The Green Seam project was one of six in Somerset County to be named a recipient of the 36th Annual Land Development and Planning Awards. “Each year, the Board of Freeholders presents awards for projects that exemplify superior site design, address contemporary...
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The Model Works Locally, but Can It Scale—and Should It?
Byron Auguste, the CEO of Opportunity@Work, calls tech jobs “the new manufacturing jobs” because they offer an opportunity for economic security. Nonprofit organizations play important roles here, both in teaching needed skills and in connecting schools, students, and...
People from other states own more than a third of the Jersey Shore. Here are the numbers for each town
NJ Advance Media conducted the analysis using the state property tax rolls from 1989 to 2017, using a preliminary database compiled by the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. The analysis uses residential properties in 42 towns along...
Why congestion pricing is a wise investment for society | Opinion
....some advocates for low-income households and the environment complain that user fees for driving are regressive, i.e. they take a higher percent of the incomes of poor households. The problem with this argument is that, if driving continues to be subsidized, there...
Why congestion pricing is a wise investment for society | Opinion
....some advocates for low-income households and the environment complain that user fees for driving are regressive, i.e. they take a higher percent of the incomes of poor households. The problem with this argument is that, if driving continues to be subsidized, there...
The Assault on Class Arbitrations
Linda Stamato and Sanford M. Jaffe, directors of the Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, weigh in on a recent Supreme Court ruling. New York Times opinion, May 2, 2019
Op-Ed: Getting New Jersey’s Business Incentive Programs ‘Just Right’
The recent report on the state’s business incentive programs by the state comptroller had a positive effect; that’s exactly what comptroller reports are supposed to do. Gov. Murphy reacted with strong concerns, a vigorous public debate ensued, and a legislative...
America’s Cities Are Running on Software From the ’80s
For local officials throughout the country, the shift from old-school servers to rented cloud storage has made it tougher than ever to fund upgrades. They can budget physical equipment as capital expenses, meaning they could issue bonds to pay for them. But cloud...
Rutgers Senior Sridhar Sriram, public policy/computer science double major, awarded prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Sridhar Sriram’s family always stressed that his actions were only meaningful if they had a positive impact on the people around him. While studying computer science at Rutgers, that desire to make a difference sparked his interest in eliminating the bias that creeps...
Census data reveals you’ll probably be working ‘til you’re dead
Nearly a third of 65- to 74-year-olds were in the labor force in 2017, compared to a quarter of that age group in 2005. About 8 percent of residents 75 and up were working or looking for work in 2017 as well. The Census can only tell us who’s working, not why they...