New Jersey Covid-19 Response Hampered by Decade of Budget Cuts

April 24, 2020

New Jersey Policy Perspective released a report showing cuts in New Jersey spending since the recession of 2009 to three key departments: Health, Labor and Community Affairs, which coordinates the state’s social safety net — the programs most needed to protect NJ residents from the COVID-19 epidemic. NJPP president Brandon McKoy MCRP ’13 talked about the report on WNYC.

WNYC, April 20. 2020

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