Adrian Pietrzak
@zoningwonk.bsky.social
PhD student at Princeton studying urban politics and how to make our cities fairer and more affordable. He/him 🏳️🌈
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lmao basically the entire SoHo/NoHo rezoning area voted against the pro-housing ballot propositions www.atlasizer.com?s=USA,New_Yo...
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
lmao basically the entire SoHo/NoHo rezoning area voted against the pro-housing ballot propositions www.atlasizer.com?s=USA,New_Yo...
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The politics of housing are just SO much better at the citywide level for YIMBYs than trying to achieve abundance project by project.
but Elizabeth Street Garden voted *for* the pro-housing ballot measures!
November 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The politics of housing are just SO much better at the citywide level for YIMBYs than trying to achieve abundance project by project.
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JUST IN: Democrats have swept the 3 supreme court elections in Pennsylvania.
They beat back a concerted GOP effort to erase their majority; instead, they'll keep a 5-2 edge on this very important court.
They beat back a concerted GOP effort to erase their majority; instead, they'll keep a 5-2 edge on this very important court.
Democrats Retain Control of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court with Three-Seat Sweep - Bolts
Three Democratic justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court have defeated an unusually high-profile Republican bid to unseat them. They secured large statewide victories on Tuesday, following an histo...
boltsmag.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
JUST IN: Democrats have swept the 3 supreme court elections in Pennsylvania.
They beat back a concerted GOP effort to erase their majority; instead, they'll keep a 5-2 edge on this very important court.
They beat back a concerted GOP effort to erase their majority; instead, they'll keep a 5-2 edge on this very important court.
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NEWS! Looking likely that the housing related ballot measures will pass with over 1.5 million votes counted.
Prop 1 (upstate ski resort) and Prop 6 (moving election years) might be in peril
But people love digitizing the city map! (Prop 5)
Updates on @citylimitsnews.bsky.social
Prop 1 (upstate ski resort) and Prop 6 (moving election years) might be in peril
But people love digitizing the city map! (Prop 5)
Updates on @citylimitsnews.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
NEWS! Looking likely that the housing related ballot measures will pass with over 1.5 million votes counted.
Prop 1 (upstate ski resort) and Prop 6 (moving election years) might be in peril
But people love digitizing the city map! (Prop 5)
Updates on @citylimitsnews.bsky.social
Prop 1 (upstate ski resort) and Prop 6 (moving election years) might be in peril
But people love digitizing the city map! (Prop 5)
Updates on @citylimitsnews.bsky.social
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Wow, cost of living is the top issue? You're telling me that for the first time.
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Wow, cost of living is the top issue? You're telling me that for the first time.
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Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
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Very good to see, especially considering some very questionable — possibly illegal? — tactics by the City Council to try to get people to vote these down.
All YIMBY ballot measures are currently winning in NYC by 10-point margins at least
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Very good to see, especially considering some very questionable — possibly illegal? — tactics by the City Council to try to get people to vote these down.
Boost turnout to over 3 million with one simple trick:
November 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Boost turnout to over 3 million with one simple trick:
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This is going to get lost in the fray of his victory but it’s an appallingly antidemocratic position from someone who purports to support redistribution of political power
Mamdani is voting against on-cycle elections? Jesus Christ.
November 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is going to get lost in the fray of his victory but it’s an appallingly antidemocratic position from someone who purports to support redistribution of political power
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ILLINOIS ELIMINATES PARKING MANDATES AROUND TRANSIT
Early Friday morning, the Illinois house and senate passed the People Over Parking Act, which will eliminate parking mandates for property around transit hubs and corridors.
Explore areas that may be impacted
misterclean.github.io/illinois-peo...
Early Friday morning, the Illinois house and senate passed the People Over Parking Act, which will eliminate parking mandates for property around transit hubs and corridors.
Explore areas that may be impacted
misterclean.github.io/illinois-peo...
November 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
ILLINOIS ELIMINATES PARKING MANDATES AROUND TRANSIT
Early Friday morning, the Illinois house and senate passed the People Over Parking Act, which will eliminate parking mandates for property around transit hubs and corridors.
Explore areas that may be impacted
misterclean.github.io/illinois-peo...
Early Friday morning, the Illinois house and senate passed the People Over Parking Act, which will eliminate parking mandates for property around transit hubs and corridors.
Explore areas that may be impacted
misterclean.github.io/illinois-peo...
Just gonna say this again for the record: I predict if 6 fails, it will backfire terribly for the left
Just in: Zohran Mamdani says he's voting yes on ballot questions 1-5 and no on 6.
November 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Just gonna say this again for the record: I predict if 6 fails, it will backfire terribly for the left
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Aaand that’s exactly what happened! Disappointing that he’s no on 6, I feel like that one might actually end up being the most impactful if passed. Why would government work at all in a democracy if people don’t vote?
Just in: Zohran Mamdani says he's voting yes on ballot questions 1-5 and no on 6.
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Aaand that’s exactly what happened! Disappointing that he’s no on 6, I feel like that one might actually end up being the most impactful if passed. Why would government work at all in a democracy if people don’t vote?
Pre-registering my NYC election prediction (yes I think affective partisan polarization will prevail in Sliwa’s favor):
Mamdani: 52%
Sliwa: 21%
Cuomo: 21%
Others: 6%
Mamdani: 52%
Sliwa: 21%
Cuomo: 21%
Others: 6%
November 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Pre-registering my NYC election prediction (yes I think affective partisan polarization will prevail in Sliwa’s favor):
Mamdani: 52%
Sliwa: 21%
Cuomo: 21%
Others: 6%
Mamdani: 52%
Sliwa: 21%
Cuomo: 21%
Others: 6%
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The Historical Commission has successfully preserved the sanctity of this historical vacant lot by blocking this contextual infill proposal. Congratulations on this preservation victory
November 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The Historical Commission has successfully preserved the sanctity of this historical vacant lot by blocking this contextual infill proposal. Congratulations on this preservation victory
Anecdotally seeing a lot of Mamdani supporters pushing No on Ballot 6 (move elections to on-cycle), which is interesting because historically it seems like the NYC local election crowd is much more conservative than the typical general election voter
November 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Anecdotally seeing a lot of Mamdani supporters pushing No on Ballot 6 (move elections to on-cycle), which is interesting because historically it seems like the NYC local election crowd is much more conservative than the typical general election voter
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Election Day is tomorrow — make your plan to VOTE YES on 2-5!
![Tweet from Jeff Coltin @JCColtin
Gov. Kathy Hochul is on the Upper East Side campaigning with Yes on Affordable Housing for ballot props 2-4.
Give this to your parents “tell em to vote yes to build more housing so you can live here when you’re a grown-up.”
[Photo of Gov. Kathy Hochul showing a child a flyer for Yes On Affordable Housing]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mrl6nipsxggr5e2zgozzpv3g/bafkreielneuok33tw4i4u3dggny3sdqwdmvd3e3ejiruftdqk2lx7q4ski@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Election Day is tomorrow — make your plan to VOTE YES on 2-5!
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60% increase in the mileage of red bus lanes! Eking them where we can, but progress is progress
More bus lanes for SEPTA on Chestnut and Walnut west of Broad, and on Oregon around Whitman Plaza
www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...
www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...
SEPTA red painted "bus only" lanes coming to Philadelphia
Soon, you're going to see some changes coming to three major transit corridors in Philadelphia.
www.cbsnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
60% increase in the mileage of red bus lanes! Eking them where we can, but progress is progress
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City officials are not supposed to use city funds to battle ballot proposals. But that is exactly what the City Council is doing, records obtained by @marinasam.bsky.social now confirm.
Council Spent $1.5 Million on Anti-Ballot Measure Mailers Despite Electioneering Ban
Records obtained by THE CITY show nearly $1.3 million on postage and $207,000 on printing to urge voters to block proposals that would fast-track affordable housing by constraining Council members’ po...
www.thecity.nyc
October 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
City officials are not supposed to use city funds to battle ballot proposals. But that is exactly what the City Council is doing, records obtained by @marinasam.bsky.social now confirm.
Watching New York and Illinois fund their transit systems from Pennsylvania
October 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Watching New York and Illinois fund their transit systems from Pennsylvania
It’s fine to pick popular policies, but an unspoken assumption of the punditry world is that voters chose politicians based on policy positions, and that if only you chose and make salient popular policies you’d get more votes. But most voters don’t vote this way, or really care about policy at all!
October 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It’s fine to pick popular policies, but an unspoken assumption of the punditry world is that voters chose politicians based on policy positions, and that if only you chose and make salient popular policies you’d get more votes. But most voters don’t vote this way, or really care about policy at all!
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The death of dense city living was highly overstated.
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The death of dense city living was highly overstated.
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Illinois will effectively eliminate parking minimum requirements in ~all of Chicago and much of its suburbs thanks to the transit funding bill that passed last night.
Also contains parking reform! This is a preliminary map of Chicagoland based on the People Over Parking Act provision.
It would also apply downstate though!
It would also apply downstate though!
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Illinois will effectively eliminate parking minimum requirements in ~all of Chicago and much of its suburbs thanks to the transit funding bill that passed last night.
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The authoritarian nightmare. A regime with a massive security apparatus used for political purposes, completely unconstrained by the rule of law.
October 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The authoritarian nightmare. A regime with a massive security apparatus used for political purposes, completely unconstrained by the rule of law.
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“Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections”
The central organizing principal of the Republican Party, at both the federal & state levels, is now that votes for & governing by Democrats are fundamentally illegitimate. This is totally incompatible with democratic/republican government.
The central organizing principal of the Republican Party, at both the federal & state levels, is now that votes for & governing by Democrats are fundamentally illegitimate. This is totally incompatible with democratic/republican government.
October 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections”
The central organizing principal of the Republican Party, at both the federal & state levels, is now that votes for & governing by Democrats are fundamentally illegitimate. This is totally incompatible with democratic/republican government.
The central organizing principal of the Republican Party, at both the federal & state levels, is now that votes for & governing by Democrats are fundamentally illegitimate. This is totally incompatible with democratic/republican government.