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But specifically adding criminal matters is “unusual,” said Marc Pfieffer, associate director of Rutgers University’s Center for Planning and Public Policy at Bloustein Local.
“But these are also unusual circumstances in Camden,” Pfieffer said.
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“Not everyone bothers to take advantage of the opportunity to switch,” said Clinton Andrews, professor of urban planning and policy development at Rutgers University and director of its Center for Urban Policy Research (which has research contracts with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities).
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But specifically adding criminal matters is “unusual,” said Marc Pfieffer, associate director of Rutgers University’s Center for Planning and Public Policy at Bloustein Local.
“But these are also unusual circumstances in Camden,” Pfieffer said.
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A longtime observer of New Jersey’s local governments, Marc Pfeiffer, a researcher at Rutgers’ Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, said part of the problem can be attributed to the recent member turnover on the City Council, with the exit of James Anzaldi as mayor after more than 30 years and the deaths of members Peter Eagler and Lauren Murphy.
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“Economic conditions change. Your expectations have to change,” said Marc Pfeiffer, associate director of the Bloustein Local Government Research Center at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. “They wouldn’t be able to cut that same type of deal today.”
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And that’s not all. “Local governments have been expanding their role into employee benefits and rights,” said Marc H. Pfeiffer, Assistant Director at the Bloustein Local Government Research Center. “In many cases, cities are establishing minimum wages.”
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“AI is going to drag our management-focused IT administrators more and more into the world of public policy,” Pfeiffer told the group. “It’s an area you may not have had any training or education in, but it’s an area you are going to have to learn about.”
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