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Casino operator liquidated as Chapter 11 bankruptcy ends
“The addition of new casinos in Atlantic City will yield diminishing returns to gross gaming revenues within the city, particularly as new competitors come online in neighboring states. Gross gaming revenue of new casinos in Atlantic City would come largely at the expense of existing venues,” the authors wrote.
Senate Passes Stopgap Funding Bill Blocking OMB Grantmaking Rule
Whether there are hundreds of thousands of comments or tens of thousands of comments for the OMB to review, office staff are facing a daunting challenge, said Stuart Shapiro, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, in an interview. “OMB’s never had a rule that had this volume of comments before,” Shapiro said, noting that OMB’s staff are already “very, very busy people.”
Financial audit of Jersey City’s 2025 finances identifies $94M in deferred charges
“This audit is a serious document, and it deserves a serious response, not just from the administration, but from the entire governing body. The Chief Financial Officer will submit a corrective action plan to the council and the state Division of Local Government Services, as required. That’s a necessary first step, but it can’t be the last one,” Rutgers’ Center for Urban Policy Research Associate Director Marc Pfeiffer said in a statement.
NJ flooding to get worse, says new study. See areas to be hit hardest
A new research brief by Jonathan Delura, Senior Research Specialist, Center for Urban Policy Research for the New Jersey Climate Change Research Center details a novel approach for estimating the extent and depth of roadway inundation using light detection and ranging (LiDAR) derived roadway surface elevations. A desktop analysis was conducted utilizing this approach to provide a first order assessment of coastal flooding impacts under current and future flood scenarios for New Jersey.
Super-rich complain but experts welcome Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax
“In the context of the city doing everything it can to get housing construction happening, the idea that we would be having empty units is hard to justify,” said James DeFilippis, a professor of planning and public policy at Rutgers University.
Freedom House and Rutgers Democracy Lab Announce New Strategic Partnership to Strengthen Democracy and Freedom Online
“This partnership enables the Rutgers Democracy Lab’s Technology and Democracy Research Hub to bring students and leading researchers together to understand threats that come from a global resurgence in authoritarianism,” said Nicholas Longo, Director of the Rutgers Democracy Lab. “It will build young people’s ability to be engaged democratic citizens.”
Ashley Caldwell (PP ’26), Honored at Sheila Y. Oliver Foundation Annual Legacy Brunch
The Foundation honored the following women leaders for their outstanding contributions to public service, education, healthcare, advocacy, economic development, and community empowerment: Ashley M. Caldwell | Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Graduate; Member, New Brunswick Board of Education
New Jersey Can’t Wait: We Need a Multisector Plan for Aging
Roberto Muñiz, President & CEO of Parker Health Group and a Senior Health Administration Fellow at the Bloustein School, argues that New Jersey urgently needs a Multisector Plan for Aging (MPA) to address housing, healthcare, transportation, and economic security as the state’s senior population grows fast. New Jersey has led the nation in outbound migration for years, he notes, with many older residents leaving due to high costs, and that more than half of seniors in the state don’t earn enough to cover basic needs.
Flood of comments on White House grantmaking overhaul is largely negative, analysis shows
“Public comment periods and regulations are not a plebiscite, they’re not a vote. So it doesn’t officially matter whether it’s 80-20 one way or 70-30 or 51-49. One thing I can assure you, the administration, any administration, will not count up and let those totals affect their final decisions,” said Stuart Shapiro, the dean of the Rutgers School of Planning and Public Policy and a former OMB official who has written about the role public comments play in shaping regulation.