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State Comptroller Issues Report on Tax Abatements

The NJ Comptroller recently issued a report raising familiar concerns about abuses and uses of municipal tax abatements.

The report talks about the distortion of municipal finances and tax stability, lack of review and compliance, subsidizing market rate residential housing whose residents use city, county and school services without fully contributing to the cost of providing [...]

Journal Square Redevelopment Plan – Redux

In spite of a sorely needed vision and plan for the future of Journal Square, the latest version of the Journal Square 2060 Redevelopment Plan remains deficient.

The plan is for our true downtown and the heart of the city, but it fails to reconcile its goal of pedestrian-friendly street life with building heights [...]