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Bloustein School welcomes two new faculty members
The Bloustein School is pleased to welcome two new faculty members to the teaching ranks in the fall of 2020.
New Yorkers are biking for Black lives — and to end disparities in cycling
The 300-mile New York to D.C. ride aims to highlight barriers people of color face in biking. washingtonpost.com “Our mobility has been arrested,” said Charles Brown, who is Black and is one of the nation's top leaders in transportation equity and justice. Washington...
Research: Community land trusts may stabilize impact of declining property values
This research evaluates the impact CLTs might have on the property values of nearby homes.
Reading the polls? Keep the grains of salt handy
Poll watchers sometimes obsess over small differences in topline numbers, even those within a poll's reported margin of sampling error. But those differences pale in comparison to the size of the differences noted above. For those living in a world which hangs on...
Only a fraction of unemployed workers to receive added $300 weekly benefits
A new Rutgers University report offers some encouraging news on the labor front. In July, job growth in New Jersey was much stronger than employment gains in New York City and the U.S. James Hughes, dean emeritus at Rutgers’ Bloustein School, is optimistic about New...
Travel and tourism: Key factors in New Jersey’s economic recovery
Economic impacts facing businesses with a particular focus on tourism and how it will affect the economy.
Long Branch Lower Broadway Corridor Redevelopment
Final Presentation A new development along the beachfront sparked an interest in this old beach town. This concept explores the possibility of using the energy of the new development to revive an old downtown before the energy is absorbed in commercial strip malls...
Teaneck NJ Future Growth Plan
Teaneck NJ Future Growth Plan story map Teaneck NJ Future Growth Plan pp appendix We began our Spring Studio in January 2020, looking forward to working with the Teaneck Community on their Future Growth Plan. In the early part of the semester, we had the opportunity...
Anchorage Design District Future Master Plan
Final Video PresentationAnchorage Esri story map On April 02, 2018 Anchorage Alaska Mayor Ethan Berkowitz “declared downtown Anchorage, between 5th and 7th Avenues and A and C Streets as the Anchorage Design District, in collaboration with the Anchorage Museum and the...
NJ ballot design gives huge advantage to party-backed candidates, paper finds
When Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise ran for a fifth term in 2019, he had every advantage over his sole primary challenger, Patricia Waiters. DeGise, a Democrat, had higher name recognition, tens of thousands more in campaign dollars and endorsements from every...
Analysis finds ‘county line’ gave huge advantage to New Jersey congressional candidates
New Jersey’s dominant primary ballot structure, known as the “county line,” provided a huge advantage to many party-backed candidates in last month’s primary and in some cases resulted in voter confusion and tossed-out votes, according to an analysis by a Rutgers...
Study: NJ’s Primary Ballot Favored Insider Candidates
Insider candidates and the politically connected benefited from the layout of New Jersey’s primary ballot in July, according to a new study released Thursday. New Jersey is the only state in the country that allows each county to design its ballot to give...