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The FAR density of 100 Gold St will be 30, which comparable to some of Namdar's Journal Sq towers (the one at Newark and Central will have a residential FAR of 38.6). By far the highest residential FAR of any Manhattan apartment building (NYC a FAR cap of 12 from 1961-2024)

NYC also owns the land, so they are subsidizing via a depressed land sale price. Finally, size: In sheer size, 100 Gold St will be much larger than any single contiguous Namdar block—the Van Reipen/Pavonia block of Homestead Pl will be 2680 apartments.

The FAR density of 100 Gold St will be 30, which comparable to some of Namdar's Journal Sq towers (the one at Newark and Central will have a residential FAR of 38.6). By far the highest residential FAR of any Manhattan apartment building (NYC a FAR cap of 12 from 1961-2024)

Namdar's towers top out at 47-51 floors despite the higher FAR, while 100 Gold will top out at 115 floors, because Journal Sq towers are governed by a height limit, while NYC towers are governed by the FAR limit.

I cant seem to come on BlueSky these days without having a DSA person argue that some tyrant who executed political dissidents and starved the population is Good Actually. Call me crazy but I find this negatively polarizing.

Fire hit two 3-story rear (accessory) tenements in Jersey City' Paulus Hook neighborhood today. In the 19th century these were built in the backs of lots, with larger tenement buildings in front. This block has 3 altogether, with these 2 attached and the other a few lots away. Photo from reddit.

In other words, low-income people in California tend to live in market-rate housing in places that do *not* have inclusionary zoning at all. At a national level too, low-income people are fleeing states with strict IZ for market rate housing in states that ban IZ altogether.

Montgomery County MD has a celebrated universal IZO, one of the first in the country. After 52 yrs, 2.2% of its housing stock is aff hsng, despite a 13-15% set aside. Clearly it hasn't significantly advanced purposes of integration, but puzzlingly, I still hear IZ advocates hold it up as a model.

In other words, low-income people in California tend to live in market-rate housing in places that do *not* have inclusionary zoning at all. At a national level too, low-income people are fleeing states with strict IZ for market rate housing in states that ban IZ altogether.

Montgomery County MD has a celebrated universal IZO, one of the first in the country. After 52 yrs, 2.2% of its housing stock is aff hsng, despite a 13-15% set aside. Clearly it hasn't significantly advanced purposes of integration, but puzzlingly, I still hear IZ advocates hold it up as a model.

New academic study: Inclusionary zoning costs renters $800k per affordable unit created. This is more than the per-unit cost for the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program. While LIHTC which is largely funded by the rich via income taxes, IZOs are regressive because they place the burden on renters.

IZOs are regressive to the extent they raise rents for all market-rate tenants regardless of income to fund brand new apartments for a small number of lottery winners. The evidence has rapidly gotten stronger over the past 5 years as more researchers have scrutinized these programs.

New academic study: Inclusionary zoning costs renters $800k per affordable unit created. This is more than the per-unit cost for the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program. While LIHTC which is largely funded by the rich via income taxes, IZOs are regressive because they place the burden on renters.

So...tonight JC's new infrasturture director asked neighborhood meeting attendees for a show of hands if we should have paid parking permit zones. Is this how we're going to do street safety improvements now, under the new admin? Straw polls at NIMBY meetings with an average age of 65?

He pretty much promiaed nothing would be done in the near future. The previous infrastructure director, who transformed Newark Ave and Bergen Square from parking to public space and built protected bike lanes all over town, resigned as soon as the new mayor took over. 😕

The new Target in Journal Sq is a disappointment. The store is too small with not enough variery ir quantity of items in stock, especially value sizes. Fine, but the store 's retail space could easily be 3x larger—above it there are two levels of dedicated "free" parking that sit mostly empty...

Anyone who knows the area knows that nobody with a car and a brain will drive into the Journal Sq traffic cauldron to go to Target when they can drive to the two strip mall Targets at the edges of JC that are located off highways. The parking loses them more customers than it gains them.

In his order denying the city's temporary injunction against closing Christ Hospital on Saturday, Judge Anthony d'Elia basically says Mayor Solomon has been gaslighting constituents with the argument that Christ Hospital illegally closed.

If you sign up for updates from Ward F councilman Gilmore, he sends you advertisements for his for-profit business "Educational Gilmore Speaks LLC." The proceeds benefit the "EGS Scholarship Fund," which just means he gives kids discounts for his "services" and pockets the money. Grifter.

You can search Educational Gilmore LLC in the non-profit IRS database. It's a for-profit business that directly benefits Gilmore. Constituents sign up for neighborhood updates and get spammed by a for-profit business. This is incredibly sleazy. www.irs.gov/charities-no...