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Pretty suggestive that the police were lax due to his family ties to other police districts.
Jeffery and Judy Battiloro’s calls to Garwood police show apparent escalating behavior by their son, Vincent Battiloro.
‘He’s getting physical.’ Parents of teen charged with killing N.J. girls called police 4 times prior to crash.
Jeffery and Judy Battiloro’s calls to Garwood police show apparent escalating behavior by their son, Vincent Battiloro.
www.nj.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Pretty suggestive that the police were lax due to his family ties to other police districts.
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LA quietly stopped repaving all streets last July to avoid fulfilling its ADA obligations. The federal govt says when you repave a street, you have to update all the curb ramps. LA has tons of out of date curb ramps, so the rule makes repaving much more expensive. The city's solution: stop repaving!
LA has stopped repaving our streets
The reason why is probably illegal
futureis.la
December 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
LA quietly stopped repaving all streets last July to avoid fulfilling its ADA obligations. The federal govt says when you repave a street, you have to update all the curb ramps. LA has tons of out of date curb ramps, so the rule makes repaving much more expensive. The city's solution: stop repaving!
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You know Appleseed cares about the environment when their biggest objections to the project are it's too big and there's not enough parking.
Another victory for "the character of the neighborhood": no approval for this 1,408-unit redevelopment, despite a 5-hour hearing, which was required because of a lawsuit from "Homes For All Newark", which overturned the original approval. www.nj.com/essex/2025/1...
Do-over hearing for Newark’s 1,408-unit Iberia II project ends without vote
A state judge ordered a new hearing on the $802M proposed project, finding that the city planning board improperly approved it by failing to allow the public to cross-examine the developer's expert wi...
www.nj.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
You know Appleseed cares about the environment when their biggest objections to the project are it's too big and there's not enough parking.
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Wow... NYC's congestion pricing has led to big drops in PM2.5 and real improvements in local air quality.
December 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Wow... NYC's congestion pricing has led to big drops in PM2.5 and real improvements in local air quality.
Grok, is it legal to bribe public officials with cartons of cigarettes, asking for a friend.
Breaking News: Kathryn Garcia, a top aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul, is expected to be named the next executive director of the Port Authority.
Kathryn Garcia Expected to Be Named New Head of the Port Authority
Ms. Garcia, who ran for mayor of New York in 2021 after serving as the city’s sanitation commissioner, would succeed Rick Cotton, who is retiring.
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December 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Grok, is it legal to bribe public officials with cartons of cigarettes, asking for a friend.
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Princeton to phase out non-owner Airbnbs over three years under new rental ordinance.
Princeton to phase out non-owner Airbnbs over three years under new rental ordinance
Single-family homes may be used as short-term rentals if the operator lives there.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Princeton to phase out non-owner Airbnbs over three years under new rental ordinance.
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“The Citizens Budget Commission report estimates that if New York had simply maintained its 2010 share of the nation’s millionaire earners, its 2022 revenue would have been $13.2 billion higher than it was—without raising taxes by a penny.” — apple.news/AOrR8TZZ8RhC...
New York Can't Be Progressive Without the 1 Percent — The Atlantic
The ultra-wealthy make for good campaign villains. They also fund the city’s social safety net.
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December 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“The Citizens Budget Commission report estimates that if New York had simply maintained its 2010 share of the nation’s millionaire earners, its 2022 revenue would have been $13.2 billion higher than it was—without raising taxes by a penny.” — apple.news/AOrR8TZZ8RhC...
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Meeting was continued to February.
Maybe the lot can go back to hosting world cup watch parties. Used to be a great place with a giant outdoor screen.
Maybe the lot can go back to hosting world cup watch parties. Used to be a great place with a giant outdoor screen.
December 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Meeting was continued to February.
Maybe the lot can go back to hosting world cup watch parties. Used to be a great place with a giant outdoor screen.
Maybe the lot can go back to hosting world cup watch parties. Used to be a great place with a giant outdoor screen.
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Here is an article about widening a highway that doesn't get to the fact that RESEARCH UNIFORMLY SHOWS THAT HIGHWAY WIDENING DOESN'T WORK until paragraph 19. The argument in favor of highway widening appears in paragraphs 15, 16, and 17, from a trucking industry spokesman, without supporting data.
Will widening I-95 in Stamford help traffic? CT DOT is considering it
The agency will hold a pair of public meetings next week regarding the future of I-95, including an in-person forum at Ferguson Library.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Here is an article about widening a highway that doesn't get to the fact that RESEARCH UNIFORMLY SHOWS THAT HIGHWAY WIDENING DOESN'T WORK until paragraph 19. The argument in favor of highway widening appears in paragraphs 15, 16, and 17, from a trucking industry spokesman, without supporting data.
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Now I'm curious, and there is actually a good study of the McCormick Center in a reputable journal (Van Doren et al, PNAS, 2021). Between 2000 and 2020 there were 13 days where mortality exceeded 50 birds. I don't know where they got the "1,000 birds in one day" figure from.
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Now I'm curious, and there is actually a good study of the McCormick Center in a reputable journal (Van Doren et al, PNAS, 2021). Between 2000 and 2020 there were 13 days where mortality exceeded 50 birds. I don't know where they got the "1,000 birds in one day" figure from.
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"Beneath the Bayonne Bridge, on the banks of the Kill Van Kull in New Jersey, a dashing French financier intends to build one of the largest film studios in the Northeast. “It will be like a little city,”" www.curbed.com/article/arki...
Arki Busson Is Building Hollywood in New Jersey
A long-abandoned brownfield will soon house the largest film studio in the region.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"Beneath the Bayonne Bridge, on the banks of the Kill Van Kull in New Jersey, a dashing French financier intends to build one of the largest film studios in the Northeast. “It will be like a little city,”" www.curbed.com/article/arki...
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Just checked how many apartments are available in Princeton NJ for $2,087 right now and the answer is, of course, "zero". There are a few available just over the town line, in some of the local townships, but I tend to think that our town is big enough to include homes for people earning 98K a year.
December 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Just checked how many apartments are available in Princeton NJ for $2,087 right now and the answer is, of course, "zero". There are a few available just over the town line, in some of the local townships, but I tend to think that our town is big enough to include homes for people earning 98K a year.
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A group of East Orange tenants facing a nearly 100% rent hike are being represented by the #RutgersLaw Housing Justice and Tenant Solidarity Clinic:
abc7ny.com/post/east-or...
#lawsky
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East Orange tenants who sued landlord over apartment conditions facing steep rent hike
The receiver who took over the ailing property in East Orange is now calling for a huge hike in rent, leading to outrage, concern and legal action from tenants.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A group of East Orange tenants facing a nearly 100% rent hike are being represented by the #RutgersLaw Housing Justice and Tenant Solidarity Clinic:
abc7ny.com/post/east-or...
#lawsky
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#lawsky
www.nj.com/education/20... Montclair, NJ is the classic wealthy, very progressive suburb. It'll either need to do mass teacher layoffs, raise taxes, or both. Why?
Mysterious $20M debt threatens wealthy N.J. suburb's way of life. Can divided town survive the crisis?
New Yorkers love moving to this Jersey suburb. They never expected a dilemma like this.
www.nj.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
www.nj.com/education/20... Montclair, NJ is the classic wealthy, very progressive suburb. It'll either need to do mass teacher layoffs, raise taxes, or both. Why?
Here's a much lower profile zoning fight in Newark, this one about "out of scale" infill, but it goes really into depth if you care about this level of granularity. www.tapinto.net/towns/newark...
Newark Zoning Board Shuts Down Hawkins Street Building Revamp — Again
The Newark Zoning Board determined that the new project proposal for 81-83 Hawkins St. shouldn’t be heard on Thursday, Dec. 4.
www.tapinto.net
December 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Here's a much lower profile zoning fight in Newark, this one about "out of scale" infill, but it goes really into depth if you care about this level of granularity. www.tapinto.net/towns/newark...
www.northjersey.com/story/news/n... Kind of morbid we have to have this discussion.
Is it legal to sleep at a New Jersey rest area? What state law says
Can motorists legally sleep at New Jersey rest stops? Can you sleep behind the wheel if you're intoxicated in NJ? Here's what officials say.
www.northjersey.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
www.northjersey.com/story/news/n... Kind of morbid we have to have this discussion.
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Back in September I wrote about a push by tenants to organize unions in several properties across the country owned by a single private equity firm, Capital Realty Group.
Since then tenants have staged several protests, including at CRG's offices. (Cont'd)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Since then tenants have staged several protests, including at CRG's offices. (Cont'd)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Tenants Seek to Unionize One Private Equity Firm's Entire Housing Portfolio
By organizing renters across Capital Realty Group’s affordable housing complexes, the Tenant Union Federation hopes to bring sectoral bargaining to negotiations with large landlords.
www.bloomberg.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Back in September I wrote about a push by tenants to organize unions in several properties across the country owned by a single private equity firm, Capital Realty Group.
Since then tenants have staged several protests, including at CRG's offices. (Cont'd)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Since then tenants have staged several protests, including at CRG's offices. (Cont'd)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I've heard similar things from people not just about renovations, but especially for businesses trying to open. I don't think the city has enough state capacity right now, but the council and various boards definitely need to ease up on the red tape. reddit.com/r/jerseycity...
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December 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I've heard similar things from people not just about renovations, but especially for businesses trying to open. I don't think the city has enough state capacity right now, but the council and various boards definitely need to ease up on the red tape. reddit.com/r/jerseycity...
Woah. ShopRite might implode over attempts to enter the NYC market? njbiz.com/village-supe...
Village Super Market challenges Wakefern Morton Williams acquisition (updated) - NJBIZ
Village Super Market is exploring legal action, alleging Wakefern’s Morton Williams acquisition violates co-op rules, threatens competition.
njbiz.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Woah. ShopRite might implode over attempts to enter the NYC market? njbiz.com/village-supe...
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Even accepting his premise that the real shortage is in larger units (I think @ebwhamilton.bsky.social has made a strong case in the past that this is not true), this analysis just seems incorrect. Many of the policies in the first paragraph *would* promote family-sized units!
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Even accepting his premise that the real shortage is in larger units (I think @ebwhamilton.bsky.social has made a strong case in the past that this is not true), this analysis just seems incorrect. Many of the policies in the first paragraph *would* promote family-sized units!
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The more cities that pass bird-safe glass rules, the more there will be a diverse supply chain in place to provide the glass. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Researcher 'shocked' Winnipeg considering scrapping bird-friendly window bylaw after less than a year | CBC News
Conservation groups are raising concerns as the City of Winnipeg considers changing a development bylaw designed to help save birds from fatal window strikes.
www.cbc.ca
December 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The more cities that pass bird-safe glass rules, the more there will be a diverse supply chain in place to provide the glass. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Earlier, the elevator at Exchange Place seemingly wasn't working at the mezzanine level, but I walked to the other side (just hoping to get on), and surprisingly it was there, but not opening on the main side.
December 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Earlier, the elevator at Exchange Place seemingly wasn't working at the mezzanine level, but I walked to the other side (just hoping to get on), and surprisingly it was there, but not opening on the main side.
Definitely a lot of restaurants closing, might be both the economy and lease cycle seasonality.
December 8, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Definitely a lot of restaurants closing, might be both the economy and lease cycle seasonality.