Marc Pfeiffer - Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy

Sarlo’s OPRA stink bomb needs to be defused

March 10, 2024

Pfeiffer’s take is blunt: “Bludgeons create a mess, and rapiers are surgical. This bill uses a bludgeon to try to deal with outliers that exist within OPRA.”

Fast-tracked bill would gut N.J.’s open public records law, experts warn

March 8, 2024

Marc Pfeiffer, a senior fellow at the Bloustein Local Government Research Center at Rutgers University who helped draft the current law in the early 2000s, said reform was “long overdue” but that the bill as written doesn’t solve many of OPRA’s shortcomings.

American Dream sued by woman who says she was injured by motorized stuffed animal ride

March 8, 2024

The lawsuits and failure to pay debts “has the effect of buying them time, which gives them the opportunity to renegotiate things” more in the mall owners’ favor, said Marc Pfeiffer, assistant director at Rutgers University’s Bloustein local government research center.

The big property tax promise

February 26, 2024

Altogether, the state’s tax break programs are a confusing jumble piled on top of each other, said Marc Pfeiffer, “it’s getting confusing,” he said.

‘Creepy’ YouTuber preys on young women getting DWIs, N.J. cops say. It’s legal for now.

February 24, 2024

The issue is the old one of how society balances individual privacy with a valid public interest when public officials or employees are involved,” said Marc Pfeiffer.

Virtual Workshop – Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Local Governments

February 21, 2024

Marc Pfeiffer and the New Jersey Association of Counties (NJAC) presented ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS IMPACT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS as the first in a series of free virtual workshops NJAC will host in 2024 on a variety of topics that impact county governments across the State.

Experts see clouds on the fiscal horizon for NJ government

February 14, 2024

During a news conference Tuesday afternoon, several members of the workgroup offered their takes on the likelihood of there being enough revenue available by then to launch an altogether new relief program in the current economic environment. “Right now, it’s a wait-and-see,” said Marc Pfeiffer,

New Jersey faces steep deficits in coming years, group warns

February 13, 2024

There are certain things that the state is committed to by constitution or by law. Medicaid is increasing, school aid is increasing,” said Richard Keevey, a former state budget director and comptroller.

New Jersey Hit By Cyber Attacks On Schools, Hospitals

January 30, 2024

Class was canceled Monday across the Freehold Township school district, but not for the familiar January troubles of slushy roads, frozen pipes or a busted boiler. No, this was “a cybersecurity event” that ground school business to a halt. Marc Pfeiffer weighs in on ways to protect against such attacks.

Full-time perks for part-time work? For these politicians, taxpayers footed the bill

January 29, 2024

“There’s going to be a percentage — a small percentage — of outliers who try to or are gaming the system with this,” Pfeiffer said. “But at the same time, there’s a lot of people caught in the middle who actually do stuff.”