That’s the dilemma before New Jersey taxpayers, said Marc Pfeiffer, assistant director at the Rutgers University Bloustein Local Government Research Center: “(Taxpayers) may be getting a bargain, but the price of that bargain is that you might have individuals who...
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Smaller municipalities may NOT be more costly to operate, says new Bloustein Local report
A new report authored by researchers at Rutgers University’sBloustein Local Government Research Center (Bloustein Local) at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, analyzes the cost of municipal government and municipal size in New Jersey. The...
Bloustein Local receives grant to assist local governments with identification, management of digital technology risks
The Bloustein Local Government Research Center was recently awarded a $35,000 grant from the New Jersey Municipal Excess Liability Joint Insurance Fund (MEL-JIF) to research and develop “best practices” that can be employed by New Jersey local government units to...
Symposium on “New Jersey Gold Coast”—19-mile Hudson Waterfront area—to be held October 25
The Bloustein Local Government Research Center, Rutgers University, in conjunction with the American Planning Association New Jersey Chapter, will host a half-day long symposium on Friday, October 25, “The New Jersey Gold Coast: How We Got Here and Where We are...