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The progressive housing activist @katiebrennan.bsky.social, who defeated the machine last year, co-sponsored the Assembly bill to legalize single exit stairwells.

That's good.

The progressive housing activist @katiebrennan.bsky.social, who defeated the machine last year, co-sponsored the Assembly bill to legalize single exit stairwells.

That's good.

You mean the state reps? That's all I know.

State Sen. Raj Mukherji sponsored the Senate version.

Assemblymembers Clinton Calabrese & @katiebrennan.bsky.social sponsored the Assembly version.

Troy Singleton (LD-7) sits on the Senate committee. He is especially amenable to housing reform. njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-...

To get the Senate bill out of committee, if you live in these NJ state legislative districts, call your state senators:

7, 9, 33, 35, 39

Find your district: njleg.state.nj.us/districts

Reminder: Bills to legalize single exit stairwells in NJ were re-introduced this session.

Assembly version out of committee, but no floor vote yet. Senate version stuck in committee.

Call ur guys.

www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/...

Are Sweden & Finland in recession or do they have higher structural unemployment?

Reminder that NJ is still suing over congestion pricing.

But if Mikie wants to start our own congestion pricing scheme I'm all for it.

Gottheimer.

thehill.com/homenews/hou...

From the NJ Monitor newsletter on March 4, 2026: "Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced Tuesday that the state is trimming its plans for a new Newark Bay Bridge, plans that had been opposed by environmentalists and residents of Newark and Hudson County. The bridge connects Newark and Bayonne and carries motorists to and from the Holland Tunnel on the Turnpike extension. Sherrill’s predecessor had proposed replacing the aging, four-lane bridge with two spans totaling eight lanes. Sherrill’s announcement says it will remain four lanes with shoulders."

No article but according to Terrence McDonald, the Newark Bay Bridge widening is ded. It'll remain 4 lanes.

cc @turnpiketrap.org

I noticed that, after the snowstorm, roads were narrower, people drove slower, and everything was fine. Road diets are good.

Sure. Why are they so ubiquitous in NJ? Can development happen without them in most places? They're intended for blighted areas, but do we see them in areas that are no longer blighted? Are school districts really "shortchanged" by them? How are their amounts determined? Do they cover service costs?

A reduction in total housing production would be problematic for middle and working-class households. While developers cannot build units that are affordable to low-income households, in Jersey City they can produce some market-rate units affordable to renters just below the 80% AMI threshold (such as this $2,100 a month two-bedroom). This illustrative example is a brand-new apartment that would be affordable to a couple or two roommates each making less than $45,000 per year, without taxpayer subsidy, PILOTs, or affordable housing lotteries. The affordable housing lottery makes no allowances for households or individuals like roommates in irregular living situations (or many immigrants, for that matter) so the continued production of more market-rate housing is critical to help everyone afford their home.

Are there actual examples of new buildings without PILOTs in JC? You linked examples, but were they built w/o PILOTs?

Seems like no one builds without a PILOT anymore.

Sounds bad.

Cambridge's bad IZO created political consensus for citywide upzoning, but even that won't undo the damage.

Iranians came together to bid a final farewell to 168 young girls, aged 7 to 12, who were killed in a U.S.-Israeli strike targeting their elementary school.

Oh hell yeah, Rahm Emmanuel's finally off the leash.

I couldn't handle Lander getting passed up again.

Congressional Book Club reads Joy Luck Club.

First. I've never even driven an e-bike before. Despite the bad law, people still swear by cargo e-bikes, so I might be in. Winter & seeing what the snow looks like after a day makes me feel real bad about driving.

So with gas set to get expensive (&, judging by how grey the snow is getting, it's already not good for me), state politicians running on affordability agenda might want to promote cheap e-bikes & driving less.

Oops!

A Tern Quick Haul Long D9 e-bike. Dank.

Thinking about this bad boy. What do you think?

Hopefully handles 2 kids & groceries.

www.rei.com/product/2528...

Well, how much money your parents have, usually, which would be considered an infringement of student freedom in some countries.

It sounds bad for me to pay more for eggs than others, bcs I like equal treatment & paying less, but if that cross-subsidizes cheaper eggs for poor customers, well...

If all stores do price discrimination, then you can't price shop.

But that's OK bcs price discrim is by definition not charging too much.

The Air Force doesn't even fly anymore. The Navy does all the flying.

Don't let children into the museum.

The NJ CPA league published their updated Property Tax Guide and, accountants really aren't good at conveying info to laymen, are they?

Divide the RATE by 100, not the AV. People will be distracted by, "Why tf did they divide the AV by 100??"

www.njcpa.org/docs/default...

He fucked kids AND ate their families.

The author never explains how NJ's school funding formula is outdated.

Yes, some districts are getting cuts. Others are gaining aid, though that rarely gets mentioned.

We're actually following the formula now, which we only started doing a year or so ago, though it was on the books since mayB '08.

I'm idling in Wawa parking lots daily to help juice the numbers.

Is Platner a white supremacist?