From the NY Post:
Listed for $1, this suburban NJ home received multiple $550K offers: ‘Thankfully, it worked out very well for us’
In for a buck, in for $550,000.
A Newark, New Jersey real estate broker raked in more than half a million dollars yesterday on a listing asking just $1. The colonial-style home, located in a quiet suburban enclave of the city, was on offer for a mere seven days.
Brendan DaSilva made headlines last week when he listed his own three-bed, two-bath investment property on the outskirts of Newark for that pocket-change sum. His plan, as reported by NJ.com, was to let the market decide on a fair price.
“Thankfully, it worked out very well for us,” DaSilva told The Post, saying he received three $550,000 offers.
DaSilva’s ambitious sales tactic was more than just a clever gimmick — the endeavor was an experiment in markets and marketing.
Although he’s never seen a broker list a home for $1, DaSilva said, he’s seen plenty of homes under-priced for the sake of optics.
“What winds up happening is you go, ‘Oh, my God, this house in New Jersey sold for $200,000 over ask,’” he said. “It’s make believe.”
So, DaSilva leaned into the fantasy.
Hello
From the Real Deal:
I gave up Parsippany for dead. Developers are now reinventing it
No doubt expensive, but very much worth it.
Liberal, progressive give the greatest quality of life.
“A Newark, New Jersey real estate broker raked in more than half a million dollars yesterday on a listing asking just $1. The colonial-style home, located in a quiet suburban enclave of the city, was on offer for a mere seven days.”
grim,
I can’t see the Parsippany article, it’s a pay link but I assume they’re stuffing rental pods into office parks.
Fast: Multi family mixed used, development. Getting rid of aging office campuses .
Why not free NYC subway too?
Subway is already free if you are willing to hop over the guard rail.
3b: Yay, more particle board pods. I can’t wait until our dream of looking like a third world shit hole becomes reality.
Liberal, progressive give the greatest quality of life.
me do good grammar
VSG: If Liberal progressive, provides a good quality of life, why are NYC schools so bad? And in Chicago too, and Newark and many other cities around the country.
Fast: It will be a Socislist utopia, like all those apartment buildings in cities in Eastern Europe during the Soviet era.
The guy hasn’t really ever had a job. Thrusting him forward and pretending he can do anything is laughable
BRT: Don’t exaggerate, he was a mortgage foreclosure counselor. He has a ton of experience.
A mortgage foreclosure counselor… sort of like a community organizer like Oblomma. I understand the hottest major in colleges is ‘S0cialist Utopian Manifestation Studies’. Liberals take the art of grifting to epic levels these days.
Grim – The winning bid belonged to a Newark family that operates a food truck business”
Cash is king…
Yay, more particle board pods. I can’t wait until our dream of looking like a third world shit hole becomes reality.
I love it- more housing = cheaper housing.
The fact that it pisses off greedy homeowners who hoard land in order to maximize their wealth (at the expense of everybody else) is just gravy.
NYC electorate is like Helen Keller at a pinata party, just wildly swinging in every direction. Just a parade of clowns and characters since Bloombito.
I cycled past 800 Sylvan Avenue in Englewood Cliffs yesterday, adjacent to the Unilever site, nearby CNBC. They’ve already framed out and are moving along on this:
h**ps://greenbarnre.com/project/800-sylvan-avenue/
It’s an amenity desert out there. Another cardboard box thing popped up next to the Englewood Cliffs town hall, behind the Bicycle Club on river road.
Mamdani wants to spend 100 billion NYC does not have to build more housing. 200,000 units. Where might someone ask?
Interesting fact it cost too much money to fix the existing “affordable” housing in NYC.
These old buildings are a risk and stringent facade inspection laws require much of the city’s scaffolding you see on nearly every street in NYC. These old buildings fail facade inspections and require the scaffolding which generally remain up for many years as there is not enough money to make the expensive repairs.
Here is a map….over 8,000 of them up. I happen to know someone in that business they got rich from this racket. Nice immigrant family too.
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/buildings/html/sidewalk-shed-map.html
Somewhat unrelated, but in the feels this morning: As a millennial, I have such disdain for anyone in real estate brokerage. Like a stalwart beacon for the stupid. In fact, I can’t think of another profession I hold in lower regard.
Yeah. Take a look at all these Gen Z kids. Vaping their lungs away, depressed, social media distorted, envious. Easy pickings for someone such as Mamdani.
Progressive is great when you’re rich enough to pull it off. Liberal means open and relaxed. Progressive is different. Progressive demands control of thought, language, action. I’m simply not ok with being told what to do.
Very Stable Genius says:
June 27, 2025 at 6:57 am
No doubt expensive, but very much worth it.
Liberal, progressive give the greatest quality of life.
If I worked for the IRS, I would just monitor who pays cash at Costco and work backward. Who the fuck buys $600 worth of stuff that is clearly a regular citizen and whips out a wad of bills. Creepy as fuck.
Juice Box says:
June 27, 2025 at 9:36 am
Grim – The winning bid belonged to a Newark family that operates a food truck business”
Cash is king…
No one wants to say it. The cheapest, fairest and most expedient way to solve the housing crisis is to remove rent control/stabilization. It will be very disruptive and terrible at the beginning, but it will solve the problem with 5 years.
Juice Box says:
June 27, 2025 at 9:49 am
Mamdani wants to spend 100 billion NYC does not have to build more housing. 200,000 units. Where might someone ask?
Interesting fact it cost too much money to fix the existing “affordable” housing in NYC.
These old buildings are a risk and stringent facade inspection laws require much of the city’s scaffolding you see on nearly every street in NYC. These old buildings fail facade inspections and require the scaffolding which generally remain up for many years as there is not enough money to make the expensive repairs.
Here is a map….over 8,000 of them up. I happen to know someone in that business they got rich from this racket. Nice immigrant family too.
Granted Mamdani is not experienced enough. No argument with that.
But NYC democrsts have seen what experienced Cuomo and Eric Adams bring to the table – big time corruption. And it is clear none of you have seen anything other than the Right’s talking points on Fox. There is an energy and a straight forward feel to him that is appealing.
But if you are a racist and or a boomer who can’t look past your prejudices, it is easy to miss the opportunity NYC has in Mamdani.
He will kick ass. Just watch!
Chicago: Progressive taken to the extreme can mean political reeducation for those who will not comply. You can see that attitude with some here, “we know best”.
I love it- more housing = cheaper housing.
The fact that it pisses off greedy homeowners who hoard land in order to maximize their wealth (at the expense of everybody else) is just gravy.
Paramus, NJ, circa 2050:
https://tinyurl.com/6hmwwfr2
Mamdani plans to shift the property tax burden from the “overtaxed” outer boroughs to the whiter neighborhoods in NYC. I don’t know the current property tax formula for NYC, but I know when I was growing up in the Bronx, Manhattan real estate including commercial real estate subsidized property taxes in the so called outer boroughs.
In fact, I can’t think of another profession I hold in lower regard.
I’ll go with Activist and/or Community Organizer.
Chi – Municipal bonds to build new units. Look we all know the city is terrible at managing costs. 100 Bilion won’t be spent wisely.
There are an estimated 40,000 affordable units empty in NYC they cannot be brought up to code by the landlords as it cost too much. Those buildings are in disrepair etc.
So the reason I ask where are they going to squeeze in 200,000 new units over the next 10 years? It’s not like they are going to take Central Park. That money the bonds will have to go and buy up foreclosures or some kind of eminent domain for the city to take properties so it can be used for they plan for new housing.
Here is a write up. Nobody can answer where they are going to build so many ultra affordably low-cost units.
https://www.realtor.com/advice/rent/zohran-mamdani-nyc-housing-plan/?msockid=19b8ca0098f26d213d60deea99026cbe
There is an energy and a straight forward feel to him that is appealing.
Oh, you’re a Trump fan.
Rent – you go right to the race card here and sprinkle in some ageism as well. Look dude you know nothing about most of us. Fact is many of us are actually gasp Democrats…
The only one who watches fox news around here is probably you!!!
Give it a rest already. with the race claptrap and fox new garbage.
BTW I don’t think anyone here thought Cuomo was a good idea either, but hey the Democrats loaded their ballot with lots of crap…..and that is what they are going to get when November comes around.
It’s not like they are going to take Central Park.
It must be seized because according to some liberal: “It will piss off greedy homeowners who hoard land in order to maximize their wealth (at the expense of everybody else).”
Juice: Good article in the WSJ comparing Austin TX, housing situation and past mayoral election to NYC currently. Of course it’s the WSJ , so it’s probably bad , because it’s owned by Murdoch.
And it is clear none of you have seen anything other than the Right’s talking points on Fox.
FOX vs. CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, The NY Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic, NPR, PBS, The Nation, Mother Jones, Axios, Politico, American Prospect and the Guardian.
Fast: Next time you are out and about, take a drive past the old Hackensack water works off of Kinderkamack Rd in Oradell. Behind the property is another piece of property hard on the pascack valley train tracks, they are stuffing what looks like 15 or 20 apartments on that spot. I don’t know if they are condos or rentals. I just saw this yesterday. It is amazing the spots that are being filled in with housing. Location does not matter any more.
10:23 – are you denying race is not involved in bashing Mamdani? The polls and surveys will tell you.
Truth is inconvenient and ugly. And Juice your reaction when my comment was not exactly pointed towards you says you are guilty.
Gary –
There is an energy and a straight forward feel to him that is appealing.
Oh, you’re a Trump fan.
I did not mean low-dick energy. And the definition of being straight forward is someone who does not lie! I think there’s a stat somewhere that keeps track of the number of lies he sharts on a daily basis.
White Trash ~10:08. That is not Paramus. That is present day Fort Lee. You can even see the “massage parlors”.
Boomer Remover ~9:50. Feel for you. Got a RE license out of high school, actually took night classes in senior year. Had license for over 5 yrs. Met the most vicious psycopath douches in my life. Understand that later on I dealt with a lot of looser corrupt cops. All the cops were boy scouts compared to the shark tank of real estate brokers.
3b ~ 9:03. Public schools have to take everyone and until SCOTUS rules public school segregation is legal again they will have problems because poor people generally create poor students. Private schools avoid this issue. So if you want to fix 80% of education’s problem fix income inequality first, the last 20% AI can do it by targeting one on one needs learning.
Chicago ~ 9:53. You are lumping economic progressives with social progressives. Different things like a Wall Street conservative and a Texas conservative.
Finally, to the address the NYC housing issue, you got to address the old SRO – Single Room Occupancy Hotel- aka – Rooming House that was the basic staple of lower income housing for centuries. It was pushed out slowly starting in the 80’s. Many developers made a killing by buying them, closing them and tearing it down.
The SRO were full cesspools. But that is the only place that society’s lowest 5% could afford. You see plenty of illegal SRO in NYC and other urban areas. You can see the advertisements posted in street light poles. An updated fixed to the SRO market would fixed homelessness and a large part of housing ladder issues.
RENT – Who here is bashing him due to his race? Again here, not on some other corner of the internet. HERE.
Again before you speak of race remember Mandami won and did so without the vote of the majority of black voters in NYC. The majority of the black voters picked Cuomo..
That means Mandami won because gasp the white people voted for him too.
So the reason I ask where are they going to squeeze in 200,000 new units over the next 10 years?
Maybe tall buildings? Stack a bunch of units on pieces of land where there is only one unit now?
If only the technology existed…
Friday Morning: So the overwhelming majority of NYC school student are poor or low income? Income inequality has nothing to do with at least being functionally literate. I have family members who are NYC teachers, they have students that are 19 and 20 years old, who cannot read. And there are already multiple resources in public schools, and it’s still not working.
Juice: The white people know best, and voted for Mandami, the Black people voted against their own self interest, that’s what some here will tell you.
OC1 – Last time they did something like this they took an amusement park in no man’s land in the Bronx and built up 35 high rise buildings to build “work force” housing.
This was back in the early 1970s… Co-Op city and it’s only 15,000 units.
200,000 units? That is more than all the units built in NYC in the last 10 years all the highrises that went up the expensive ones built for maximum profit.
No one wants to say it. The cheapest, fairest and most expedient way to solve the housing crisis is to remove rent control/stabilization. It will be very disruptive and terrible at the beginning, but it will solve the problem with 5 years.
That, plus upzoning plus making it harder for NIMBYs to block new construction.
OC1: If you are familiar with NYC , then you would know there are many multi story housing apartment buildings in the 5 boroughs, they are called the projects. Urban areas are getting away from those high rise projects for lower income/ poor people as they breed crime.
It must be seized because according to some liberal: “It will piss off greedy homeowners who hoard land in order to maximize their wealth (at the expense of everybody else).”
Call me what you like, but I believe in free markets!
If this blog is any indication New Jersey appears to be emerging as a center of special needs adults as well as children. Something in the water 💦
3b,
So what is the culture at home? What is the average IQ in that household? What are the values? How many books do they own? Do they know who was Carl Sagan?
Accepting the fact that a large chunk of humans are below societal standards is key. Now what do you do? Do you try to kill them off like Elmo Ketamine and his dark enlightment? Do you accept they are going to be there and best thing to do is try hard at looking for best in everyone like the US military? Where the entry test is an IQ test and regardless where you fall will find a spot for you.
Best system for dysfunctional household whether aristocratic or poor background is removal of kid out of environment into environment that foster the society’s values. That is why you see those fancy boarding schools all over the world where kids are sent when wealthy family is falling apart. You see same in autocratic dictatorships whether communist or fascist.
You got to deal with it one way or another.
Either before birth or after birth. Ignore and build prisons or deal and minimize societal damage. There is no free lunch at least until AI Skynet takes over.
upzoning? Just last year that was done. They upzoned lots of NYC neighborhoods. This will allow for construciton of 82,000 new housing units over 15 years.
Again Mandami’s 200,000 housing units? Where are they going to fit all those high rises?
If they bond for 100 billion I could see that getting wasted on just buying up land.
3b,
I think they should build the houses up and around the train tracks in a ‘U’ shape so the muppet kids can watch the train go directly beneath their house pod. They can even throw the toilet shit out the window as the train passes for some hilarious hi-jinks.
200,000 units? That is more than all the units built in NYC in the last 10 years all the highrises that went up the expensive ones built for maximum profit.
200,000 might be a tall order. But there are plenty of places in the five boroughs occupied by single family homes and 3-4-5 story multifamily units.
Let developers go in and build their 50 story luxury buildings.
A housing unit is a houing unit. More housing = less expensive housing.
Food prices are just too expensive for the rich people summering in Bay Head.
$8.49 for a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich.
$19.99 for two eggs any style, two strips of bacon, two sausage patties and two buttermilk pancakes with a side of home fries.
https://www.nj.com/food/2025/06/nj-restaurant-told-customers-to-f-off-on-tiktok-it-didnt-go-well.html
Juice: Coop City apartments were goid, with good sized rooms with large windows for light. Kitchens and bathrooms adequate too. I knew a few old timers who lived there. At one point sections 5 became a high crime drug dealing area, as its right off the New England expressway. I believe it has been cleaned up now, and the grounds grass/plants/ flowers are well taken care of. That said, it still is a dreary looking place. Stacking people on top of each other like that seems like a step backwards.
3b – Because of places CoOp City the Federal Gov changed the rules back in 1977. HUD regulations have for a long time stated that high-rise elevator projects should not be provided for families with children. This is the money they give for rental assistance in these projects. They generally won’t fund them.
Build back better.
LMAO!
<i)“Progressive demands control of thought, language, action. I’m simply not ok with being told what to do.“
Seems like one could replace “Progressive” with “Fascism” or “Neoconservativism” and it would still be accurate. Just look at the current policies of the Supreme Court and Trump Administration. It’s already happening. Enjoy your reduced reproductive rights and forced Judeo-Christian values. (I say this as an atheist.)
In terms of real estate policy, some low hanging fruit:
1. Make it less enticing for foreign ownership of residential real estate, particularly for non-primary residences.
2. Increase taxes on capital gains from real estate sales. (E.g treat gains achieved under a certain duration as a windfall rather than as a speculative stock investment.)
3. Increase real estate taxes on non-primary residences.
4. Kill the AirBnB business model.
I also support the elimination of rent controls and revamping the nature of public housing. I mean if the blue collar workers can’t afford to live in NYC, then they should move out to one of the new projects being built in Bergen County and take the bus with the rest of the poor people. (Dealing with the xenophobes is the price they must pay.)
And I will say the fact that a single NYC mayoral primary election has so many non NYC residents’ panties in a twist is interesting to say the least.
Stacking people on top of each other like that seems like a step backwards.
If you don’t approve of “stacking people on top of each other” then you should be in favor of reducing minimum lot sizes in suburbia so that more people can live in single family homes.
You should start a campaign to do that in your town!
Bob ~ no surprise here. The mix of bankers, tech bros and latent homos on this board is evidence that NJ is a shitty place to live filled with ingrates and malcontents.
How many BEC sandwiches you gotta sell just to pay the rent/lease in snobby towns?
Was a place I used to frequent, very busy, run down place for similar food. Everyoone went there. Decent food, decent price. Owner retired, sold building for massive amount of money. New owner opens up, price doubles.
Food was okay as well, but rents/lease/mortgage prices affect food prices as well.
Do these people in the video own the joint? If not, then that is just the cost of doing business there.
Juice Box says:
June 27, 2025 at 11:24 am
Food prices are just too expensive for the rich people summering in Bay Head.
$8.49 for a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich.
$19.99 for two eggs any style, two strips of bacon, two sausage patties and two buttermilk pancakes with a side of home fries.
Jersey needs to start eminint domain along all stretches of major highways. With all of the builiding going on, 80 should be a 10 lane highway by now.
Each unit discussed today, two indivduals. It’s an awful lot of extra cars on the road.
They all shower. Is there enough water, enough reservoir capacity?
None of this is well thought out.
ExLax,
I must disagree with you. Some of us did not win the genetic good looks lottery and the beta male testosterone to accept being hitch to a fugly sugar mama. I understand that you are proud of your body and looks as you get pegged thrice weekly, we all can tell you got it good and deep.
I can speak safely for all average Soprano looking jersey guys with untouched bumholes (except for colonoscopy) in here.
America, it’a a changin’
Friday’s case stemmed from an executive order Trump signed as soon as he took office that ended birthright citizenship – the legal principle that U.S. citizenship is automatically granted to individuals upon birth.
Under the directive, children born to parents in the United States illegally or on temporary visas would not automatically become citizens, radically altering the interpretation of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment for over 150 years.
Ah see that’s where you are wrong. Sugar Mama? Or mine at least is absolutely gorgeous. The other gay shit you added isn’t term a straight man with use.
Birthright Citizenship just died in the Supreme Court.
12:11 the sound of millions of Hispanics crapping their pants just now.
Religion:
A teenager pregnant with her rapist’s baby was brutally murdered by her fiance in an apparent honour killing after he found out about the sex attack in Turkey, according to reports.
Oya Budak, 18, was five-and-a-half months pregnant when she was shot dead in the apparent honour killing, Turkish news agencies said.
She was taken to hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest but died along with her baby, local media reports.
Ms Budak reportedly became pregnant after being raped by another man several weeks before her engagement.
Her fiance is said to have ended the relationship when he became aware of the situation.
This Turkish dude reads this crap and believes in it? This poor chick happens to get raped and a book tells you to do this?
Deuteronomy 22:20-21, 23-27
If, however, this charge is true, that evidence of the young woman’s virginity was not found, then they shall bring the young woman out to the entrance of her father’s house and the men of her town shall stone her to death, because she committed a disgraceful act in Israel by prostituting herself in her father’s house. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
If there is a young woman, a virgin already engaged to be married, and a man meets her in the town and lies with her, you shall bring both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry for help in the town and the man because he violated his neighbour’s wife. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
But if the man meets the engaged woman in the open country, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die. You shall do nothing to the young woman; the young woman has not committed an offence punishable by death, because this case is like that of someone who attacks and murders a neighbour. Since he found her in the open country, the engaged woman may have cried for help, but there was no one to rescue her.
ExLAx
Here’s a map of the world showing the countries allowing birthright citizenship regardless of the parent’s citizenship.
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/map-countries-birthright-citizenship/64783300
Interstingly almost every country that does it is in the western hemisphere.
Would it be too “progressive” to require the minimum wage (and other W2 wages) to be indexed to inflation, similar to Social Security, Medicare, and retirement contribution limits?
Birthright Citizenship just died in the Supreme Court.
No, they ruled that a district court can’t issue a nationwide injunction on the matter.
The case will be turned into a national class action kind of suit, and ultimately SCOTUS will have the final say on what the 14th (i think?) ammendment means.
The US economy contracted at an annualized rate of 0.5% in Q1 2025, a sharper decline than the second estimate of a 0.2% drop and the first quarterly contraction in three years. The weaker GDP figure was largely driven by significant downward revisions to consumer spending and exports. Consumer spending rose just 0.5%, the slowest pace since the sharp declines of 2020, down from 1.2% in the previous estimate.
The concern I have with all these deportation/citizenship/population control measures is that it is going to set back US’s economic growth over the ling term.
The birth right citizenship drama is nothing more than grabbing support from his base.
Btw, do we have proof that Barron’s Trumps mom was legal when he was born?
Btw, do we have proof that Barron’s Trumps mom was legal when he was born?
I’m pretty sure she was at or above the age of consent when she conceived.
Why not change zoning laws?
Chicago says:
June 27, 2025 at 10:01 am
No one wants to say it. The cheapest, fairest and most expedient way to solve the housing crisis is to remove rent control/stabilization. It will be very disruptive and terrible at the beginning, but it will solve the problem with 5 years.
NYC rent would probably be a lot cheaper if they just blew out the whole massive regulatory system, zoning, rent control, union control of the trades, occupancy rules.
It was rough and tumble, but Kowloon Walled City mostly worked for people before Hong Kong knocked it down, and was one of the most densely occupied spots on earth while being economical for its inhabitants:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/kowloon-walled-city
Chi,
Here is a great investment opportunity for you. Maybe they will put up a gold statue of Donnie at the entrance, to match the one of Bill next door!
https://x.com/business/status/1938631088127066378
There is no housing crisis. There are simply too many people. Stop allowing so many people entry into the U.S.
Chad Powers says:
June 27, 2025 at 2:49 pm
There is no housing crisis. There are simply too many people. Stop allowing so many people entry into the U.S.
Build it, they will come.
And they do.
Did someone say Too Many People?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ppNnQ-slEg
Chad,
I think the strategy is to make the great old USA as crappy as where they are from so they don’t want to come here.
Mississippi, Alabama and other deep southern state are in the crappier part of the bell curve relative to quality of life. The Billionaires Should Own The Planet and Pay No Taxes lobby is aiming to make Mississippi the center of the bell curve.
Soon enough Afghanistan and Haiti will start looking good if you are on Oklahoma.
Just when you thought kids in cages was the lowest they could go, the GOP says Hold my Beer
Donnie has the answer, house them all in a tent city in the Florida Everglades for a summer of heat, pestilence, followed by Hurricane season.
https://x.com/WUTangKids/status/1938596849021313362
Instead of jamming all these condos and apartments in the same place, they need to spread them out into towns like Princeton, Mendham, Alpine, Rockleigh, Upper Saddle River, Rumson, Mountain Lakes, Colts Neck, etc.
These places have excessive open space whare some extra homes can easily be absorbed by the ecology of the land. The diversity of people that would move there would be good for all of the people in these towns.
Chad probably wins the medal for the dumbest racist on this blog.
Dude does not even live here but throws his nasty opinions.
Build that fence higher around whichever shithole you are in and shut up.
Already in process
https://maps.app.goo.gl/cBNhsAzgGzHN4nLi7?g_st=i&utm_campaign=ac-im
Dark Phoenix says:
June 27, 2025 at 4:03 pm
Instead of jamming all these condos and apartments in the same place, they need to spread them out into towns like Colts Neck, etc.
Dark: As I understand it, and others can correct me if I am wrong, but the final determination on affordable housing by the NJ state supreme court, is that all towns will have to provide low/moderate income housing. I also believe each town has been told how many units they will have to build to be in compliance.
That said, I don’t think the towns you named will stay they and get around it, or mitigate the effects on their town, either by building senior housing/assisted living , homes for autistic adults or something else. What they won t do is build housing for poor people of color, or poor whites. They can say otherwise, but they don’t want them in their towns and schools.
On Five Points Road just south of the High School, a Hasidic Rabbi bought the house with the lasso shaped driveway right the bend to the east. You can see the lot just north of that property has been cleared. The Rabbi was attempting to run an illegal unlined religious day camp. The town cleared the forest so the Rabbi couldn’t hide his activities back there.
Based on proximity, it is pretty obvious that Jared Kushner is going to fill the 100’s of units with the Lakewood/Kiryas Joel/ Brooklyn crew.
That level of additional units should be a massive concern for the local school district where my wife work. No one is talking about it. Maybe because none of the new kids will need it.
For Simpleton Negative VSG and Rantloud
Good afternoon. The S&P 500 dropped nearly 20% in the weeks following Liberation Day, but has pulled off an incredible comeback, capped off with today’s record-breaking close.
Fun fact: A 20% recovery over the course of two months has only happened five other times since 1950, according to Carson Research. Much more fun fact: Every time it happens, the S&P 500 averages a 30.8% gain in the subsequent 12 months.
—Mark Reeth, Judy Dutton & Lucy Brewster
Chi,
I saw that last time I drive through. C I plants believe the amount of trees they leveled. They should be concerned about BOE seats.
Oc1: I did not say I was not in favor of stacking people on top of each other, I said it seems like a step backwards. As far as changing lot sizes and ordinances you and I had this conversation some months ago. At that time I explained to you how many areas in Bergen Co/north Jersey are already fully developed with the exception of fill in spots on busy streets, like former strip malls. I suggested you take a drive through southern and central Bergen Co, which is jam packed, and where many of the towns lot sizes are already quite small. In some of these areas you can reach out from a window in one house and shake hands with a person in the other house. Many also have common driveways, which lead to very small backyards for both houses, a small deck or patio, and that’s it. Of course northern Bergen Co towns like Franklin Lakes, and Saddle River, and Norwood and Alpine as well as others have minimum lot zoning, I don’t know the particulars for each town, but I know some have half acre to an acre zoning requirements or at least used to. These wealthy towns be they Republican or Democrat, or mixed don’t want their towns to be filled with modest single family homes on 50X50 lots, and they certainly don’t want multi family housing either.
Bob progressivism stops when it actually comes to paying workers. Even the most progressive board of eds insists on not giving teachers raises and adjusting the salary guide below the rate of inflation.
3b
I knew about that. I believe NJ has been the most densely populated state, don’t know how many years ago it earned that title, but now since 9/11 and later, covid, it seems like it’s full blown non stop building here. An obscene amount even. There was always traffic here, but now there is traffic even at 1am and not on a weekend. I wonder if planners even take into account all of the infrastructure here when they allow more to be built. One accident on a highway turns everything into a nightmare.
In other news:
President Donald Trump said he’s suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms and added he will let it know its fate on the matter in ‘seven days.
Trump used fighting words in a Truth Social post attacking America’s neighbor to the north, calling the technology tax ‘a direct and blatant attack on our country.’
The Canadian tax is scheduled to go into affect on Monday.
‘Based on this egregious Tax, we are hereby terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately. We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period,’ Trump said in his post.
Chicago: re the Hasids and your wife’s school district, the Hasid’s wont be using the local public schools. They will build their own.
There is also a huge Hasidic development schools housing etc being built in Chestnut Ridge (Rockland Co), hard on Montvale border in Bergen Co,
Dark: There used to be school and work traffic in the morning rush. Now towns like Paramus have traffic jams at 10 or 11 in the morning. Some major county roads have traffic at a dead stop early in the afternoon. We need many more left turn only lights up and down Bergen Co. I was told by a guy I knew who worked for the Bergen Co traffic department, that the department was loathe to add more as it would make Bergen Co more like NYC or other urban areas. Paramus alone is in the process of building 3000 additional apartments. And there are many more coming in other Bergen towns.
The Hasids will be using your and my buses though. The local school districts, in this case Freehold Regional, are responsible for busing kids even to religious schools. Those schools operate on Sundays, and boys and girls are not allowed on the same buses, so twice as many.
Then they get all the kids classified as needing special Ed, which allows them to have to go to their special schools at $50k per year, and they get to bill the local school districts. Those special schools just so happen to be owned by the rabbi.
Chi – I don’t think Kushner is going to fuck around and rent those 360 units to the tribe.
1,723 unit buildings @ Journal Square in Jersey City, the other place in Eatontown Mall another 1000 units.. All are designed to be high-end and will be expensive to rent. Anchor tenants like Whole Foods etc.
All the Kushner developments under that Livona brand are luxury…even the Colts Neck spot.
This is MAGA:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLOWRcNxs0Y/?igsh=NXh3bWI2YnNnbTV2
Speaking of traffic. A friend who lives in Bradley Beach says Thursday is the new Friday for traffic. All the rentals fill up Thursday night now as people leave the city early and WFH Friday etc.
I was at the airport last night for a drop off around 5PM and traffic headed back home down the shore was a lot more than just commuters…
Thursday has been that way for a while. 105-82 on the GSP is always backed up Thursday. Monday AM going north is a pain too.
Juice: I thought I saw somewhere that Jersey Shore rentals were down this year from prior seasons.
Funny:
\https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TYs3AUvMf3Q
Funny:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TYs3AUvMf3Q
Hughes: And no marriage license from the municipality, just a religious wedding, so the Mothers are all considered single Mothers by the state collect bigger benefits.
Gotta see this guy in person. He nails it
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gyr2mej-f5s
These wealthy towns be they Republican or Democrat, or mixed don’t want their towns to be filled with modest single family homes on 50X50 lots, and they certainly don’t want multi family housing either.
3b- I know that. Goes back to my “greedy homeowners hoarding land to maximize their profits” argument.
Every entity engaged in some kind of business transaction- whether that’s selling cars, steel, milk, labor (unions)… wants the govt to restrict competition so they can maximize their profits at everyone elses cost.
Homeowners who use their political power to limit new home construction are really no different than the Teamsters or the Longshoremans union.
And as for “there’s no place left to build in Bergen County” well, until Mahwah has the housing density of Queens or Manhattan, there certainly is!
OC1: I noted that northern Bergen County, still has open space to build more housing, as for Mahwah looking like Queens, I am not sure that’s something to aspire to , as in being that jam packed together, and choking on traffic. The Hasidics may have their own plan for Mahwah.
as for Mahwah looking like Queens, I am not sure that’s something to aspire to
3b- You are entitled to your opinion, of course.
But compare the price of a house in Mahwah to the price of a similar house, on the same size plot of land, in Queens.
The market price tells us how desireable something is, not the opinion of someone with a vested interest in the status quo.
OC1 : Assuming this is a normal market, which it is not for a number of reasons, and not just a shortage of housing. As for Queens vs Mahwah, many of the neighborhoods in Queens are like the neighborhood I grew up in the Bronx. 2 family houses with walk out basements to the street. Many of these houses have now been converted into 3 and 4 family houses. They are jam packed with people and cars. Not a great quality of life in my view, but hey it’s NYC!
The idea that you should keep building Bergen County is laughable. There’s no public transit and you want to turn it into a city.
Juice, it’s been that way for a while. Over the past few years, I’ve sat on the beach and on numerous occasions hear people go, “hold on, let me check in to make it look like I’m working”.
The idea that you should keep building Bergen County is laughable. There’s no public transit and you want to turn it into a city.
Look at any city in the world with mass transit, and I can guarantee you there was a time when it didn’t have mass transit.
Do you think NYC already had a subway system back when Peter Minuet bought Manhattan Island from the native americans?
BRT: The Bergen Record did a piece years ago about public transportation in Bergen Co. According to the article it would take 2.5 hours to get from Mahwah to Hackensack ( the county seat, by bus. This number includes the number of buses one would have to switch to and waiting times.
Look at any city in the world with mass transit, and I can guarantee you there was a time when it didn’t have mass transit.
Do you think NYC already had a subway system back when Peter Minuet bought Manhattan Island from the native americans?
They also didn’t have every square inch already covered by split levels. The idea that you think you can build a transit system in Bergen County beyond hilarious. You couldn’t get a new playground built there. Bergen County roads are so bad for decades that they outlaw you from being able to shop on Sunday. Don’t you think they would have built something by now to alleviate that situation if it were possible?
3b, one time, my cousin and I when we were in 8th grade decided to ride our bikes from Bergenfield to Garden State Plaza. I think we got there faster than we would have in a car.
BRT: Last week mid day took me 20 minutes to get from Teaneck to Paramus.
BRT – Garden State Plaza, Paramus Park and the Bergen Mall. We rode our bikes to all of them including the old now closed Stanley Warner Movie Theater on Rt 4.
BRT: Exit 172 on the GSP southbound is closed for widening, the work is expected to take 18 months. It’s been 6 months so we will see.
Juice: Bergen Mall completely different now from those days. There is a Whole Foods there now, and a Ruth’s Chris. All the facades have been redone again, after the first remodel, from brown and beige to gray, black and white. More stores being added, and 600 apartments .
That movie theatre was the sh1t back then. And you had Fuddruckers next door.
3b, I stopped there (Whole Foods) prior to my grandmother’s funeral last year looking for flowers. I couldn’t find a spot for like 10 minutes.
Troll buster #1
Up early with a message from the kid in Spain.
ATT screwed up. After over an hour with them on the phone where they confirmed International Day Pass, it looks like he doesnt have it after all and raking up Intl charges. The app won’t let me add it and they dont have customer service off hours apparently. I know I will sort it out tomorrow but welcome to ai customer service.
On a good note, helped my neighbors get together last evening for a block party. Weather held ip and it was a lot of fun with over 75 people showing up in a cul de sac.
Looks like we are on a tariff war with Canada again
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-ends-trade-talks-canada-193642977.html
At the party met a few recently graduated kids – all working shit jobs and back at their parents home. Totaly jot what they had expected. A couple back hole without jobs too.
One guy who’s a phys ed teacher said his school may hire temps in the future instead because of cut backs.
Another guy – an exec in pharma losing his job next week after 6 months on the new job.
A guy in early 40s searching for a job for last 6 months.
The funny thing is – these are all right leaning folks who likely voted for Trump. They all know where I stand cuz I had a Harris lawn sign.
The kmpactnof Tariffs is expected to really show its ugly head in August.
It’s like United Healthcare.
They aren’t in business to make healthcare easy, they are in business to make it so difficult for you, you have no choice but to make them money. Uncle Sam made it so subscription companies needed to make it easy for you to cancel. What did you think they would do? Make everything that would make them less money … far harder for you.
I gave up on getting good service for healthcare after a visit to ER during the pandemic. With over a 100 doctors retiring each DAY and severe shortage of docs, I don’t expect any service can improve.
You would think a telecom company that has no such limits can be better!
I wonder how I can prove that my att data leaked
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/177-million-att-data-breach-settlement-wins-us-court-approval-2025-06-20/
It’s a class action settlement. If you are part of the affected class you will be notified. If there is proof required, they will explain what you need to furnish and to whom. You’ve seen these in the past. We all get these from time to time for products and services. Your pound of flesh will likely be a credit on your bill at some point.
They were down last year too, but for a different reason. The dollar was strongest in decades and top end stuff priced itself out of the market. Why drop $10,000 for LBI when you can do London or Paris for that money.
3b says:
June 27, 2025 at 7:04 pm
Juice: I thought I saw somewhere that Jersey Shore rentals were down this year from prior seasons.
I inderstand class action, but elsewhere it says:
“This means current and former AT&T customers could be eligible for a sizable payout. Those who can claim “fairly traceable” losses may receive up to $5,000.”
The one sticks in my craw? You comment is interesting and actually instructive to me. You literally didn’t think about Mamdani’s background. I showed the respect to judge him by his espoused view. To be clear those views are raw sewage.
RentL0rd says:
June 27, 2025 at 10:42 am
10:23 – are you denying race is not involved in bashing Mamdani? The polls and surveys will tell you.
Truth is inconvenient and ugly. And Juice your reaction when my comment was not exactly pointed towards you says you are guilty.
Who is the racist?
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/racial-discrimination-illegal-indian-origin-harmeet-dhillon-threatens-doj-probe-against-zohran-mamdani-for-tax-the-whites-proposal/amp_articleshow/122118554.cms
Did you lose any money?
RentL0rd says:
June 28, 2025 at 8:42 am
I inderstand class action, but elsewhere it says:
“This means current and former AT&T customers could be eligible for a sizable payout. Those who can claim “fairly traceable” losses may receive up to $5,000.”
Chad,
I agree with the too many people thing. Why the dems flooded the country with the globe’s mentally ill riff raff is beyond logic. As long as they rule, let “Rome” burn while they sip Chardonnay and gaze at the glow from beyond the velvet ropes.
Mamdani tried his hand at a rap career , did not work out, then did the mortgage foreclosure counseling thing, then NYC assembly man, now wants to be Mayor of NYC.
He comes from a wealthy family, but now he is a Socialist fighting for low income and poor. This guy probably never worked a hard day in his life. Oh, and he is anti Semitic too. That’s Ok now for some in the Democratic Party. They don’t have to hide it anymore. We see it here too on the blog.
They also didn’t have every square inch already covered by split levels. The idea that you think you can build a transit system in Bergen County beyond hilarious. You couldn’t get a new playground built there. Bergen County roads are so bad for decades that they outlaw you from being able to shop on Sunday. Don’t you think they would have built something by now to alleviate that situation if it were possible?
Such nonsense.
There was a time when Mahwah didn’t have water lines or sewer lines or gas lines or an interstate highway…
Just because the current political leadership is disfunctional doesn’t mean it will always be that way.
8:51 – I’ll take back my comments on race factor on Mamdani, but Islamophobia was part of Cuomo’s campaign and some of his supporters.
8:57 – Agreed Mamdani, may have gone too far. He needs to learn a few tricks from potus on meandering talk that can be interpreted multiple ways.
8:58 – If my data was breached and available on the dark web because of ATT – and subsequently lose some money, how the heck am I gonna prove it on ATT?
9:03 – The primary reason America is different from Europe economically is because of its (past) immigration policies. Germany and Canada are desperately trying to rejuvenate their economies by welcoming immigrants. Even conservative Japan is trying to emulate it – but it’s too late.
Rent – It’s all over the news Mandami wants to tax people more for just being white.
A housing policy document on Mamdani’s official website includes a pledge to “shift the tax burden from overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods.”
https://www.newsweek.com/zohran-mamdani-proposes-taxing-whiter-neighborhoods-nyc-2091452
https://www.newsweek.com/zohran-mamdani-proposes-taxing-whiter-neighborhoods-nyc-2091452
There’s an incredible difference between the way Japan allows immigration compared to what Europe is doing.
ICE/CBP use explosives to blast their way into a US citizens home in LA while she was with her 2 young kids.
Comment:
One of my tenants got raided, it was the wrong address. The tenant did nothing wrong. It took me three fucking years in court to get my money back for repairs. They were trying to raid the meth dealer down the block, but had a mixup on the number (323 [streetname] vs 332 [streetname]), so they went to the entirely wrong place. Their mistake cost me $141,000. Literally more than I paid to buy the house.
Am I getting my lawyer’s fees back? Sure, they have to pay that. Did I have to fight tooth and nail, and spend more than 100hrs in court? Yep. I cannot stress enough that this woman did nothing wrong. She didn’t have so much as a joint in her house (even if she did, fuck, just let her have it).
All in all, I’ve been made whole (not counting my hours in court). But if I didn’t have lawyer money to lay out up-front, I would have had to eat the repair cost. Even as it stands, I’m out 100 hours of my time, with no compensation for time wasted.
Nothing they could ever do will make my former tenant whole. They traumatized her and her kids. Thank God no one was injured, I’m sure there is no way she would have been able to sue, she’s just a broke ass lady trying to raise her kids. She can’t afford the lawyers I could.
They used what I call a “turtle truck” (I think it’s called a “bearcat” irl) to rip the front door off of her home, and simultaneously threw 3 flashbangs through her windows (one of which started a small fire, the fire department was called).
Imagine you’re just a law abiding citizen, and suddenly your whole life explodes from three different directions, and a truck rips your front door off the hinges. You and your kids are under attack, literally. I wasn’t there, but from the videos I’ve seen, it was a fucking warzone
At&T
Some people who are connected will get a decent payout.
Lawyers will make millions.
Plebs will get pennies and their identity stolen, with no help from law enforcement.
The government will fine AT&T, it’s just another form of tax collection. They love this stuff.
The payout will cost AT&T less than if they hired employees to secure your data, and since telecom businesses profit over selling your data, they will come out ahead in all categories.
Americans, you are the product.
Mamdani
Why is everyone on here complaining about him?
When people leave NY, they will come here to NJ which will increase the value of your homes.
You like money, don’t you?
10:49 – we have bombs thrown at immigrants homes without due process and kidnappings, but folks here are hung up on something Mamdani misspoke or went a bit off track. Dude is not even elected. Trump says sh1t all the time but he gets a pass – and he is carrying through his anti-black, anti-immigrant policies. He just uses politically correct language like DEI … except when he and vPotus go off script and claim 1st amendment.
The question is – Juice, why do you have double standards?
Such nonsense.
There was a time when Mahwah didn’t have water lines or sewer lines or gas lines or an interstate highway…
Just because the current political leadership is disfunctional doesn’t mean it will always be that way.
Give us your grand vision for creating a public transportation system in Bergen County.
BRT says:
June 28, 2025 at 10:57 am
Give us your grand vision for creating a public transportation system in Bergen County.
Start with eminent domain.
It can be done.
1. This is where the transportation needs to go, AI says so.
2. It’s not a personal decision, the computer picked it.
3. Don’t care about your religion, your age, your problems, your politics, your connections, the court system.
4. Seize property.
5. Tear down said propeerty.
6 Build public transportation. Make America Great Again.
7. The end.
Rent – misspoke? It’s still up on his campaign website.
It’s racist and he should be called out for it.
https://www.zohranfornyc.com/platform
Click the link for “Supporting Homeowners” and “read the policy memo”
It’s all there black and white. Tax the whiter neighborhoods.
To be clear here RENT.
I am perfectly fine with “‘tax the rich” as a policy statement. When it mentions race it crosses the line. Whomever wrote the memo and approved it should be fired from his campaign. He also needs to apologize to all New Yorkers.
You gotta go back to Ed Koch to get a clean person in NY.
Don’t think that cat got busted for anything.
It’s just where we are now. Say what you want about BinLaden, the guy knew America thought processes and how to destroy democracy.
Laughing up there ( if there is one) with his 30 virgins or how many he gets.
Guy in sandals could smell American greed like a bloodhound.
Bernard Kerik, former New York City Police Commissioner, faced multiple criminal charges related to ethics violations, tax fraud, and making false statements. These charges stemmed from his time in public office and his nomination for Homeland Security Secretary.
$148 million damages verdict adds to Rudy Giuliani’s financial woes as he awaits his criminal trial
Silly.
Every politician mentions race. Oh, and our current turd, and his entourage, keep shoving the bible in my face.
I don’t believe that stupid book, it’s a f’n story and our politicans are using it like it’s a shop manual for an Acura.
Don’t like M guy, don’t vote for M guy. If no one wants M guy, M guy won’t get in.
Mabyc C guy curly haired dude will get the job. Who knows.
I don’t care either way, other than I don’t want any more of those illegal NY’s clogging my roads on the way to work. And if it continues, I applaud Eminent domain for all adjoining property along RT 80 to be seized for either a train or ten new lanes since our policitians are all paid off and allow the chronic building of housing on every spot of availiable land in the People’s Republic of NJ.
Juice Box says:
June 28, 2025 at 11:15 am
To be clear here RENT.
I am perfectly fine with “‘tax the rich” as a policy statement. When it mentions race it crosses the line. Whomever wrote the memo and approved it should be fired from his campaign. He also needs to apologize to all New Yorkers.
Give us your grand vision for creating a public transportation system in Bergen County.
If Bergen County were as densely populated as NYC all sorts of things would be possible- busses, trains, subways even.
As Bergen is today it’s more difficult.
But we could start by allowing denser housing development near existing train stations and maximizing use of existing infrastructure.
What no one seems to admit, care about, or accept is all of the problems stem from one word.
Greed.
It’s why nothing gets done here, It’s why everything is so expensive, it’s why everyone is so corrupt, and why everything looks like shit.
Y’all never have enough.
Give it time.
OC1 says:
June 28, 2025 at 11:24 am
If Bergen County were as densely populated as NYC all sorts of things would be possible- busses, trains, subways even.
Start with eminent domain.
It can be done.
More and more, I’m starting to think that Robert Moses got a bad rap.
Arrogant F, but to me Bezos is the most likeable of the Billionaires. Far and away better than that creep Zuckerberg.
Oh, and where is Musk. Is he trapped in a cave? Guy is practically non-existent.
Methings he is in hiding planning something big. Trump pissed off someone who has way more intelligence than himself. It’s coming.
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez deflected questions by Italian journalists over the local protests planned in defiance of their lavish Venetian wedding.
As they left their hotel on Saturday, the happy couple, surrounded by bodyguards, were asked by one reporter: ‘What do you think about the protests, Jeff?’
Wife Lauren, 55, ignored the question while the Amazon founder, 61, went on the charm offensive and responded: ‘Love you guys,’ as he blew the crowd a kiss.
Individuals are the creatures that stifle innovation and sucess for the masses.
OC1 says:
June 28, 2025 at 11:31 am
Start with eminent domain.
It can be done.
More and more, I’m starting to think that Robert Moses got a bad rap.
I think Sanchez will turn Bezos into a better man.
Ominous sign house prices are poised to crash as stunning number of homeowners underwater.
A massive amount of US home sellers are at risk of selling at a loss in the current housing market.
One in six of today’s US home sellers are likely to sell their property for less than they originally paid — up sharply from just 4.4 percent a year ago, reports Redfin.
While the risk of selling at a loss varies widely by location, the national increase marks a significant shift from last year’s market conditions.
In San Francisco, for instance, nearly 20 percent of sellers are at risk of losing money
Bnng. Bird strike.
Mayday, mayday, mayday .
Were going down.
Trump’s fault? Biden’s fault? Marco Rubio’s fault? The Catholics., the Jews, the Arabs, the Asians, the Muslims, the Christians?
Who do we point out to blame for all of the American greed?
I guess right now it’s the Illegals fault. They did all of the construction work and built everything, it must be them. And picking our fruit, mopping our floors, cleaning our homes and delvering food to our wives that enjoy drinking wine all day, laying on the couch watching the View. Guess now she is going to actully pick up those processed foods for the family and the bottle of wine herself.
Today I learned:
Andy Warhol was shot by a radical feminist in 1968. The bullet bounced around inside him striking his stomach, spleen, liver, esophagus & lungs.
Best girl fight I have ever seen. All real beauties in style. You don’t see this everyday, and no, I’m not being sarcastic.
Enjoy:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/1lm882c/live_laugh_lacerate/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
No doubt expensive, but very much worth it.
Liberal, progressive give the greatest quality of life.
https://x.com/AmiriKing/status/1938701704112849133
Especially the beach towns
Dark: A number of reasons. The biggest one in my view was the Fed cutting rates too low, and keeping them low too long.
Dark: Why didn’t Bezos and Sanchez just live together? What’s the point of the marriage?
OC1:As I don’t know if stuffing thousands of people togetherness stacked on top of each other is progress. I don’t know where you live, but perhaps a drive through some of the densely packed areas might soften your opinion. That said, if we are going to have all this multi family building going on, then yes let’s put them in Franklin Lakes and Saddle River , and other similar towns. Share the burden.
3b says:
June 28, 2025 at 1:03 pm
What’s the point of the marriage?
I ask myself this question every day. With all of the monkey branching, young married teachers banging underage students, if there is no honor in it what is the point?
Technology is just letting everyone know exactly what has been happening. Just like police body cameras.
That ring camera, that text, the GPS in your car. It’s only a matter of time till you get caught.
As far as Bezos, maybe he found the needle in the haystack. He could have had a young woman. I think she vibes with him, and although I, like many in Italy, don’t like his lack of respect for them, wish the guy the best of luck. His first wife wasn’t horrible either. No kids, divorce no hassle for a guy with his money, no matter what he loses he will never be broke, his kids are taken care of, and he had an amicable divorce.
His company has served me well over the years. Not perfect, but not bad. His data collection- well, I’m not fond of that. But Amazon has overall helped the average American.
Leverage.
The first word you should teach your child after Mama and Dada.
When you have it, you win. When you don’t, you lose.
3b says:
June 28, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Dark: A number of reasons. The biggest one in my view was the Fed cutting rates too low, and keeping them low too long.
Life isn’t fair and this will never happen.
Too much corruption.
3b says:
June 28, 2025 at 1:11 pm
then yes let’s put them in Franklin Lakes and Saddle River , and other similar towns. Share the burden.
Dark: Maybe Sanchez is the one, but they could have just lived together. Maybe Bezos is in to the marriage thing.
Juice: Mamdani has basically had no real job, and yet believes he should decide who should pay how much in taxes. The lazy ass mope should get a job.
Dark: Liberals or conservatives, does not matter they don t want multi family low income housing in their towns. At least the conservatives are more honest about it.
1:41- Before Donald Trump became president in 2017, he never held a traditional job
But he did have bankruptcies. Do they count higher?
He was so lazy and corrupt he even skipped the draft. Mamdani by comparison at his age held more responsibility. So cry somewhere else.
OC1:As I don’t know if stuffing thousands of people togetherness stacked on top of each other is progress. I don’t know where you live, but perhaps a drive through some of the densely packed areas might soften your opinion.
It doesn’t matter whether you or I want to live in “stacks”- there are plenty of other people who do!
Why do you think it cost so much to live in a “stack” in NYC? Because a lot of people want to live in NYC and are willing to pay up to do it!
I’m all in favor of more single family homes, too. But according to you there’s no more room to build em- so where you gonna put them? Keep in mind that people have to get to work, so these houses need to be a reasonable commute to where the jobs are.
That said, if we are going to have all this multi family building going on, then yes let’s put them in Franklin Lakes and Saddle River , and other similar towns. Share the burden.
Absolutely! Upzone the entire state to allow smaller lot sizes and 3 or 4 story multifamily units EVERYWHERE.
Then let the free market do it’s magic.
Freedom is the removal of all zoning.
Then you will see the rich animals are not very different from the poor ones.
Just watch how those with money will attack each other like savages.
No comments on the girl beatdown video?
Texas baby, Texas. Dressed to the nines and mad at each other.
Mamdani’s qualifications are organizing a cricket team and spending lots of time talking politics on Facebook.
That’s not my opinion, that’s his state bio.
In case you didn’t realize, the market has responded and Monmouth Co is more expensive than Bergen. I guarantee you overpopulation with lack of infrastructure is the reason that gap closed. Like I’ve said before I don’t care. If Bergen county wants to build themselves into misery, have at it. All my friends who are lifelong residents there are definitely on their way to tapping out.
Maybe so. But if you look at who can do less damage he comes out ahead.
Isn’t that the politics we are in? We can’t keep changing the goal post.
He has support from some big brains so I am sure he’ll seek help on that.
Now compare that with national politics. Per Trumps new policies, for every $6 spent on boomers only $1 is spent for the younger generation.
OC1:You are putting words in my mouth again. I never said there is no room, I said there is no room in southern and central Bergen Co. There is room in northern Bergen Co, in towns I previously mentioned if zoning/ minimum lot size ordinances were changed. As for people being Ok with living in stacks, perhaps they feel there is no other choice.
As for all the young people wanting to live in NYC that might not be an issue going forward with the continued march of AI. Also, as far as the young educated NY ers who voted for Mamdani, they are not all that bright, considering they voted for a guy who really has never worked, but he understands their frustration.
3b says:
June 28, 2025 at 4:04 pm
Also, as far as the young educated NY ers who voted for Mamdani, they are not all that bright, considering they voted for a guy who really has never worked, but he understands their frustration.
Well maybe they are tired of those who have oppressed them and caused their frustration.
Let it all blow up. Who cares?
Boomer is on their way out-here is an example, and all of his friends as well. They made the mess, now they profit and leave.
Kind of like a company that dumps toxic waste, then files bankruptcy.
Brt says:
June 28, 2025 at 3:17 pm
Like I’ve said before I don’t care. If Bergen county wants to build themselves into misery, have at it. All my friends who are lifelong residents there are definitely on their way to tapping out.
Dark: So blame the Boomer , that’s fine, and they do deserve a big chunk of blame, but not all of it, and so to show Boomer, the young so called educated vote for a guy from a very wealthy family, who basically has never worked. Yeah, that will show them!!
Mamdani’s net worth is about 200k. His mom’s networth is about $20M – hardly “super wealthy”.
And wtf is “so called educated”.
Based on your past comments you clearly are islamophobic and cannot look past it. And you will come up with shit. Quit already!
I said nothing about his religion. You deflect any criticism of any politician you like by accusing people of being racist or an Islamaphobe or whatever. It’s the same tired old leftist crap that wishes to shut down criticism or dissent of anyone on the left.
Mandami came from a wealthy family’, and yeah 20 million is wealthy. The guy also has never has a real job, and probably never worked a hard day in his life. Now he is the great Socialist savior who understands the struggle of working people in NYC whether the so called educated young professionals, or the blue collar workers.
My use of the term so called is exactly that, for the foolish people that voted for this lazy fraud.
Anyone concerned about non partisan issues should be jumping up and down on the big bill’s proposed $5 Trillion increase to national debt. It is reverse Robbin hood – taking money from the poor and feeding it to the rich.
Republicans talk a good talk about fiscal conservatism but when you do the numbers its the democrats who are more fiscally conservative. Admittedly, the party in power has always been at fault but whether is the Bushes or Trump 1/2, they were/are far worse. Democrats just fail at the messaging.
Before Donald Trump became president in 2017, he never held a traditional job.
Real Estate development: offices, hotels, structures, casinos; Branding and licensing; Casino owner; head of Trump enterprises since 1971… none of this includes effort and time?
We owned a neighborhood business for close to 30 years, people used to think every dollar that went into the register was profit. It reminds me of the yahoos who used to say they’d hire someone to run their business. Laughable. Even the smallest business will consume you to the point of exhaustion. Go ahead, hire someone to “run” it and watch the business go down the toilet. Right… Trump never had a traditional job.
Trump never worked for anyone outside his family business. By that account he has less experience on setting public policy than Mamdani. Facts.
To your point, he did send 6 businesses into the toilet.
And he is doing another one now.. along with bankrupting his company with $TRUmP and the crypto business, he is trying to bring the whole country down. Happening right in front of your eyes if only you opened them.
Which company raises private equity one day and gives dividends to shareholders (himself) the next day?!!!
Educated doesn’t quite carry the weight it used to for good reason.
You have got to be joking with that last comment.
Deflect, deny, contort, change the subject. That’s what the radical left does.
BRT: You got that right. It’s more like indoctrination.
“Indoctrination“ into the adult world.
Why do I even bother.
Ex Lax: No, the exact opposite.
We owned a neighborhood business for close to 30 years, people used to think every dollar that went into the register was profit.
How many birthday parties and vacations were tax-write-offs?
And the profit from many small businesses isn’t what went into the register, it’s what never made it there :)
Elitist attitude
Brt says:
June 28, 2025 at 5:51 pm
Educated doesn’t quite carry the weight it used to for good reason.
Indoctrination day is tomorrow. When you head into that building of worship.
3b says:
June 28, 2025 at 5:54 pm
BRT: You got that right. It’s more like indoctrination.
Dark: It’s not an elitist attitude at all. College is supposed to educate, and to challenge, and to question all sides. In many cases it’s not happening today, as students are being indoctrinated one side good, the other bad. Just listen to what we tell you.
This whole board is a sausage party.
The people voting for Mamdani are a bunch of transient college kids who wanted to move to NYC and were shocked how fucking expensive it is. Most of these idiots will be gone 10 years from now because they did grow up there and don’t have the balls to stay.
Same shit as ever. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, but I beg you, please don’t fuck up our city with your petulant bullshit.
3b says:
June 28, 2025 at 4:04 pm
OC1:You are putting words in my mouth again. I never said there is no room, I said there is no room in southern and central Bergen Co. There is room in northern Bergen Co, in towns I previously mentioned if zoning/ minimum lot size ordinances were changed. As for people being Ok with living in stacks, perhaps they feel there is no other choice.
As for all the young people wanting to live in NYC that might not be an issue going forward with the continued march of AI. Also, as far as the young educated NY ers who voted for Mamdani, they are not all that bright, considering they voted for a guy who really has never worked, but he understands their frustration.
Didn’t grow up
Raising the debt to $4T (or more) while reducing taxes is like reducing your monthly payment and extending the mortgage payment from a 30 yr term to 60yrs.
It’s unbelievable that the senate passed it 51-49 even while 2 Republicans joined Democrats to vote against. This should be a non partisan issue.
And you blame people for voting for Mamdani.
Benefits Older & Wealthier Americans
• Keeps Medicare and Social Security untouched
• Adds a new senior tax deduction ($6,000)
• Extends Trump-era tax cuts permanently
• Raises the SALT deduction cap (helps high earners)
• Biggest tax savings go to those already retired or near retirement
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Hurts Younger & Lower-Income Americans
• Cuts to Medicaid and food assistance (SNAP)
• Adds strict work requirements to qualify for aid
• Up to 10–11 million could lose Medicaid
• Young people face more future debt and higher interest rates
• Child tax credit expanded slightly, but not enough to offset losses
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People who voted this turd in should be ashamed.
Long-Term Impact
• Adds $2.4–4 trillion to the national debt
• Shifts economic burden to younger generations
• Wealth and benefits shift upward—older win, younger lose
• Middle class gets modest tax relief, but could lose more from program cuts
Neighbor just sold and moved to Florida with two school age kids, packed up and gone the weekend after school ended. They sold for about $200,000 more than they paid for the house just 3 years ago. Did put on a new roof, siding, windows etc. Not all gravy but did get some inheritance recently as well.
Only the husband works and has a WFH job, and said there really is no need to pay all the expensive taxes here. Husband grew up on the water in Ocean County going to try and replicate that lifestyle down in Florida.
Rent – simply not true. “Up to 10–11 million could lose Medicaid”
When and where? The best estimates are enrollment will be down perhaps 700,000 a year over next 10 years each do to better eligibility tests and enforcement.
Read the legislation and not the taking points. Right now there are lots of people gaming the system aka Fraud. In New Jersey it is a felony under state law. N.J.S.A. 30:4D-17. Punishable by up to 3 years in prison. Ever heard of anyone prosecuted for it? receiving unauthorized Medicaid benefits? It is a state law. There are plently of violators.
These changes are designed to cut waste and fraud. In-person interviews and work requirements. However that does not mean the States which run all of these Medicaid programs will bother to enforce them. New Jersey does not….
The rules make it difficult to find them so they are chaging the rules.
How about read the legislation? Biggest changes to Medicaid would be allowing states to reinstate in-person interview requirements to confirm eligibility and implementing work requirements.
Juice: Sounds like a big move, could be tough on school age kids having to start over, new school, whole new environment. WFH job, so he can do it, but if his company gets rid of WFH , he will have a problem. Also one income, that can be fragile in this day and age. Nice profit though, even with the renovations he made. How long can the real estate bubble go on, who know.
3B- Kids weren’t in sports or very social, did not ride bikes around the neighborhood. In three years I never really saw them outside except for the school bus stop. The whole family is super sized as well. Hopefully they will spend more time outdoors and for the kids sake get them in shape, to be so large at a young age ain’t great.
They traded up too in Florida waterfront home with boat slip, and probably an even bigger mortgage. Don’t know for sure about the mortgage as I said inheritance grandparents passed and left a nice waterfront home in ocean county to be sold well trade up..
Juice: Got it. The parents need to address the weight issue at least for their kids, health wise, including mental health. As for the inheritance, if they were smart would not spend it all on a more expensive house. I remember when you were talking about then moving in next to you, and doing renovations. Thst 2 years went fast!
Juice, you are so bought into the white house talking points.
The claim that only 700,000 people per year would lose Medicaid due to fraud prevention is misleading. The CBO estimates over 10 million could lose coverage, mostly due to paperwork barriers—not ineligibility or fraud (https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59092).
In Arkansas (2018), over 18,000 people lost Medicaid under work rules—most were still eligible but couldn’t navigate confusing reporting systems (https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20200205.581683/).
Fraud claims are exaggerated. GAO reports that most improper Medicaid payments stem from admin errors, not patient fraud. When fraud does occur, it’s mainly from providers (https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-22-105551).
Work requirements and in-person interviews disproportionately cause eligible people to lose coverage, especially among low-income workers (https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/understanding-the-impact-of-medicaid-work-requirements-in-arkansas/; https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00244).
Even if some states don’t enforce these rules strictly, just allowing them causes inequity and reduced access. Studies show states with work rules often cut access without reducing costs (https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2023/feb/work-requirements-medicaid-state-level-lessons).
Grim, comment in mod
While my comments with perhaps too many links is waiting Grim’s blessing, I will just say Juice, that you have totally bought the White House kool aid and lost your way.
Juice,
If you want to see the effects of Medicaid cuts in NJ, look at the North Hudson Action Corp multiple health centers. They are federally funded (reduced), charity care recipients health care providers to both Medicaid and illegal communities. So they are going to get hit hard on all sides. Their main federal protector was Sen Menendez (gone). Their only source of revenue outside government is the payments from all hospitals that pays them to take care of outpatient/charity care they are supposed to provide.
Also look at Fort Lee based Care One. Is a big private equity owned nursing home operator. Look at Englewood Cliffs based Portopiccolo Group that is another PE big nursing home operator in the Carolinas, Virginia; they have a rep and have made the Washington Post on crappy nursing home operations.
Watch and see how fast the big nursing home operators that depend on Medicaid bail out, close shop or cut to the bones and start paying off the inspectors.
Juice, summer in the 90s
https://x.com/CNviolations/status/1938713951870632293
Che Guevara fought for Universal Healthcare but Fidel Castro was not able to afford it.
Medicare is the largest communist entitlement program in the world pay for by young Americans. Stalin and Mao would be impressed.
MedicaidNewLogo Arbeit Macht Frei
Didn’t work for all of those Mexicans doing all the tough labor in America.
Released, yeah too many links.
Thanks Grim. Not sure how you keep up!
Although facts don’t seem to matter any more. This bill is going to fuck us almost more than everything else passed so far – including the unauthorized executive orders.
Rent I am quoting the CBO. It’s 700,000 a year not 10 million next year…..DNC put out a tweet today saying 16 million will lose coverage…..Lying liars…. You never qualified for coverage. You are an adult between 18 and 64? Get a job 20 Hours a week and you can still qualify.
Massive fraud in the system on all ends of it, estimates are as well over 50% of payments are fraud due to “insufficient documentation”.
BTW I am not against cutting other budgets. Don’t get me started on the old codgers…I know I know we owe it to them……
Whole system will collapse if we keep it up with the massive deficit spending.
It’s being milked on not just both ends all teets are being milked. Clean it up.
If you know how to do it yourself, you might want to put it in now before the lobbyist electricians get their way. 2026. Oh, and you can’t even install it yourself and have them sign off, you are a hostage in a “free” country.
U.S. Electric Code Will Soon Ban DIY EV Charger Installs
Making it illegal for homeowners to install their own EV chargers
Massive fraud in the system on all ends of it, estimates are as well over 50% of payments are fraud due to “insufficient documentation”.
The medicaid improper payment rate is 5%, not 50%.
Oc1 – link? Nah? You are too damm lazy. Nothing to see here. Let’s just keep running up the deficit for our children and grandchildren.
Head in the sand works best right?
Get it right. $31 billion in improper payments estimated.
“Insufficient documentation” was the main reason for the majority of these improper payments about 79.11%. That is 31 Billion mostly fraud every year….
https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/fiscal-year-2024-improper-payments-fact-sheet
Juice Box says:
June 29, 2025 at 8:45 pm
Oc1 – link? Nah? You are too damm lazy. Nothing to see here. Let’s just keep running up the deficit for our children and grandchildren.
If we stopped paying other countries and decreased our military spending it would most likely decrease the deficit for our children and grandchildren.
We should be putting our own people first.
We knew a doctor at my dad’s hospital, she would order all kinds of unnecessary crap if Medicaid was paying for it to the tune of 900k a year in 2001. I would guess at least half of them were fraudulent because they were unneeded. You bill for services performed, the payments come in. These are all registering on your stats as non-fraudulent.
Juice Box asking for a link when he quotes the absurd stat that “estimates” 50% of all medicaid payments are fraudulent….without a link. You would just have to think about it for a second to realize how preposterous it is. Gullible mark or just a right wing hack. I think the latter.
I provided all the facts from reliable sources but Juice prefers the emperors words.
And guess what if there is some fraudulent payments (maybe 5% like OC said), that would likely continue. Its not like they are putting resources to find fraud.. they are cutting it blanket.
Also think about what happens when medicare does not pay. People go looking for private options – which is what Trumps vultures were promised – its all documented in project 2025 ( which if you remember trump denied during the campaign).
Just dont complain when you see more homeless everywhere as bankruptcies will skyrocket.
Yea, budget deficits need to be cut… but it requires a lot of smarts which none in this admin have.
Oc1 – link? Nah? You are too damm lazy. Nothing to see here. Let’s just keep running up the deficit for our children and grandchildren.
https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/01/10/the-truth-about-fraud-against-medicaid/
How can anyone be so gullible to think that 50% of medicaid payments are fraudulent?
At 940 pages this big ugly bill should not be passed and if Democrats are jndeed successful – make sure you send them a thank you note.
“ Of the 2024 Medicaid improper payments, 79.11% were the result of insufficient documentation. These payments typically involve situations where a state or provider missed an administrative step and do not necessarily indicate fraud or abuse.“
Means fuk you so what the State of NJ paperwork is garbage pay up anyway..
Is does not matter, it’s now over..
Scrap If you knew anything you would mention it, but you have nothing to say.
So you know nothing.
I am not Elon and don’t have his resources. However I have spent time in the labyrinth of medical claims processing contractors..
Massive fraud occurring… state health departments and their Medicaid contractors routinely fail to catch, and when caught ignore, even the most obvious fraud.
Why bother it’s too much work….
Trump hates Canadians and attacks them.
Now some turd attacks firefighters. Who attacks firefighters?
America’s train is off the track and on a dirt road.
Just complete hackish bs from Juice Box. Has some tangential relationship to medical claims processing on a small scale and will extrapolate to ridiculous claims about 50% fraud across all of Medicaid. No citations, no proof, absolutely nothing. Just take his word for it. Dont listen to all available evidence or dont talk to people who directly work in claims processing. Typical Elon Doge fanboy. Just yell and scream about massive fraud…fail to produce receipts…and continue to yell louder about fraud.
Another looney doing looney things. These turds have nothing better to do with their lives. Can they get a male version of the View going?
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Republican state Sen. Michael Testa introduced a new bill Thursday that would direct state agencies to officially change the Delaware Bay so he could ‘Make New Jersey GREAT AGAIN!’
The Trump supporter, who represents Cape May County, took to X on Friday to defend his bizarre idea, suggesting that New Jersians should be able to fish in a bay with its name attached to it.