Jessica Brann

sensory (olfaction) neuroscientist. views are my own.

[JordanColl @jordancoll21]

“Clean up Fulop’s mess,” one tenant from Portside Towers spoke during public comment at City Hall chambers-one of Jersey City’s largest residential complexes, with 527 apartment units.

JC IN THE NEWS has been reporting on this story since 2022. The case is in federal court, after tenants filed a class action lawsuit against Equity Residential seeking financial restitution of over $400 million in damages, including treble damages under the NJ Consumer Fraud Act.

Oh and let’s not forget the city is over $258 million budget deficit. @StevenFulop

[Jessica Brann @JesseBrann]

Algorithmic price fixing like rent price fixing hurts consumers and tenants

[Ronan Farrow @RonanFarrow]

(1/10 🧵) If you live in NY, you may see a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.

[JordanColl @jordancoll21]

A lot happened in NJ primary elections world:

New Jersey is one of only two states, along with Virginia, holding a governor’s race this year—an election that often reflects national political trends.✍️🗳️

Historically, the president’s party tends to lose ground in these off-year contests, making both races closely watched indicators of public sentiment.

My elections coverage at NJ Urban News.

https://t.co/P2AbOmxQrM

[Jessica Brann @JesseBrann]

New research hot of the presses! @AchemsInfo #AChemS2025
https://t.co/fCr2iGAp65

[capitolhunters @capitolhunters]

Cannot emphasize enough how much of an own-goal it is to tell a university with a $53 billion endowment and a a giant PR team that you want to destroy them. Trump's goons blew it. Today's news is full of sympathetic profiles of crucial Harvard health research. Lawyers next. 1/

[Jessica Brann @JesseBrann]

@StevenFulop “Not beholden to political bosses”??? Rather misleading when you are in fact beholden to quite a few “interests” like REITs, developers, and avoiding enforcing the laws of Jersey City

[Jessica Brann @JesseBrann]

@StevenFulop @RentControlJC

[Jessica Brann @JesseBrann]

@StevenFulop You understand how to extract as much money as possible from tenants and hand it over to developers and landlords. You avoid enforcing affordable housing laws that would otherwise protect tenants. NJ needs anyone but you, you would wreck affordable housing for our state

[Eleana Little for Jersey City @EleanaLittle]

Happy Election Day! To my friends and neighbors in Hoboken: vote NO to save rent control!

#NOvember #NOboken #NObrainer

[Jessica Brann @JesseBrann]

@elonmusk Look at academic faculty gender ratios in comparison. Does not tell the same story.

[Jessica Brann @JesseBrann]

What a travesty. Thank you to reporters like @HeinisHardNews @tomamoran https://t.co/yCAyWtUwKf?

[Jessica Brann @JesseBrann]

@AchemsInfo

[Jessica Brann @JesseBrann]

Happy to join this event @SfNtweets in Chicago next month!

[Debra Ann Fadool @dfadool]

Attending @SfNtweets in Chicago? Want2 meet new colleagues, discuss new trajectories or training, gain job insights, or network? Come 2 the #Chemosensory social Tues night! DM me if need info & pls RT - All career levels & bkgrds welcome @AchemsInfo @FSUNeuroscience @NIDCD

[RentControlJC @RentControlJC]

NEWS UPDATE: Portside Tenants Permitted to Join Federal Lawsuit as Defendants [Against @EquityRes]
“Considering our new position as defendants alongside the city, I want to express our eagerness to work together in upholding the rent control ordinance.”
https://t.co/T4CfffYvlf

[RentControlJC @RentControlJC]

When @RaviBhalla says in his statement that “bullying tactics” were used, he is correct. Our analysis reveals the many propaganda techniques employed in MSTAs 8/2 letter to Council. No one should be fooled/hoodwinked by propaganda.
#Hoboken Council, please read our letter 👇👇

[Jessica Brann @JesseBrann]

@HeinisHardNews Thank you for covering this extremely important issue @HeinisHardNews - this approach is exactly what enabled mass gentrification in NYC. Have you seen the @propublica article from 2016? https://t.co/P6gTMu0Iup

[RentControlJC @RentControlJC]

🙌 @Tiffanie_Fisher Thank you for listening‼️💫

“Fisher said that she is no longer resolute on her previous perspective that the council’s amendment was preferable to the referendum.”

“A part of me is like maybe we just do let voters decide …”

READ👇
https://t.co/Gr4u6VvHuF

[RentControlJC @RentControlJC]

‼️Tenants - Hoboken Special Meeting to Weaken Rent Control - Monday 8/5 ~ 7pm‼️
Everyone has the opportunity to let the Council and @RaviBhalla know that you OPPOSE the ordinance changes.

READ 👉 https://t.co/AV3Ymy7XC9

Meeting Info: https://t.co/bPj3gCIhEr

[RentControlJC @RentControlJC]

🚨ALERT: Hoboken votes to become epicenter of affordable housing destruction!

Hoboken Council 8/5 vote could trigger nationwide rent control collapse.

Let @ravibhalla and Council know you oppose this!
Council Zoom 8/5 @ 7PM - fight back!

‼️READ👇‼️
https://t.co/CgdKI9OVZ8

[RentControlJC @RentControlJC]

🚨 The threat is real! Hoboken tenants fear mass displacement if new measure passes. Our warnings are hitting home. Read this @CarenLissner article & see why we MUST act now! 🏠🛑

#SaveHobokenRentControl #TenantRights

https://t.co/WdaBvDKTRG