November 27, 2017 | In the News
As a response to the survey, the grant leadership team — American Lung Association of New Jersey; Family and Community Health Sciences of Rutgers Cooperative Extension; Middle-Brook Regional Health Commission; Middle Earth; and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital...
November 26, 2017 | In the News
Last week, an advocacy group, the Democracy Forward Foundation, sent a letter to the Department of the Treasury requesting a correction under the Information Quality Act. This seemingly obscure action could pave the way for greater use of another tool that could be...
November 23, 2017 | In the News
An area doesn’t need to be on the National Register in order to be a local historic district, and vice versa. Standards for local districts often grow out of national ones, but what constitutes a local historic district depends on the place. The age of the property...
November 22, 2017 | In the News
More than 20 leaders at Rutgers University, including Rutgers University–New Brunswick Chancellor Deba Dutta, will join Governor-elect Philip D. Murphy’s Transition2018 committees to undertake policy analysis and recommendations on a host of state issues and new...
November 21, 2017 | In the News
According to a 2016 report by Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, the federal historic tax credit cost the U.S. Treasury $25.2 billion and generated $29.8 billion in taxes since the program’s inception in 1978. The report...
November 20, 2017 | In the News
An article in the November 2017 New England Journal of Medicine by doctors from The Institute of Medicine (IOM) cited the work done by the Bloustein School’s Planning Healthy Communities Initiative on the importance of public health and clinical...
November 20, 2017 | In the News
Lacey is talking about how to redevelop its core areas and is seeking regional center status to help it get approval for a higher density zoning plan over the center. Marc Pfeiffer, assistant director of the Bloustein Local Government Research Center at Rutgers...
November 20, 2017 | Alumni Spotlight
Lawrence B. Burrows BA Urban Planning ’74 visited the Bloustein School to share his story and give career advice to current Bloustein School students. Currently a Senior Planning Fellow at the Bloustein School where he teaches a real estate development class, he...
November 19, 2017 | In the News
Still, it surprised the Rutgers team that the counties in the state with the least traffic congestion, the lowest population density and, probably, the smallest overall property tax bills, would most need “Marcus Welby, M.D.” actor Robert Young to come...
November 16, 2017 | In the News
According to Ms. Dispenza, The Guide to Public Transportation in Elizabeth, produced by Louis Hoffman of NJTIP at Rutgers, “is a bi-lingual English/Spanish guide, and is available at all Elizabeth libraries, City Hall Office on Aging, Housing Authority Buildings and...
November 16, 2017 | In the News
A higher percentage of people polled in Atlantic, Cape May, Salem and Cumberland counties reported having some stress or a great deal of stress, compared to four other regions in the state. The poll also looked at the effects of income, demographics, health, insurance...
November 15, 2017 | Career
Have you ever tried to explain your point of view, but couldn’t find the right way to say it? Sanford Jaffe and Linda Stamato, co-directors of the Bloustein School’s Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution and members of the school’s graduate...
November 15, 2017 | Alumni Spotlight, Career
The Bloustein School hosted an alumni career panel on Transportation Policy and Planning early in the semester, where graduate students had the opportunity to hear from four Bloustein School alumni about their career paths. Moderated by Bloustein School professor Mike...
November 15, 2017 | In the News
The best part? HTC is a tax program that pays for itself. Nearly $30 billion in federal tax revenue has been generated as a result of the program. That accounts for at least $1.18 back to the federal government for every dollar in tax credits; or, a minimum 18 percent...
November 14, 2017 | News
Carl Van Horn, Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development and Henry Coleman, Professor of Public Policy, are among several faculty, staff, and alumni from the Bloustein School who have been named...
November 14, 2017 | Alumni Spotlight, Career
Students interested in a career in planning or policy relating to transportation, infrastructure, capital programs or operations should consider applying to the Port Authority Leadership Fellows program. The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey oversees the...
November 14, 2017 | In the News
During last Thursday’s full-body meeting, RUSA took a definitive step toward their goal to support undocumented students by passing legislation entitled “Resolution to Endorse The DREAM Act and Call for the Extension of the Temporary Protected Status...
November 14, 2017 | In the News
Some well-regarded policy experts are also on the team, such as David Rosen, the former budget chief of the nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services; Cecilia Zalkind, president of Advocates for Children of New Jersey; Martin Robins, the director emeritus of the Alan...
November 14, 2017 | In the News, News
Ernest C. Reock Jr., a former Rutgers University professor known for his extensive knowledge of state government, died Sunday morning. He was 93. Reock, of the Kendall Park neighborhood of South Brunswick, died of complications from pneumonia at University Medical...
November 14, 2017 | In the News
The new governor faces immediate budget problems. After inauguration in January 2018, the Budget for fiscal year 2019 must be submitted in March. And for the first six months of 2018, the governor must manage the budget he will inherit — and end with the year in...
