New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy unveiled his executive budget proposal for fiscal year 2024, a record $53.1 billion plan that takes into account the state’s expectation for a shallow and short recession by holding off on large new initiatives while boosting reserves and...
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These North Jersey taxpayers may not get their full SALT deduction this year
The average property tax bill in six North Jersey towns rose to over $10,000, making it impossible for residents with bills higher than that to deduct their entire tax bill from their federal taxes. That’s thanks to a $10,000 Trump-era cap on deducting state and local...
Top Democrat looks to sharply raise no-bid contract limits
A top Senate Democrat has introduced a bill that would sharply raise no-bid thresholds for public contracts issued by school boards and local and county governments. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Paul Sarlo (D-Bergen), would more than double limits on the size...
How the ultra-rich, from Trump to Bruce, dodge their taxes and increase yours
Drive around an exclusive town like Mendham, in Morris County, and you’ll see homes that are palaces, with big swimming pools, tennis courts, and manicured lawns that seem to stretch on forever. These folks are doing all right. Many of them are also getting away with...
Some N.J. municipal council meetings are still virtual. Residents are asking why.
Piscataway is one of several New Jersey municipalities still holding public meetings remotely nearly three years into the COVID-19 pandemic. While some Piscataway council members sit in the council chambers for the Zoom call, others sign in for the meeting from home....
NJSPL – Report Release: Garden State Open Data Index
This report, authored by Jim Samuel, Margaret Brennan-Tonetta, Marc Pfeiffer, Clinton Andrews, and Matthew Hale, identifies concepts, strategies, principles, and policies aimed to enhance the “availability, accessibility, usability, and governance of open data,” and is intended to support research, decision making, planning, and reporting efforts for anyone seeking information regarding New Jersey.
Referendum on Major Westfield Redevelopment Project? Experts, Advocates Weigh In
Some residents are pushing for a public referendum on an expansive redevelopment project slated for the site of the former Lord & Taylor building and the town's train station parking lots even as town officials argue such would leave Westfield subject to...
NJSPL: Introducing the New Jersey MOD IV Historical Database
The NJ MOD IV Historical Database is an online, searchable database of New Jersey MOD IV parcel information data sets from 1989 to 2022. Providing land parcel and property ownership data, the MOD IV database consists of more than 93 million records spanning 33 years.
Court decisions allowing public bidders in N.J. to use PO boxes alarm advocates
A little-noticed court decision last month will give companies more leeway as to which addresses they list when bidding for local government public contracts in New Jersey. The Appellate Division decision — which allowed a paving company to list its owners ’post...
American Dream mall gets construction lender lifeline
Triple Five, owner of the American Dream mall in New Jersey, has struck a deal with a group of creditors led by JP Morgan that grants the developer a four-year extension on overdue construction debt. The loan extension gives Triple Five some much-needed breathing room...