October 16, 2025 | In the News
Surging electricity prices have risen to the forefront of the New Jersey governor’s race — and could be a key issue in the 2026 midterms. Nationwide, power prices have risen 6.2 percent over the past year, more than doubling the 2.9 percent inflation rate overall. In...
October 15, 2025 | News
The Increasing Enrollment of Paid Family Leave for Parents in the U.S. Over the past 10 years, many U.S. states have implemented mandatory paid family leave policies to help address the lack of such policy on the national level. In this post, we examine how paid...
October 13, 2025 | Alumni Spotlight, News
Bloustein Alumnus Ian Lefcourte Receives Prestigious Barbara Grace Award from the Washington State Chapter of the American Planning Association Ian Lefcourte, AICP, a 2014 graduate of the Bloustein School’s Master of City and Regional Planning (MCRP) program, has been...
October 9, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Report Release – The Role of Quality Ratings in Long-Term Care: Evidence from New Jersey Read Report The United States, with its growing elderly population, is experiencing a significant demographic shift. This trend is evident in New Jersey, which faces rapid...
October 8, 2025 | In the News
The viral claim that BlackRock is buying up all the houses isn’t accurate—but it’s rooted in real issues. Rising rents, limited housing supply, and Wall Street’s growing footprint in the real estate market have fueled confusion about who’s responsible. Professor Eric...
October 6, 2025 | In the News
After years of recession fears, it appears New Jersey may finally be experiencing an economic slowdown. The Garden State is in a recession, according to Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi. New Jersey and 21 other states, plus Washington, D.C., are...
October 3, 2025 | News
Garin Bulger, a Bloustein School PhD student, CUPR Senior Research Specialist, and lecturer, took his undergraduate Sustainable Food and Energy Policy students out to Ironbound Farm in Asbury, NJ, to see firsthand how a real sustainable farm operates in order to put...
October 1, 2025 | In the News
By Marc Pfeiffer (Published October 1, 2025 at ICMA.org) Technology is rapidly changing how local governments communicate with the public. Here’s what’s happening. Every community depends on clear, effective communication between local government and its residents....
September 29, 2025 | In the News
The higher price tag for coveted H-1B visas might drive up employers’ costs, but not necessarily their appetite for US workers. That’s one possible result of the Trump administration’s recent decision to raise the cost of these special visas, meant for skilled workers...
September 28, 2025 | In the News
Divorce in later life – or grey divorce – is on the rise in New Zealand. Divorces among people over 50 sits just shy of 40 percent at last count, up 7 percent in the last decade. This echoes the upwards trending rates around the globe. Most commonly, they...
September 26, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Reflections on Energy Efficiency Policies in Sustainable Transition: Bedrock, Gamechanger, or More of the Same? Abstract In this study, we analyze how energy efficiency actions, policies, and outcomes are tied to wider socio-economic and political contexts that are...
September 25, 2025 | In the News
The findings arrived as city property owners are receiving their new tax bills after a property revaluation that drastically changed costs for many homeowners. A new study commissioned by a real estate group says Portland’s rent control policy has shifted millions of...
September 24, 2025 | News, Urban Planning Studios
Read Report Executive Summary Background Commercial and residential buildings are responsible for over 70% of NYC’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (City of New York, 2024). To address the large impact of buildings on climate, New York City’s Local Law 97 (LL97)...
September 19, 2025 | News
Report Release – Crash Data Availability and Best Practices Across the U.S.: Lessons for New Jersey Read Report Traffic safety is a critical concern in New Jersey where annual traffic crashes typically exceed 200,000, according to the New Jersey Department of...
September 17, 2025 | In the News
Divorce in later life is becoming more common – and scientists are beginning to explore the surprisingly deep impact this can have on adult children and their relationships. Divorce is greying. The US has one of the highest divorce rates in the world, even though...
September 17, 2025 | News
Professor Joel Cantor received the 2025 Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award from Rutgers Health Office of the Chancellor. The award is given for a sustained and distinguished lifetime record of achievement in one or more of the Rutgers Health mission areas...
September 16, 2025 | In the News
A new state law that allows school districts to bypass voter approval to spend money on large-scale capital improvement projects via referendums will soon be used in Passaic County. The law allows districts to borrow funds through their county improvement authorities...
September 16, 2025 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Assessing pedestrian stress with biometric sensing and survey responses Abstract Recent advances in biometric sensing technologies, such as eye tracking, heart rate trackers, and galvanic skin response (GSR) sensors, offer new opportunities to measure pedestrian...
September 15, 2025 | In the News
Good news is hard to find in the job market lately. The list of New Jersey firms dispensing pink slips by the dozens includes Big Pharma, as well as big finance and big retailers. And many workers in all kinds of jobs — from construction to manufacturing and fintech —...
September 15, 2025 | News, Public Policy Practicums, Student Projects
Understanding Awareness and Perceptions of Palliative Care: A Qualitative Study of Cancer Patients and Caregivers in New Jersey Iman Basit, Taylor Hughes, Alyssa King, Claudia Luca, Rita Mirabelli, Ashley Montuoro, Allison Smith & M. Hamza Habib, MD Read Report...
