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Marc Pfeiffer Discusses Smart City Technology

May 6, 2024

Simply put, a smart city uses current digital technologies to enhance the delivery of local government services.

Marc Pfeiffer Weighs in on Essex County COVID-19 Funding Issues

April 17, 2024

“Not enough resources were spent to manage those contracts to ensure that controls were in place and there was monitoring done to prevent that type of a circumstance from happening,” Pfeiffer said.

Which NJ projects and priorities will receive $6.2B in American Rescue Plan funds?

March 31, 2024

“Does favoring one group over another when it comes to Democrats getting money and Republican districts not getting money? For Democrats that maybe an easy choice to make.”

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.”

Sagging revenue, looming costs could sink big senior citizen tax cut plan

January 22, 2024

Sagging revenue and a bevy of looming funding needs in the coming fiscal year threaten to pull New Jersey’s $8.1 billion surplus below a threshold that would pause the nascent StayNJ property tax relief program before it sends out a single payment.

Marc Pfeiffer Uses Claude AI to Help Write Article: AI in Local Government, Helpful or Harmful?

October 16, 2023

For local governments, chatbots create exciting opportunities to improve customer service, automate tasks and cut costs. Marc Pfeiffer, Assistant Director of Bloustein Local, Center for Urban Policy Research, uses Claude AI to help write two articles on how to best incorporate this new technology.

Many N.J. seniors, especially in cities, wouldn’t get much help from property tax cut plan, analysis shows

June 14, 2023

Supporters of a sweeping new property tax cut proposal for New Jersey seniors say a big goal is to entice older residents across the state to stay by making their lives here more affordable — so they won’t skip out and spend their golden years elsewhere. But while the...

Some N.J. municipal council meetings are still virtual. Residents are asking why.

February 26, 2023

Piscataway is one of several New Jersey municipalities still holding public meetings remotely nearly three years into the COVID-19 pandemic. While some Piscataway council members sit in the council chambers for the Zoom call, others sign in for the meeting from home....

NJSPL – Advancing Municipal Environmental Justice in New Jersey

October 17, 2022

Today’s NJSPL blog describes the collaborative work that has been done with the Policy Lab, the Bloustein School, and NJDEP to construct guidance for municipalities to develop Environmental Justice Action Plans.