Imagine paying for my coffee. I’d rather just hop the counter at Dunkin and pour it myself.

Jersey City should definitely astroturf that grass field at Ferris, would allow for much higher intensity of use for football, baseball and soccer.

Robin.

2055 is going to be amazing.

Wtf? Have you seen Ferris High School? Half the land is a massive FIELD. Furthermore, when I went to (another) highschool, we didn't have a football team because we didn't have a football field and everyone turned out okay. City schools can't accommodate EVERY single sport... However, I'm pretty sure that Ferris is one of the few schools that does have enough room for a baseball field on its property already!

Good find OP, here's another shot from a different episode.

https://preview.redd.it/vf6njlf42wma1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=7e064e947f15dd996d995aec8368e1c7cce24d2f

S21E22: The Bob Next Door

JFK air train only takes metro card :)

The only pro you have listed for Urby is the view.

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Why do you think you will be safe there? This effects everyone soon enough.

Why not just post it here so everyone else is aware?

It’s actually more nuanced than that. There are specific requirements that must be met by both the building and the building’s original owner. I’d be glad to walk through them with you. Feel DM me and I’ll explain.

Read the press pieces about the Portside Towers tenants on their Twitter feed — https://twitter.com/RentControlJC - and then DM them or email RentControlJC@gmail.com

Well, that's a chicken or an egg thing. If the ferry received enough money that it could cut the cross-Morris-Canal fee to $2 and operate every 15 minutes for three months, maybe usership would rise a lot.

Then, if the ferry could operate every 15 minutes for three months with the price increased to $5, maybe it would make enough extra money from all of the extra passengers that it could survive without the subsidy money.

They usually dont care since you dont speak to the landlord directly. Rents are really high because of the way all big property managers are using the same third party for pricing and smaller landlords see that and follow suit although they are more open for discussion for good tenants

Also i strongly feel this is going to end badly as we go into the year . There is no way these kind of high interest rates by Fed doesnt hurt the economy over long term as without the rent decline the inflation does not come down to the 2% mark. This kind of price greed eventually dosent end well for everyone involved

That was my understanding of the law. Basically buildings had to opt in to the exemption. That’s not correct?

It was only an observation, not a calculation. It flew right by you. Please return to your calculations.

$200 per month is “Less than 5% of the rent”?

$500k downtown is an walk up 1 bedroom or studio… that needs renovation. Definitely no amenities other than a mailbox. Where in Newport is there a >$4,000/mo studio apartment with no amenities?

You’re math seems really off here.

Ok, I’ll give it a try the next time I’m there.

Most transit savings plans don’t support ONNY yet, so for people who prefer to use pretax dollars there’s incentive to not use OMNY.

This is not correct information and that’s part of the problem. It’s easy to dupe tenants who just repeat what they hear and who don’t read and think critically for themselves. The state statute regarding rent control (the NJ Newly Constructed Multiple Dwelling Law aka NJSA 2A:42-84.1 et seq) and the Jersey City rent control ordinance (Chapter 260) have very specific requirements about what needs to have happened and when in order for a building to have an exemption for rent control. There is no “one size fits all” automatic 30 year exemption. And not all exemptions are for 30 years. As a matter of fact, the default for all buildings in Jersey City is that they are subject to rent control unless specific requirements have been met.

Perpetuating incorrect information allows both the city and landlords to take advantage of tenants who don’t know better.

Now for the cya: I’m not a lawyer but I do know the local and state rent control laws very well. Feel to DM for specifics if you like.

Theres a couple reasons you might still want a metrocard. One is that OMNY restarts your 12 ride count every Monday, so if you're visiting from out of town you might be better off with a 7 day unlimited card (depending on which days of the week you'll be using it). They also haven't quite finished rolling OMNY out everywhere; I know the Roosevelt island tram didn't have it as of last month, and maybe there's some other niche services that haven't been updated yet.

Aside from that i really like OMNY, though. They seem to put a lot of thought into it.

What episode is this?

The only consideration for you should be:

1. what do you care about more space or views?

2. which station do you like more? Grove Street or the combo of Newport + exchange place.

As far as I can tell, iron state manages both buildings and they do a good job with most of their properties in Hoboken and jersey city. They always have insanely low available inventory because they are pricing intentionally at market as opposed to above market.