July 27, 2018 | In the News
“The governor’s talking a lot about the need to take a fresh look at incentives and make sure we’re getting the right value for investment, make sure we’re getting the right return on our investments and make sure we’re encouraging the parts of the economy that we...
July 26, 2018 | In the News
“Given the tax credits available to users at the site are scheduled to sunset mid next year, as well as other factors,” said Hankowsky, the company needed to write down the $80 million project by almost a third of its investment. Last week, a study on those tax...
July 25, 2018 | In the News
The end of July brings the horizon of August and soon college students from East Carolina University will return to the world of academia and all that it brings. Life as a college student consists of a multitude of things, but one facet which often gets taken for...
July 25, 2018 | In the News
“The absolute first step in having an equitable bike-share system is that there has to be access to the system. So there has to be bike-share stations in underserved communities,” McNeil added. Rutgers professor and transportation researcher Charles T. Brown agrees,...
July 25, 2018 | In the News
With increasing speculation about the role the Russian government may have played in the 2016 election and what tactics they might have used, cyberattacks on government entities have become a prominent issue at the forefront of the American conscious. Rutgers...
July 24, 2018 | In the News
Just a few short years ago, there were real questions about whether Congress would ditch annual, standardized assessments as part of a makeover of the nation’s main K-12 education law. At the same time, parents were increasingly choosing to opt their children out of...
July 24, 2018 | In the News
After only two months, the bright yellow bikes that wheeled around the City of Camden’s streets are no more. The bike share program was supposed to be demonstration portion of a part of a six-month bike share feasibility study in partnership with Cooper’s Ferry...
July 24, 2018 | In the News
LimeBike and other dockless bike-share programs piloted this summer in New York City throughout Coney Island, Brooklyn, and in the Rockaways in Queens. “They have some benefits — fast deployment, flexibility for users,” said Rutgers University expert Robert Noland....
July 23, 2018 | In the News
NJBIZ writes that tax credits are just one of NJ’s business magnets, quoting Lyneir Richardson (RBS) and James Hughes. NJBIZ.com, July 23, 2018 (subscription required)
July 22, 2018 | In the News
Borough residents and visitors alike will feel a bit safer as street safety measures and beautification projects will be implemented throughout the month of July, and possibly for good. Those putting in the work are Student Ambassadors, a group of students part of 4-H...
July 22, 2018 | In the News
When the state was trying to bounce back from the recession, the Grow New Jersey and Economic Redevelopment and Growth incentive programs made sense. Ten years later, a realignment of goals is in order, a new report says. The report by the Bloustein School of Planning...
July 22, 2018 | In the News
For years, young adults in New Jersey have been leaving the suburbs and flocking to urban areas. But things could be changing. According to Rutgers University economist James Hughes, new Census estimates show that, “surprisingly for the first time in the last seven...
July 21, 2018 | In the News
Employment in the Garden State is holding steady while the unemployment rate edged slightly lower. The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development reports the latest preliminary data shows employment in June was essentially unchanged, while the state’s...
July 21, 2018 | In the News
The state may take another look at how almost $1.4 billion in tax incentives were awarded to businesses in Camden after a new report determined the cost of those jobs to the state is $25,000 more than the jobs created in any other city across New Jersey under the same...
July 20, 2018 | In the News
The way New Jersey’s Economic Development Authority has awarded incentives over the years has come under fire recently, spurring a call for an audit by Gov. Phil Murphy when he took office in January. But Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and...
July 20, 2018 | In the News
A long-awaited analysis of New Jersey’s controversial economic-development tax-incentive programs was just made public yesterday, and it recommends a series of changes related to cost concerns. They include streamlining bonus policies that companies can use to get...
July 20, 2018 | In the News
Eight years after former President Barack Obama’s signature law was enacted without any Republican support, it continues to be the subject of bitter partisan divisions. As Democratic-controlled states like New Jersey try to compensate for steps taken in...
July 20, 2018 | In the News
Industries that lost jobs include leisure and hospitality, information, and financial activities. Meanwhile, public sector employment in Jersey rose by 800 jobs. “I guess you could say New Jersey’s economy is doing OK,” said Rutgers University economist James Hughes....
July 20, 2018 | In the News
Are economic incentives and tax credits actually helping New Jersey? A state report by the Rutgers University Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy said “it’s too soon to tell if the tax deals are helping New Jersey’s economy.” But the report also suggested...
July 17, 2018 | In the News
The same demographic trends threatening New Jersey’s malls have left the state with dozens of abandoned office parks—sometimes referred to as “gray fields”—and countless vacancies in suburban office buildings. Lately, however, technology has changed the workplace...
