Eric Allen Conner

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Eric Allen Conner

@eaconner

Pro-housing, pro-transit, and pro-public parks & streets @betterblocksnj | Father to one eggshell plaintiff and one tortfeasor | Resident of Jersey City

Jersey City Katılım Mart 2024
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Eric Allen Conner
Eric Allen Conner@eaconner·
.@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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Better Blocks New Jersey
Better Blocks New Jersey@BetterBlocksNJ·
The housing voucher program is the most effective tool we have to help low-income families access housing but Jersey City's "Section 8" waitlist is a decade long and completely out of the city's control. What is income-restricted affordable housing? And who qualifies for it?
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Yoni Appelbaum
Yoni Appelbaum@YAppelbaum·
This is shaping up as the most consistent finding in housing studies: Building lots of luxury housing can reduce rents at the top of the market—but the people it helps most are renters struggling to afford even the least desirable units
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Eric Allen Conner@eaconner·
New Jersey authorized tax abatements and PILOTs to revitalize cities following deindustrialization. These complex financial tools have led to controversy. In this article, I debunk myths like "developers don't pay taxes" or "PILOTs defund schools!" This thread provides a summary.
Better Blocks New Jersey@BetterBlocksNJ

Tax abatements, exemptions, and PILOT agreements are some of the most misunderstood tools in municipal finance. In our latest article, we explain the history and use of these agreements debunk three of the most common myths circulated on social media around tax abatements. 1/

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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias·
What are some good anonymous accounts?
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Burhan Azeem, Cambridge Vice Mayor
Never let anyone tell you politics doesn't matter. Change is unimaginable until it's inevitable.
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Mark Burns
Mark Burns@markburns4RE·
Author has limited comments (I'm not in the club). SF has always had limited development potential because of existing density and little room to expand. Sometimes the village is full and being close by (or not so close by) in neighboring suburbia will have to do. 125 years ago, SF was the largest city in CA and three times the size of LA. It's number four now.
Max Dubler, AICP 🏳️‍🌈@maxdubler

San Francisco is a lovely place to live and we should build more homes so that people can make their lives here.

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Eric Allen Conner@eaconner·
Jersey City should have an electric cargo bike ride-share program. I handle most errands on my regular bike plus the Burley trailer but there was a moment today going up Newark Ave with an extra 100 lbs behind me that I would have paid good money to rent a cargo e-bike.
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Eric Allen Conner@eaconner·
@pipedtofit I am pretty cheap. I got the trailer second hand and it was in good shape. This way, I save on gas and a gym membership by biking everywhere.
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Eric Allen Conner@eaconner·
@pipedtofit I ride in the snow but not usually uphill in the snow because the city does an inadequate job clearing the protected bike lanes for me to risk it. Do you not know how to ride a bike?
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Eric Allen Conner@eaconner·
@pipedtofit I don't ride a delivery bike. I ride a regular bike with a trailer attached to run errands and the like. Easy on flat terrain but a real workout going up Newark or Montgomery.
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