Jersey City’s 2022 Municipal Budget: Focus on Revenues & Increasing City Tax Levy
In this post I’m using 2 public datasets: A: Jersey City’s 2022 Municipal Budget (Introduced) with proposed 2022 revenue and …
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Jersey City’s 2022 Municipal Budget: a Focus on Structural Expense
On June 15th, Jersey City released introduced its 2022 budget. This is a part of a series about that budget …
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Jersey City’s 2022 Municipal Budget: the Big Picture
On June 15th, Jersey City released introduced its 2022 budget. This is a part of a series about that budget …
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Series Kickoff: the 2022 Municipal Budget
The Jersey City municipal budget was introduced last week (June 15th) via resolution 22-4009. For the past three years, I’ve …
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Jersey City Board of Education Passes Historic School Levy Investment
Tonight the Jersey City Board of Education passed its 2022-23 school budget along a 5-4 vote, approving funds that staved …
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Interactive tools to learn about school tax increase in Jersey City
The Jersey City Board of Education increased the school tax levy…now what? I’m getting that question from more than a …
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Some final words on 2022-23 Schools Budget, anti-school tax rhetoric, and city/BOE budget timelines
This is my final post re: the Jersey City Public Schools budget which will be voted on this Monday. The …
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Jersey City Schools Budget, 2022-23, a brief update & next steps FYI
This is an update on the unfolding budget process for Jersey City Public Schools; the budget was introduced Tuesday March …
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A picture of state aid reduction in Jersey City
I wanted to share a picture of the state aid reductions to Jersey City Public Schools. State Aid can be …
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Take Action: Support Jersey City Public Schools
TAKE ACTION FOR OUR SCHOOLSThe Jersey City Board of Education will vote on the 2022/23 schools budget on March 21st …
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Putting Jersey City’s low school tax rate into perspective
Jersey City lost another $68 million in state aid on March 10th, 2022. This cut was expected, part of the …
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Jersey City Public Schools: Visualization for Federal Covid-19 Aid
The Jersey City Public Schools have received over $160 million in federal COVID-19 aid since 2020 and I was curious …
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See how your property tax bill is computed
Let’s take a look at how a tax bill comes together. It’s an interesting and empowering exercise to tie your …
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Midway through Jersey City’s “S2” state aid cuts: assessing the fiscal landscape.
It has been nearly four years since NJ passed the “S2” law, leading to state aid cuts to Jersey City …
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Understanding Montclair’s Municipal Budget: A Webinar & Teaching to Empower Taxpayers to “Follow the Public Money”
On January 26th, 2022 I joined Montclair Councilor-at-large Peter Yacobellis for a zoom webinar about the Montclair municipal (aka town) …
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What is in our local public schools budget? (a tool for advocates)
What’s included in our schools budget, and how is it structured (laid out)? I wanted to create a visualization for …
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Montclair City Budgets: high-level, 6-year review
For the past few months I’ve been working with a fantastic group of advocates in Montclair to learn more about …
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Accountability Check: a look back at mental health services included in the FY2021-22 Jersey City Public Schools Budget
Jersey City’s FY2021-22 public schools budget included concrete, promised investments in mental health services for our city’s students. In this …
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What is the mix of residential vs. business property in my town? (UFB-5)
This is an update to my “User Friendly Budget” series with a focus on Montclair. Your town’s user friendly budget …
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What drives my property tax bill? (UFB, Page 1)
This is an update to my “User Friendly Budget” series with a focus on Montclair. Your town’s user friendly budget must be …
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