NextDoor, the neighborhood app that is intended to operate like a coffee shop bulletin, has fostered a community that can occasionally be less than neighborly. User complaints began to surface surrounding the nationwide George Floyd protests last summer that content...
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Best Practices: Helping Frontline Employees Transition to Frontline Supervisors
For nearly 30 years, the National Transit Institute (NTI) has served as the training and education arm of the transit industry and has delivered 7,000 courses and training events to 200,000 transit professionals. NTI courses and training programs focus on Federal...
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Careers of Women in Academic Science, Engineering, and Medicine
The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine recently released a report, The Impact of COVID-19 on the Careers of Women in Academic Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Bloustein School Professor and Heldrich Center Senior Faculty Fellow Hal Salzman...
Move to dump Chiaravalloti could help progressives end organization lines
Two legislators might get unloaded by their party this year – Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (R-Holmdel) has also lost the backing of her county chairman – but the Hudson County legislative leader is the one in the spotlight because just one Democrat, Davis, wants him...
Officials say Jersey City school district showing progress transitioning back from state control
The report was authored by the Bloustein Local Government Research Center at Rutgers University, which serves as the state’s independent Comprehensive Accountability Office for the Jersey City Public Schools. “…It appears that although the district may be implementing...
Zoning laws must be amended for sake of middle class
Thomas Kozma is a Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy junior majoring in planning and public policy. His column, “With Liberty and Justice for All,” runs on alternate Thursdays. Where is it illegal to build a duplex in New Jersey? What about...
How New Jersey Averted a Pandemic Financial Calamity
James W. Hughes, the former dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy of Rutgers University, said the state’s decision to turn to borrowing made sense at the time. “It’s so overused, but whatever the term is — unprecedented, uncharted waters...
How Sensors Monitor Bridges to Keep Us Safe
Vital to our infrastructure, bridges require regular maintenance to ensure safety for the cars, trucks, rail cars and people regularly traversing them. Many bridges are 50 years or older, with citizens traveling across structurally deficient bridges every day....
Regulatory Analysis Needs to Catch Up on Distribution
On his first day in office, President Joe Biden issued an executive memorandum, “Modernizing Regulatory Review,” instructing the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to “propose procedures that take into account the distributional consequences of...
‘Help Wanted’ — four strategies to fix America’s jobs crisis
Last week, the Congressional Budget Office projected record-breaking growth in 2021, but it is premature to celebrate this rosy macroeconomic projection because the rest of their report contained the alarming prediction that the U.S. labor market will not...