Pro-housing, pro-transit, and pro-public parks & streets @betterblocksnj | Father to one eggshell plaintiff and one tortfeasor | Resident of Jersey City | LL&P
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.@3_under_scores_ and I are launching @betterblocksnj — a new political advocacy group focused on working with elected leaders and candidates starting in Jersey City to:
🏘️ Build more housing
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Eric Allen Conner retweeted
I’m advising my clients to file anyway, since that case is non-binding, but I do think the opinion is well-reasoned and should be adopted. A clerical error should not carry this much risk
Based on my reading -- and one shared by lawyers in real estate practice like @RealPatConlon -- is that failure to file or a defective filing is not sufficient for a building to lose its exempt status.
Happy to lead if it means Solomon eventually follows.
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If you’re unsure where to land on this debate over expanding rent control, then take a look at who shares their data, methodologies, and the math behind their conclusions and who is posting based on “vibes.”
Following the data creates better outcomes for everyone.
Based on my reading -- and one shared by lawyers in real estate practice like @RealPatConlon -- is that failure to file or a defective filing is not sufficient for a building to lose its exempt status.
I'm lk fascinated by 429 Bergen, and what will happen to with it with the Portside court ruling. This is fairly new construction that apparently forgot to file for a rent control exemption, the tenants union found out, and has been organizing for years. reddit.com/r/jerseycity/comm…
Eric Allen Conner retweeted
Becomes increasingly difficult to defend the idea of building trains in this country. The rail advocates are very bad at rail, the one thing they should be good at.
One of the most shocking things from this WSJ video on the California high-speed rail is the decision to move the stations *four to five miles* from city center to cut costs. Dropping you off downtown is the biggest perk of the train! youtube.com/watch?v=zPiJKJuQ…
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This is on the council agenda this week too.
If you’re planning to come and speak against the expanded rent control ordinance, please consider offering the council viable guidance on how to increase affordable housing production too since downtown’s IZO is broken.
At least they got replacements lined up this time.
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The dude keeps trying to develop Liberty State Park into a sports complex and took over $200k from Paul Fireman to do so.
Breaking: Assemblyman Jerry Walker will run for State Senate in 2027 against incumbent Angela McKnight in the Democratic primary.
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This rent control expansion campaign is clearly sputtering if one of its leaders is crashing out and labeling a deal that would have **checks notes** preserved and expanded below-market-rate apartments as "mixed for tenants."
These people don't care about actual housing policy.
Meanwhile over on @BetterBlocksNJ, we are writing about how to incentivize more income-restricted affordable housing units in the downtown neighborhood with the best transit and access to schools.
If you care about realistic approaches to policy, join us.
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Why is a website that people rely on to provide accurate search results providing accurate search results!?
Jersey City is about to expand rent control. But why does googling rent control yield pages of negative results? Let’s dispel youtu.be/K9ovIqH5mms?is=5A5e…
The council must pass this amendment to the Powerhouse Redevelopment Plan, clearly.
It is odd that we see bonus floors penciling out without PILOT agreements in Journal Square to build affordable housing at a 10% set aside but the council won’t lower to the 10% downtown.
Great op-ed from @IvanOvalle19 on why we should not be expanding rent control to the properties that pay most of the city’s property taxes.
Op-Ed: The luxury rent control proposal in #JerseyCity is a vibe-based policy @IvanOvalle19
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Rent control helped hollow out America’s cities. It was so destructive that state legislatures either pre-empted it or created exceptions things like permanent exemptions for new construction to reverse the damage.
Read — quite literally anything — other than a manifesto.
