New Jersey Policy Perspective

Publications

• More Than 50,000 Kids in New Jersey Could Miss Out on the Child Tax Credit

  • July 14, 2021
  • New Jersey Policy Perspective
  • Peter Chen

  Up to 55,000 qualifying families in New Jersey may miss out on Child Tax Credit payments because the IRS does not have their information on file.

  Budges and Taxes Economic Development

• Four Ways New Jersey Can Improve Health Care Using American Rescue Plan Funds

  • June 21, 2021
  • New Jersey Policy Perspective
  • Brittany Holom-Trundy

  As state budget discussions come to a close this month, New Jersey lawmakers and advocates alike should turn their attention to the ways that the American Rescue Plan (ARP) can complement the […]

  COVID19 Healthcare

• A War on Us: How Much New Jersey Spends Enforcing the War on Drugs

  • June 16, 2021
  • New Jersey Policy Perspective
  • Jenna Mellor

  This report highlights state budget spending dedicated over the past decade to arrest, prosecute, and incarcerate residents for drug war violations. This analysis is contextualized with the racist origins of […]

  Criminal Legal System

• Early Education Matters: Connecting High-Quality Pre-K to K-3 Classrooms

  • May 20, 2021
  • New Jersey Policy Perspective
  • Gordon Macinnes

  Early education has long served as a crucial asset to families across the Garden State. Thanks to years of state investment, New Jersey leads the nation in providing high-quality pre-kindergarten […]

  Education

• State Takeover of Camden Schools Did Not Improve Students’ Academic Performance

  • May 13, 2021
  • New Jersey Policy Perspective
  • Michael Hayes, Pengju Zhang, Julia Sass Rubin

  There is no evidence that the 2013 state takeover of Camden’s public schools has improved students’ standardized test scores.

  Education

• New York Approves $2.1 Billion Relief Fund for Immigrants — New Jersey Should Do the Same

  • April 9, 2021
  • New Jersey Policy Perspective
  • Vineeta Kapahi

  The COVID-19 pandemic has brought increased recognition of immigrants’ critical contributions to our communities and economies. Our nation’s immigration policy and safety net programs, however, still do not reflect this […]

  Immigration Unemployment Insurance

• Valuing Our Time: Strengthening New Jersey’s Overtime Law

  • October 24, 2019
  • New Jersey Policy Perspective
  • Nicole Roderiguez

  A prosperous New Jersey depends on the livelihood of all our workers. In fact, the state economy benefits most when workers are able to earn fair pay for all the […]

  Overtime Wages

• Fast Facts: Driver’s License Expansion Would Pay for Itself and More

  • May 28, 2019
  • New Jersey Policy Perspective
  • Erika J. Nava

  Expanding access to driver’s licenses to all New Jersey residents, regardless of immigration status, would make the state’s roads safer and its economy stronger. The proposal would also pay for […]

  Immigration

• Immigrant Small Business Ownership is a Cornerstone of New Jersey’s Economy

  • March 18, 2019
  • New Jersey Policy Perspective
  • Erika J. Nava

  On any given day and in every corner of the state, immigrants – both documented and undocumented – wake up and set out to work at small, local businesses that […]

  Immigration

• Gov. Christie Guts Family Leave Bill in Conditional Veto

  • July 21, 2017
  • New Jersey Policy Perspective
  • Jon Whiten

  Today Gov. Christie gutted a landmark bill improving New Jersey’s paid family leave program (A-4927), taking out every single important policy change and leaving behind modest mandates to improve the […]

  Paid Sick, Family, and Medical Leave

• Fairly and Adequately Taxing Inherited Wealth Will Fight Inequality & Provide Essential Resources for All New Jerseyans

  • June 24, 2017
  • New Jersey Policy Perspective
  • Sheila Reynertson

  As wealth and income gaps between average New Jerseyans and the state’s wealthiest households continue to grow, policymakers must take steps to address this extreme inequality. One of the most […]

  Budges and Taxes

• It’s Time for New Jersey to Rebalance the Economic-Development Scales

  • May 10, 2017
  • New Jersey Policy Perspective
  • Jon Whiten

  Because of legislative changes made in 2013, New Jersey’s surge in corporate tax subsidies has risen to unprecedented levels, further cramping New Jersey’s ability to invest in schools, transportation and […]

  Budges and Taxes Jobs

• Increasing the EITC Will Boost New Jersey’s Workers and Their Families

  • January 18, 2017
  • New Jersey Policy Perspective
  • Jon Whiten

  Increasing New Jersey’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to 35 percent from 30 percent of the federal EITC will provide over half a million New Jersey working families with a […]

  Budges and Taxes

• New Jersey Has Modest Public Pension Benefits

  • December 14, 2014
  • New Jersey Policy Perspective
  • Stephen Herzenberg

  While one of the central tenets of repeated calls for major changes to New Jersey’s public pension system is the claim that public employee pensions are overly generous, retirement benefits […]

  Unions and Worker Power

• Taking Bold Action on Transportation Will Give New Jersey’s Economy a Firm Foundation for the Future

  • April 14, 2014
  • New Jersey Policy Perspective
  • David Rousseau and Gordon MacInnes

  In order for its economy to remain competitive, New Jersey needs a state-of-the-art transportation network and must be willing to make the investments this requires. With the funding needed to […]

  Budges and Taxes Infrastructure

• Invest in New Jersey: Improve Our Roads and Bridges

  • June 26, 2013
  • New Jersey Policy Perspective
  • Gordon MacInnes

  Fixing New Jersey’s crumbling roads and bridges is vital to energizing the state’s lagging recovery from the Great Recession. Without a sound transportation system that allows businesses to cheaply and […]

  Infrastructure