“One problem is not so much the amount of property exempt from taxation but the distribution of these exemptions,” wrote Donald A. Krueckeberg, then a professor of urban planning and associate dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, in a 2004 paper titled, “Free New Jersey: The Burden of Property Tax Exemptions.”
“Exempt property is concentrated in relatively few municipalities,” he said.
By Daniel Ovadia Dec. 9, 2025, 8:04 p.m. Marc Pfeiffer, a senior policy fellow and associate director of Bloustein Local — a unit of Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy's Center for Urban Policy Development — was recently ranked on the Insider 100...
Report Release: Trends in Investor Acquisition of Residential Properties in New Jersey Read Report Corporate ownership of single-family homes and other small residential properties has drawn growing concern from housing advocates and policymakers in New Jersey and...
By Dean Stuart Shapiro The Trump Administration’s weakening of regulatory benefit-cost analysis vests unequal power in executive review. In late October, the acting administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) issued a memo attempting to...
Civic Engagement in an Era of Artificial Intelligence The Stuart Meck Memorial Lecture Presented by Renée Sieber, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, McGill University click to play Renée Sieber is an associate professor at McGill University. Since she...
The Bloustein School is proud to share that Professor Céu Cirne-Neves, MPA, FACHE has been honored with the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives New Jersey Chapter (ACHE-NJ). The award was presented at the chapter’s...