@eaconner

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 🚆 Improve mass transit 🚸 Make our streets safer 🌳 Protect our public parks 1/
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Definitely response bias here but very lopsided result in favor of the original, taller version of the proposed Westview project.
Eric Allen Conner@eaconnerOct 23
Replying to @eaconner
Take my very scientific poll!
86%Build it taller 🏙️
14%Make it shorter 🌇
105 votes • Final results
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Dear lord. Get some professional standards, people.
PRESSCORE@PRESSCORENJOct 24
Replying to @eaconner
Dear lord. Get some sun, people.
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Maybe even segment fragments should be factually correct?
PRESSCORE@PRESSCORENJOct 24
Replying to @anokayegg @3_under_scores_ @DavidCruzNJ @JerseyCity @Assata_Wright @JerseyCityTimes
Maybe watch the full segment, not just a clip in a post intended to pique your interest so you can watch the full segment, which, even though longer than this clip, is not enough time to adequately explain the full story on a show that tries to cover the whole state. Watch maybe.
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I shop at Whole Foods but have never once driven to the one downtown. In a dense urban environment like Jersey City, you can do so much without a car. It’s nice to have the freedom.
回@3_under_scores_Oct 24
Demolition scaffolding in Journal Sq. First national grocery built w/ no parking in JC will go up here, in a 55-story tower with 800 apts, also car-free. I dont shop at Whole Foods, but hopefully other grocers will follow their footsteps and open car-free urban supermarkets here.
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Forty-three responses so far on which project version is preferred.
Eric Allen Conner@eaconnerOct 23
Replying to @eaconner
Take my very scientific poll!
86%Build it taller 🏙️
14%Make it shorter 🌇
105 votes • Final results
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.@GovSherrillNJ — when does NJ get an expansion / integration of the HBLR and Newark light rail? Where’s our grand vision for funding and expanding transit in our densest counties?
sam
@sam_d_1995Oct 22
under Hochul, New York is undergoing the most ambitious transit expansion in half a century: IBX, SAS phase 2, and now the 125th st subway very excited to vote for her!
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Which version do people prefer? The original proposal, which is taller, has more apartments, and a larger park space but no income-restricted units or the shorter buildings with affordable housing paid for by a PILOT? Poll below 👇
Better Blocks New Jersey@BetterBlocksNJOct 23
The Westview project at Culver Ave & Route 440 in Jersey City is moving again after four years in limbo. On Monday the developer brought two versions to the JCRA: 3,079 homes in four towers of 30-56 stories, or 2,780 homes in four 20–22-story towers.
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Take my very scientific poll!
86%Build it taller 🏙️
14%Make it shorter 🌇
105 votes • Final results
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More amazing opportunities for transit-oriented development in Jersey City… …if the current administration and council let the city’s growth continue.
Better Blocks New Jersey@BetterBlocksNJOct 22
The Westview project at Culver Ave & Route 440 is moving again after four years in limbo. On Monday the developer brought two versions to the JCRA: 3,079 homes in towers up to 56 stories, or 2,780 homes in four 20–22 story towers.
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The “best” thing about @JerseyCity removing public trash bins near me is the increase of people throwing their trash into whichever private home bin happens to be nearby. Instead of investing in more bins or easily emptied containers, the city shifted another problem to us.
Better Blocks New Jersey@BetterBlocksNJOct 5
Jersey City's policy on removing curbside garbage bins is trash!
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Onwards to New Jersey!
Hayden
@the_transit_guyOct 21
This should be funded immediately and the Phase 2 boring machine should just continue onwards!
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回@3_under_scores_Oct 21
According to some rough figures vetted by a friend who is a muni budget expert, the net present value of lost revenue of the rent control ordinance is ~$2B, 30x as much as the PILOT would've cost that wouldve covered these Newport tenants and actually added 18 low-income units.
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Exciting developments (literally) are proposed along the Jersey City-Hoboken border that will bring a new light rail station, public plaza, and 1,200-1,500 new apartments. It will require a rezoning so tell your council members to support this plan.
Better Blocks New Jersey@BetterBlocksNJOct 21
The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (“HBLR”) hasn't added a new station since 2011. Lincoln Equities wants to build one at 18th St and Erie St, on the Jersey City–Hoboken border. Last night they brought the plan to the JCRA board. 1/🧵
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A PILOT agreement paid for below-market apartments and a new PILOT agreement is required to sustain those low rents. Portside spoke out against that PILOT and the previous council voted it down. But that PILOT would cost the city a fraction compared to expanded rent control.
Hudson County View@HudsonCoViewOct 20
Newport tenants in #JerseyCity seeking action to stay in their affordable units hudsoncountyview.com/newport…

Newport tenants in Jersey City seeking action to stay in their affordable units - Hudson County View

Newport tenants in Jersey City are seeking action on the state & city level in order to stay in their apartments once their leases expire.

hudsoncountyview.com
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If you want to decimate the city’s tax base, destroy future housing production, and displace a lot of current homeowners who won’t be able to absorb tax increases needed to off-set rent control in big buildings, then by all means vote for this ordinance.
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Rent control will do several things at once: 1) it will depress property values in modern high rises whose owners will file tax appeals; 2) it won’t add more affordable units for low-income people; and 3) it will provide a MASSIVE subsidy to wealthy renters in market-rate units.
Eric Allen Conner@eaconnerOct 20
A PILOT agreement paid for below-market apartments and a new PILOT agreement is required to sustain those low rents. Portside spoke out against that PILOT and the previous council voted it down. But that PILOT would cost the city a fraction compared to expanded rent control.
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Some members of the Jersey City Council are proposing the city destroy its tax base and make it harder to build new rental housing. Can anyone guess what type of ordinance was introduced at caucus today?
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This is good. Do more of this. Commit to the plan for one-way pairs to eliminate conflicted left turns next. The new one-way streets will be wide enough for dedicated lanes for buses, Via, and emergency vehicles.
City of Jersey City@JerseyCityOct 19
I am committed to making our streets safe for pedestrians. Today I’m announcing the next phase of our efforts: we’ve identified 17 of our most dangerous intersections for “turn hardening” safety improvements.
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Happening now at Liberty State Park.
Better Blocks New Jersey@BetterBlocksNJOct 16
Replying to @BetterBlocksNJ
NJDEP holds an open house tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the CRRNJ Terminal. Full piece: betterblocksnj.org/2026/10/1…

Are They Developing Liberty State Park? Dispelling Rumors on the Revitalization Plan

Read about the exciting Master Plan for its future, including vital restoration and community projects.

betterblocksnj.org
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Hotelling's location model strikes again!
Pat Carino (f/k/a Acquisizioni)
@PatCarinoOct 17
A locally owned bookstore in my town is opening a second location in a different part of town two blocks away from a competing locally owned a bookstore. Is this happening in anyone else’s town??
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