Tony Borelli

Eleana speaks at City Hall

I was proud to take time on my lunch break today to stand in solidarity with students from Dickinson, Ferris, Snyder, Innovation, and County Prep High Schools who walked out to protest the inhumane & illegal actions of ICE.

An 87 NJ Transit bus picking up passengers at a bus stop on Bergen Ave

Starting a thread for some Hudson County’s busiest bus stops. I’ll start with “Bergen Ave 115’s south of Glenwood Ave” or SB Bergen Ave at Montgomery. This stop sees over 200 on and 200 off daily boardings. This stop serves the 80, 87 & 8.

Over the weeks, Columbia Academy, like the district’s four other schools, had taken on an entirely new identity. It was still a place of learning, even if 210 of its 700 students were now studying at home. But now it was also a food bank, a counseling hotline, a missing persons task force, an immigration resource center and a refuge.

This small school district kept losing students to ICE. So it mobilized. wapo.st/4cvaYtc gift link

Newark Ave PBL in Jersey City

But ~10 people were able to clean 0.5 miles of a single PBL in 4 hours. It would be nice if @jerseycitynj.bsky.social had the state capacity to do this themselves instead of relying on a bunch of volunteers with bad backs and hand tools.

A short note to Kristi Noem To a current Cabinet secretary from a former one

The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

Group photo before shoveling

Thank you to this mighty team of volunteers for clearing a bunch of crosswalks and bus stops yesterday! 💪 As we anticipate another ~2 inches of snow tonight, please remember that it is the responsibility of corner property owners to shovel the crosswalk out to the plow line.

Thank you @bikejc.org for letting me break ice for a couple hours on behalf of urbanism.

Snow on the Newark Ave PBL in Jersey City

So this afternoon I became the change I wanted to see and helped clear a local bike lane.

Come join the Bike JC Shovel Brigade as we clear segments of protected bike lanes! Next stop, the uphill side of Newark Avenue heading up toward Palisade Avenue. Out here till at least 4:00! #JerseyCity

The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.

They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.

Rights Groups Offer Guidance For Those Targeted by ICE Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access Since a Feb. 1 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation on the border of Jersey City and Hoboken, during which bystanders captur…

Amid an escalating ICE presence across Hudson County, locals might wonder how they should respond and what constitutional protections they have if they encounter ICE.
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Rep. Massie: "This is bigger than Watergate…This cover-up spans decades, and you are responsible for this portion of it."

Love Your Neighborhood! Join the office of Councilwoman Eleana Little and the Hamilton Park Conservancy to help us clear snow in high-needed areas and assist our vulnerable neighbors. We'll be launching out of 235 Pavonia Av...

RSVP at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

If you know of a crosswalk or bus stop downtown that still needs attention, please drop it in the comments. Consider: if a person in a stroller or a wheelchair couldn’t get through, it’s not clear enough.

Show your neighborhood some love this Valentine’s Day! Join our office and the Hamilton Park Conservancy to help remove snow in high need locations and assist our vulnerable neighbors.

Donuts, hot coffee, and supplies will be provided!

🗓️ Saturday, February 14th
⏰ 12-3pm
📍235 Pavonia Avenue

NJ Transit says it will follow Sherrill’s ICE order after riders plead for protection NJ Transit will follow Gov. Mikie Sherrill's executive order as passenger ask for protections from ICE agents on uses and trains.

NJ Transit will follow Gov. Mikie Sherrill's executive order as passenger ask for protections from ICE agents on uses and trains.

Judge Says Trump Withheld Tunnel Money to ‘Punish Political Rivals’ Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access A federal judge issued a temporary ruling Friday night that directs the federal government to release withheld funds for the Hudson Tunnel Proje…

A federal judge issued a temporary ruling Friday night that directs the federal government to release withheld funds for the Hudson Tunnel Project.
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Im so fucking sorry

Barrio walks postponed til the 21st. It is so brutally cold and windy today. If you have to go out please cover all your skin.

Important reminder:
If you ever share a document or email publicly (especially from a reporter, organization, or official source) do not post it word-for-word or as a raw screenshot.

Your Photos Aren’t as Private as You Think. Here’s How to Fix It. Stop Your Photos From Being More Honest Than Your Friends.

Not so much. But there are resources to help you. medium.com/@sahendra_/y...

A lot of these laws seem designed to be de facto e-bike bans. I am skeptical they will succeed, because a lot of people are increasingly finding that e-bikes are a relatively-inexpensive and convenient way of getting around. They are going to ride them even if there is a law restricting their use.

I don't know where the equilibrium will eventually land, but I don't think governments will be able to put the e-bike genie back in the bottle, as much as car drivers want that to happen.

A 10 mph speed limit for e-bikes in Florida? It feels like a competition for which state can pass the stupidest e-bike laws. (New Jersey is winning that competition right now of course.) A total 'satanic panic'-style mass hysteria against e-bikes.

#JCcrashes Car flip early this morning on Tonnelle Ave / Route 1 near Lincoln St: www.instagram.com/reel/DUdxxuy...

BARRIO WALK February 7th - 9:30AM TAKE A WALK WITH US In the wake of recent events and ICE aggression escalating around the country, so many people don't know what to do. Fight the urge to freeze in fear, join us on a walk around the neighborhood to check in on local businesses and community members and share pivotal resources explaining what rights we have to protect ourselves and each other from ICE. West Side Avenue: Meet at the Walgreens 2395 John F. Kennedy Blvd The Heights: Meet at the Pershing Field Community Park Center We Keep Us Safe! RSVP here to join us on the walk. Bilingual folks needed too!

ICE OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS Hoboken Meet Up DRESS WARM! Feb 7 Sat Meet Up 11 AM, March 11:30 AM Entrance of 9th Street Light Rail In front of Empyrean Bar and Bistro 800 Jackson St RSVP & More Details at jakeforjc.com/march

Like many of you we have been watching the news from Minneapolis with heavy hearts. In this pivotal moment for our country, our different faiths and backgrounds compel us to come together as one community in lament, prayer and action. All neighbors and friends are invited to join a nonpartisan, interfaith gathering to mourn the death of innocent people and pray for healing and safety; and commit to standing together for democracy, nonviolence, and justice. Please join us; Saturday Feb 7 at 7:00pm at bwè kafe (1002 washington st) for an interfaith vigil and call to action. You are welcome to bring a prayer or poem or short reading. (Please keep readings under 3 mins.) Kindly rsvp: hobokenbahai@gmail.com or text maryanne: 201-658-8856

📢 Hoboken + Jersey Actions Against ICE

🪧 Barrio Walk
Saturday, Feb. 7 at 9:30am
RSVP: form.jotform.com/soljc_commun...

📢 ICE OUT March and Rally
Saturday, Feb. 7 at 11am
RSVP: jakeforjc.com/march

🕯️ Interfaith Vigil
Saturday, Feb. 7 at 7pm
RSVP: Email hobokenbahai@gmail.com

#ICEoutofNJ

I've studied nonviolent resistance in war zones for 20 years and Minnesota reminds me of Colombia, the Philippines and Syria | Fortune Americans are learning and doing what civilians in war zones worldwide have done for decades, while also writing their own story in the process.

I've studied nonviolent resistance in war zones for 20 years and Minnesota reminds me of Colombia, the Philippines and Syria | Fortune share.google/l61duUtbPCn3...

New Jersey Bike Walk Coalition have announced that Sarah Goodyear (@sgoodyear.bsky.social), of 'The War On Cars' podcast fame, will be one of the keynote speakers at this year's NJ Bike Walk Summit. It's happening in the Crowne Plaza in Plainsboro, a short hop from Princeton Junction rail station.

11 days after the storm, this bus bump out in a city right-of-way is mostly snow covered. There is a narrow path to the bus, with a giant slush puddle that most people aren't nimble enough to leap over.

It shouldn't take volunteers to shovel this out.

Was judge swayed by feds or states over stalled Gateway tunnel? A federal judge said she would issue a decision “shortly” after hearing arguments about whether to release frozen funds on the Gateway tunnel project.

In what is considered an "extraordinary and drastic" decision, a federal judge ruled in favor of New York and New Jersey to lift the federal government's suspension of funds for the $16B Gateway tunnel project.

My story at NorthJersey.com