Pursuant to Gov. Chris Christie’s Executive Order No. 210 of 2016, all ongoing work funded by the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority (TTFA) was ordered to cease effective July 9, 2016. All over the state, contractors were forced to cease all active work and secure the projects. The transportation
The extension of several expiring Urban Enterprise Zones (UEZs) may not be a lost cause. Compromise legislation is currently under consideration in the Assembly that would extend the designation for two years in the five municipalities where it is scheduled to expire this year. As we have previously discussed on
The Supreme Court of New Jersey recently struck down a municipal ban of digital billboards. In its decision in E&J Equities v. Board of Adjustment of Franklin Township, the state’s highest court held that the ordinance was unconstitutional under both the United States and New Jersey constitutions. The Facts of
The New Jersey Senate recently passed legislation that would make significant changes to the state’s long term tax exemption law. Notably, the bill would require applicants and municipalities to prepare cost-benefit analyses regarding the impact of a proposed long term property tax exemption. The bill (S-1991) would specifically require a
The Supreme Court of New Jersey has agreed to consider whether municipal affordable housing obligations include a “separate and discrete” gap-period obligation from 1999 through 2015, when the various “growth share” regulations were repeatedly invalidated by the courts. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the case by the end
In McCormick v. the State of New Jersey, the Appellate Division considered whether a personal injury plaintiff can avoid the need to obtain an affidavit of merit (AOM) by suing only the public entity and not the licensed professionals. The appeals court ultimately concluded that such circumvention of the AOM
The Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court recently held that government agencies are entitled to “neither confirm nor deny” the existence of public records requested under the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA). While the federal government frequently relies on the so-called “Glomar response,” this is the
Gov. Chris Christie recently conditionally vetoed legislation to extend the Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) designation in several New Jersey municipalities. Citing the “UEZ program’s lack of demonstrable success,” Gov. Christie stated that he could not support extending it and made extensive recommendations for reconsideration. As we have previously discussed on
