The Legislature begins its review of Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget Tuesday, with the typical four-month marathon turned into a sprint concluding in three weeks.
“We’d like to work with everyone to come to a solution. But if necessary, we will go to the voters and give them the opportunity to have their voices heard,” State Sweeney said.
Given transportation funding uncertainly, the pension amendment is a "dangerous, wrong approach," says the Senate president. NJEA's leader calls him dishonest.
He didn't make any specific suggestions, but during his budget address Gov. Chris Christie did seem to suggest that additional accommodations will have to be made by public sector workers when it comes to their pensions and benefits, because the state simply will not be able to afford to pay out those costs in the future.