Brandon McKoy Archives - New Jersey Globe

Nicole Rodriguez chosen as next president of NJ Policy Perspective

May 17, 2022 11:31 amMay 17, 2022 4:38 pm

The New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP), a nonpartisan think tank that advocates for progressive policies, announced today that research director Nicole Rodriguez will be the organization’s next president beginning June 1. “This is an exciting time for NJPP and the...

Shure will return to NJ Policy Perspective on interim basis

November 12, 2021 10:09 am

Jon Shure, a former Bergen Record reporter and communications director to Gov. Jim Florio, will serve as interim president of New Jersey Policy Perspective as the think tank seeks a replacement for Brandon McKoy. McKoy left the group after 2...

McKoy giving up N.J. think tank post for Washington job

September 28, 2021 10:40 am

New Jersey is losing a massive and effective progressive voice with the announcement on Tuesday that Brandon McKoy will leave his post as president of New Jersey Policy Perspective to join the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington...

More than 100 nominees await confirmation to state posts with little hope of votes before November

July 16, 2021 3:50 pm

More than 100 nominees to a slew of state boards, commissions, authorities and other panels are awaiting confirmation that won’t come until after November’s general election, and an overwhelming majority will likely wait far longer. The nominees themselves range widely...

Black leaders call for pro-transparency budget reforms

June 29, 2021 1:56 pmJune 29, 2021 9:55 pm

A group of Black leaders called on Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative leaders to reform the state’s budgeting process to be more inclusive and transparent shortly before the governor signed the state’s $46.4 billion appropriations bill into law Tuesday. “With...

New coalition looking to end the War on Drugs

February 2, 2021 1:17 pm

A new coalition of progressive groups is calling on New Jersey officials to decriminalize drugs in a bid to redirect funds used on policing and incarceration back to communities. Abolish The Drug War New Jersey — the coalition founded by...

Progressive groups expand suit against party lines

January 25, 2021 5:28 pmJanuary 26, 2021 11:21 am

A swath of progressive groups joined a lawsuit seeking to do away with organizational lines used in the state’s primaries Monday, joining a push started by former congressional candidate Christine Conforti. “This antiquated practice is truly indefensible.” New Jersey Working...