There’s no way to sugarcoat the news,” said James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers.
For the second month in a row, New Jersey lost thousands of jobs. The new July figures show the state losing 13,600 jobs – private sector employers lost 12,300 jobs, while the public sector lost 1,300 jobs according to the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development.