse:
70% reduction in train hours
25% reduction in system miles
Stop service on most system segments opened after 1976
This means no service beyond Concord, Bay Fair, end of Blue Line, and stations beyond Daly City closed except SFO.
70% reduction in train hours
25% reduction in system miles
Stop service on most system segments opened after 1976
This means no service beyond Concord, Bay Fair, end of Blue Line, and stations beyond Daly City closed except SFO.
February 6, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Well it's not a total blackmail map like the SEPTA one where they threatened to drown the entire system.
Quick point on Analilia Mejia and how some people will react to her win, positively and negatively. She's used the word "genocide," but here's what she said at a Jewish forum. jewishlink.news/district-11-...
February 6, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Quick point on Analilia Mejia and how some people will react to her win, positively and negatively. She's used the word "genocide," but here's what she said at a Jewish forum. jewishlink.news/district-11-...
We wouldn't blink at all if, say, Kreibach got 30% or so against Gottheimer, but even still it's just crazy that a progressive won a NJ-11 primary knowing the district.
February 6, 2026 at 3:48 AM
We wouldn't blink at all if, say, Kreibach got 30% or so against Gottheimer, but even still it's just crazy that a progressive won a NJ-11 primary knowing the district.
My job is deep in the suburbs, and I commute through NJ-11. I actually saw a lot of Strickland sign todays. Him and Beecher both did well enough to potentially spoil Malinowski in Morris.
February 6, 2026 at 3:39 AM
My job is deep in the suburbs, and I commute through NJ-11. I actually saw a lot of Strickland sign todays. Him and Beecher both did well enough to potentially spoil Malinowski in Morris.
In retrospect, Malinowski had the misfortune of announcing for NJ-11 a few weeks before NJ-12 opened up. It would be much harder to call him a carpet bagger there.
February 6, 2026 at 3:36 AM
In retrospect, Malinowski had the misfortune of announcing for NJ-11 a few weeks before NJ-12 opened up. It would be much harder to call him a carpet bagger there.