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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 7h
The power of prayer is REAL. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/i-was-...
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'I was reciting Hanuman Chalisa': flydubai 'hero' Captain Smit Machchhar tells PM Modi about cockpit ordeal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday spoke via video call with flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar, who helped foil his co-pilot's alleged attempt to crash an Israel-bound flight, and praised his ...
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Lisa ✨⭕ ◡̈ @isleschick.bsky.social · 8h
RIP Chip City 🍪 (The first to fall?) abc7ny.com/post/chip-ci...
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Popular cookie chain Chip City abruptly closes all locations
The company got a new president a few months ago. Within the past week, the co-founder and former CEO sued, saying he was owed money.
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 9h
They're building the rent-increasing machine, from the legendary sci-fi novel, "don't build the rent-increasing machine."
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 9h
I was a teenager when the poker and Dane Cook fads hit. Per a new documentary, the reason he was Like That was his brother/manager stole all his money, and he was desperately trying to make it back.
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 10h
I always thought they were disgusting. JC was the canary in the coal mine, ours closed quickly. But I walked past one in NY today and it was empty.
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 11h
PureGym is just the scammiest company in the universe. Unsafe, unstaffed locations. Now they installed a pneumatic tube entrance that half the time doesn't let active, paying members in.
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 12h
Holy crap Lexington and 63rd. Who decided that the SAS stations needed to survive nuclear winter?
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 17h
also depressing how few reviewers seem to have remarked on this section, which is so colossally wrong (and antisemitic) that it should call into question every other claim in the book
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NY Times @nytimes-news.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Cute Delivery Robots Have Invaded New Jersey. Not Everyone Is Charmed.
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Cute Delivery Robots Have Invaded New Jersey. Not Everyone Is Charmed.
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.chalkbeat.org/newark/2026/...
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Newark school officials say a state audit found ‘nothing.’ But the report details spending problems.
District officials celebrated the audit, even though it found $6.7 million in excess state aid, other spending problems, and issues with background checks. Auditors also referred “certain matters” to ...
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.tapinto.net/towns/millbu... While it's safe to assume she's exaggerating, this exact BS phenomenon lays clear a gigantic flaw in current NJ state housing law.
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Brad Cohen is getting roasted for this, and it's only 250 units?
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
whyy.org/articles/new...
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Burlington headquarters move to Philly highlights N.J. business struggles
Gov. Mikie Sherrill has defended her growth strategy, but advocates say the state must do more to boost competitiveness.
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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is antisemitism. This isn’t leftism. This isn’t anti-Zionism. This isn’t progressive activism. This is just blatant antisemitism.
Guy Christensen being antisemitic
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mallow's hyperrealistic blood @bajablastenjoyer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
great Build-A-Blocklist Workshop in the replies here
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Kirsten Bladh @kerstanley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why can't LA build more affordable housing? Well, you see, because a building located in an R5(CW) zone shall not cast a shadow on a lot located in the R4 or R5 zone for more than two hours each day between the hours of 9AM and 3PM on the Winter Solstice and 9AM and 5PM on the Summer Solstice.
A corrective comment from a zoning review for a 100% affordable housing project in Los Angeles that reads, "BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES ON A LOT LOCATED WITHIN THE R5(CW) LAND USE CATEGORY SHALL NOT CAST SHADOWS ON A LOT LOCATED IN THE R3 OR R4 ZONE, OR THE R4(CW) OR RC4(CW) LAND USE CATEGORY FOR MORE THAN TWO (2) HOURS EACH DAY BETWEEN THE HOURS F 9 AM AND 3 PM ON THE WINTER SOLSTICE AND 9 AM AND 5 PM ON THE SUMMER SOLSTICE. THE PROJECT APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT A SHADE.
SHADOW ANALYSIS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION FOR PROJECT PERMIT COMPLIANCE REVIEW."
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.reddit.com/r/jerseycity... Normally the JC police does nothing post-crime, but this is alarming if a gun was involved and they're still doing nothing.
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From the jerseycity community on Reddit
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We're going to end up talking about the Zohran-era NYC-DSA like it's the Run-TMC Warriors or something.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
the funniest part was him insulting my quizbowl skills when my school smoked his every time we played each other good example of how YIMBY vs. Left-NIMBY housing discourse is just turbo nerds fighting with each other
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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 01/10/2026
Do you know that Democratic politicians in the State of New York could make life very very uncomfortable for James Dolan by actually using the levers of controls they have over MSG's tax status and future? And yet! bsky.app/profile/noah...
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Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I find that in the Nashville region, for example, reducing minimum lot size requirements from current rules down to 2,500 square feet could take single-section manufactured housing from economically viable on 0.77% of land to 12.77% of land (shown in dark green)
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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Private jets account for 16% of FAA operations but contribute just 0.6% of the taxes that fund it. Does that mean we should raise private jet taxes 25-fold to make up the difference? Why, yes, in fact Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Table: Private Air Travel Is a Carbon Bomb

Of the 3 quickest ways to travel from NYC to DC, private jets produce by far the most CO2 emissions per passenger. 

Rail - 5.2 kg per passenger or 14.3 g per passenger/km
Commercial air - 44.38 kg per passenger or 128.62 g per passenger/km
Private air - 538.5 kg per passenger or 1500 g per passenger/km

Source: Institute for Policy Studies
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@alonlevy.bsky.social Yashar is YIMBY? x.com/meridors/sta...
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Shaul Meridor שאול מרידור (@meridors) on X
ראיתי היום את הדיון שהתפתח סביב תוכנית הצעירים שלנו ושכר הדירה. וראיתי שכינו אותנו בכל מיני כינויים… אז כמה מילים כדי לעשות סדר. יש בישראל דור צעיר שמשרת, עושה מילואים ועובד קשה, שבסוף החודש מגלה שח...
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I fell asleep on my couch because I'm being worked to death, so I missed the fun, so all I can say is ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A lot of people are going to see the headline and pre-judge this, but it actually has nothing to do with Israel. It has do with zoning in Linden, NJ that has been independently documented to discriminate against Haredim.
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Central NJ Yimby 🏗️🚲🚇🇺🇸 @princetonyimby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A new ferry terminal, which is absolutely not a boondoggle / white elephant, is opening in South Amboy NJ. There is direct service to Manhattan. For what it's worth, some apartment buildings have opened nearby. Ferry-Oriented Development?? www.nj.com/news/2026/09...
nj.com
This ferry terminal linking New Jersey and New York City has reached a key milestone
South Amboy and state officials marked the milestone with a ceremony held Tuesday.
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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 30/09/2026
“The Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants the Trump administration to exempt New York City’s purchases of new subway cars and buses from tariffs to avoid $1 billion in added fees on the nation’s biggest transit system.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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MTA Seeks to End $1 Billion of Tariffs on Subway Cars, Buses
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants the Trump administration to exempt New York City’s purchases of new subway cars and buses from tariffs to avoid $1 billion in added fees on the nation’s...
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Central NJ Yimby 🏗️🚲🚇🇺🇸 @princetonyimby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Prudential is selling two out of its three office buildings in Newark NJ. Not a great sign for commercial real estate in northern New Jersey. www.nj.com/opinion/2026...
nj.com
CEO: Prudential’s next chapter will still be written in Newark
Prudential's CEO redefines corporate commitment as the company sells office space while pledging to remain headquartered in the city where it began.
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.nj.com/union/2026/0... The author didn't necessarily pick it, but what an awful headline. It wasn't an e-bike crash. A stalker in a SUV deliberately murdered two teenage girls by running them over.
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Cranford marks first anniversary of e-bike crash that killed 2 teen girls
The candlelight vigil was organized by the two girls' mothers.
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There's no antisemitism in Irel
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Love a good builder's remedy. tworivertimes.com/settlement-p...
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Settlement Proposed for Middletown Circus Liquors Site - Two River Times
MIDDLETOWN – The township has released a settlement agreement that could end a three-year affordable housing lawsuit around the development of the 52-acre former Circus Liquors property on Route 35.
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.nj.com/politics/202...
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Inside the $1.4B taxpayer-backed buyout to kill N.J. offshore wind projects
New Jersey joined seven other states in arguing the federal government unlawfully paid developers $1.4 billion to abandon projects that could have powered millions of homes.
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Montclair Planning Board Rejects Swim School Amid Wave of Opposition
The Montclair Planning Board on Monday night rejected plans for a 7,740-square-foot SwimQuest swimming school on a 0.36-acre site on Valley Road amid significant public opposition.
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.nj.com/realestate-n...
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New Jersey to build tens of thousands of new home on state-owned land. Here's why.
Gov. Mikie Sherrill unveiled a plan to accelerate the construction of new homes in New Jersey.
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The Right News, Right Now. @porcellato.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sherrill sets 'shot clock' on solving NJ affordable housing issues ift.tt/UTiVtvX New Jersey will quickly build its way out of its affordable housing crisis, Gov. via pressofatlanticcity.com - RSS Results ift.tt/5V6O1jx September 29, 2026 at 02:36PM
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Colleen Wilson @colleenonthescene.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Plans to rebuild the Hackensack Bus Terminal and a massive new residential/mixed-use housing development all came to a screeching halt with a four sentence email I uncovered. Key missing documents were found unsigned. A strong triple byline (!)
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Portside Towers tenants spent years raging at the Fulop admin for supposedly dragging their feet. They've (correctly) received the same treatment from the Solomon admin, in that the city can't act unilaterally. Now court rules Fulop admin helped them too much hudsoncountyview.com/federal-judg...
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Federal judge overturns Jersey City board's rent control ruling for Portside Towers - Hudson County View
A federal judge ruled to overturn the Jersey City Rent Leveling Board's determination that said Portside Towers was subject to rent control.
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
More gates for United to sit on, amazing. Much better use of our funds than transit.
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We've got a second opening to join the team designing, bidding and building the trains and buses that move millions. We're looking for someone who loves data and can mine datasets with hundreds of millions of rows and extract meaning from them. AND… 1/2 — careers.mta.org/jobs/1828831...
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Associate, Rolling Stock Strategy & Analysis in New York, New York, United States
Associate, Rolling Stock Strategy & Analysis in New York, New York, United States
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The Market Report @marketreportblog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.northjersey.com/story/grocer...
northjersey.com
How a handful of grocers in 1946 became NJ's largest supermarket chain
Evolving consumer preferences, the development of truck refrigeration and other tech has transformed NJ's sprawling ShopRite chain over 75 years.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
it is quite confusing that “inclusionary zoning” is not the opposite of “exclusionary zoning”, but actually functions as a tool of exclusionary zoning
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
hudsoncountyview.com/county-sheri... If there are completely empty parking garages in Journal Square, I will lose my mind of the county tries to build a new parking deck.
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County sheriff’s officers beg commissioners for help parking in Journal Square - Hudson County View
Sheriff’s officers returned to the county commissioners to plead for intervention in finding a place for officers to park in Journal Square.
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
youtu.be/Rafmm7LOaoA?... Finally catching up this, pretty interesting exchange at 32:45 where Cruz implies he's heard that HRH is offering to build a level 1 trauma center in exchange for 5k units on site. It would have an affordable component, but that'd be mixed onsite and off.
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The full "Ask The Mayor" from Sept. 23
YouTube video by Ask The Mayor
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm black-pilled on the Jersey City Board of Ed in that I agree that new leadership could do a far better job. However, all of the headlines on public sector plan healthcare costs are so bleak, that another huge tax increase is a foregone conclusion at this point.
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fulop ran for governor in part to flood Jersey City with so much new funding that it wouldn't know what to do with it. Sherrill just vetoed a 5% rental car tax when we have a budget crisis. Maybe HCDO and the progressives should have thought twice about knifing him in the back.
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Nicholas Brown @nicholasabrown.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
3/ What's actually happening in Manhattan office real estate right now: ↑ Leasing volume: 8.5M sq ft in Q1 ↓ Vacancy: down 2.2 pts to 13.5% ↑ Rents: up 3.5% year-over-year That's a landlord's market.
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Glassbro @glassbro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I get to post about it 1st: NJ finally voted to raise premiums for its State Health Benefits Plan. Expect another round in the death spiral. Gov Sherrill's campaign rec'd reference-based pricing (RBP): cap hospital prices at a % of what Medicare pays. Strangely, the legislature is not acting.
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There are certain hyperlocal topics on social media (Lu*gi), where there's such an immediate pile-on that either there's a bunch of terminally online people, or more likely, I think it's being dictated from an external slack or discord.
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Part of the reason I know that Rolling Stone story about Choosin' Texas is dumb is I recently heard a song while shopping for the first time, AI couldn't decipher my hints, and I just discovered it's a huge hit by TS (The Fate of Ophelia.)
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Upzone New Jersey 🏗️ @upzonenj.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.northjersey.com/story/news/b...
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American Dream deal gives North Jersey town $7M cash infusion
American Dream mall will give East Rutherford $7 million, ending a long running dispute in which the town said it was due $15 million.
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