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Ridgewood NJ, during the January 14, 2026, Village Council meeting, Councilman Evan Weitz didn’t just defend the new affordable housing ordinances (4071–4075); he took aim at the residents concerned about them. In a series of pointed remarks around the 01:24:00 mark, Weitz cautioned the public against “social media misinformation” and made a definitive promise: “The village won’t look like the pictures that people keep sharing.”
To the casual observer, it sounded like a protective stance. But for those who remember the last decade of Ridgewood politics, the words rang hollow. Why? Because Evan Weitz has spent years building the very infrastructure that makes high-density “urban” development possible in our Village.
Continue reading The Architect of High Density: Ridgewood Councilman Evan Weitz’s Selective Memory
