The pressure is on to do something about corporate tax credits — $5.4 billion and counting, most of which have been doled out in the Christie years — including calls on the governor to freeze them. Their impact is anyone’s guess, because the program has not been evaluated. One thing we do know, though, is the nation has recovered 135 percent of the jobs it lost during the Great Recession, while New Jersey is lagging behind, having recovered only 68 percent of its jobs (to Pennsylvania’s 102 percent and New York’s 245 percent).
Prof. Cantor Discusses Housing as a Public Health Issue
In Camden and Atlantic City, health care systems are treating housing as a public health issue Housing instability is driving ER visits and chronic illness. South Jersey health systems are stepping in with housing support and policy partnerships. Health care systems...