December 6, 2023 | In the News
The last time the Lakewood Township Committee met in person Donald Trump was president, recreational marijuana was illegal in New Jersey, and there were only 11 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the state. That was March 5, 2020. Since then, the governing body has only...
December 6, 2023 | In the News
When Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) was indicted for a years-long bribery scheme, Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) seized on the opportunity to launch a Senate bid the very next day. Pitching himself as a straitlaced alternative to the corruption-magnet that is Menendez, the three-term...
December 5, 2023 | In the News
There is ample evidence that winning the party line, the preferential ballot placement that comes to candidates who win county party endorsements, gives a candidate for state or federal office an advantage. In a recent study, Rutgers University professor Julia Sass...
December 5, 2023 | In the News
The U.S. Senate campaign of Tammy Murphy, the wife of Gov. Phil Murphy, is calling attention to an arcane voting system in New Jersey, which could give her an upper hand in the Democratic primary. Murphy, 58, has never run for elected office but in the days following...
December 4, 2023 | In the News
A new article by a Rutgers University professor is said to further confirm the power of the party line in choosing candidates for public office: No New Jersey legislative incumbent who won the county line in all counties in his district has lost a primary in 14...
November 28, 2023 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Abstract After the U.S. foreclosure crisis, institutional investors purchased thousands of homes and converted them into rental properties. Past research links these entities to a number of negative outcomes, including rent increases and eviction filings. This paper...
November 20, 2023 | In the News
But what about the line? It’s an intriguing scenario. And yet … There is a stubborn thing called “the line” or the “county line.” And there is a stubborn thing called history. And facts. The reality is that candidates who snap up the endorsements of the state’s...
November 17, 2023 | In the News
Heat pumps are so efficient, in fact, that even if they’re powered by fossil fuels, “it’s still a big upgrade,” Duncan Gibb, lead analyst for heating and buildings at REN21, which advocates for renewables, told WIRED last year. “There’s really nothing to lose by...
November 15, 2023 | In the News
Tammy Murphy, the wife of Gov. Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey, announced on Wednesday that she was running as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate seat now held by the state’s embattled senior senator, Robert Menendez, who has been charged with accepting bribes. New Jersey...
November 14, 2023 | In the News
An article he co-authored with Carla Skandier and Rory Renzy: “The Case for Nationalizing the Fossil Fuel Industry“, sparked this conversation. Mark Paul was also one of 32 economists who recently sent a letter to President Biden calling for rent control on properties...
November 13, 2023 | In the News
Residents in a suburban North Las Vegas neighborhood, Kings Crossings, are grappling with the challenges posed by large corporate landlords dominating the single-family rental market. The landscape is marked by U-Haul moving trucks, eviction notices, and vans from...
November 13, 2023 | In the News
What do you do when large tenants aren’t there to lease office space in your big empty office building? Do something else with it. Maybe you can turn it into a medical building or demolish it to build a warehouse, convert it a mixed-use space with retail on the...
November 2, 2023 | Alumni Spotlight, Graduate Public Informatics Student Spotlights
Ali Jan is a highly skilled data analyst and an alumnus of Public Informatics at Rutgers University. With a careful selection of courses, research work, and an internship at the MPI program, Ali has honed his expertise in data analysis, statistical modeling, and...
November 2, 2023 | Alumni Spotlight, Graduate Public Informatics Student Spotlights
First-Gen. Grad and Energy Analytics TrailblazerMeet Simran Singh, a fellow New Jersey resident hailing from Carteret, NJ, and a first-generation university graduate. Simran’s academic journey began at Wesleyan University for his Bachelor’s degree. He then...
