Brandon McKoy Archives - New Jersey Globe

Staffing, funding down at agencies handling COVID-19 response

April 20, 2020 11:58 am

The New Jersey departments responding to the COVID-19 crisis have faced significant staff and spending cuts since 2008, according to a new report released by New Jersey Policy Perspective. The progressive group found the Departments of Health, Human Services, Labor...

Report: Sweeney offer to trade millionaires tax for pension funding

February 23, 2020 4:00 pmFebruary 23, 2020 4:02 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney will consider a millionaires tax if Gov. Phil Murphy offers an extra $1 billion to fund New Jersey’s public employee pension fund,” the Star-Ledger reported today. That could give Murphy a big political win – the...

Progressive coalition seeks $3 billion in tax hikes

February 18, 2020 5:46 pm

A cadre of progressive groups launched a new coalition aiming to overhaul the state’s tax code in order to fund progressive policy priorities. For the Many, which includes groups like NJ Working Families, NJ Policy Perspective and state branch of...

Ray Castro retiring from NJPP

January 28, 2020 1:11 pm

Raymond Castro will retire from his post as health policy director at New Jersey Policy Perspective at the end of March. Castro joined the influential think tank in 2006 after spending more than 33 years at the New Jersey Department...

EDA programs get low marks from tax incentive experts

September 5, 2019 2:57 pm

Opponents of New Jersey’s troubled tax incentives programs celebrated following a hearing of the Select Committee on Economic Growth Strategies during which their criticisms of the programs were largely affirmed. “Today’s testimony confirms what NJPP and critics of the state’s...

Activists, business groups split on new wage-theft law

August 6, 2019 11:37 am

Activists and business groups are split on a new anti-wage theft bill Acting-Gov. Sheila Oliver signed into law Tuesday. “New Jersey workers lose out on millions that they are rightfully owed every year due to wage theft. Whether it’s unpaid...

Marley takes over NJPP board

July 24, 2019 10:36 am

Blue Wave New Jersey president Marcia Marley will take over the role of chair of New Jersey Policy Perspective’s board of trustees, the group announced Wednesday. “I am honored to chair the Board of NJPP, the state’s most influential and...