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).
Andrews Testifies on Need for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Investment in New Jersey
On August 13, Bloustein School Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean for Research Clinton J. Andrews provided invited testimony before the New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee during a hearing at the Lavallette Municipal Building focused on the need...