Katie Brennan: New Jersey’s Budget Must Do More on Housing, Transit, and to Protect Against Trump

Trenton — In response to Governor Murphy’s final budget address delivered earlier today, Assembly candidate Katie Brennan releases the following statement: 

“The governor is right when he says that ‘these are not normal times,’ but we need the state budget to reflect that. The Trump administration is considering extreme cuts to states like New Jersey along with cuts to programs that millions of families rely on. The state needs to build its reserves and prepare for the worst, not spend down the surplus like this budget proposal does.

“And the federal administration isn’t the only thing that isn’t normal. Skyrocketing housing costs are not normal, and the constant delays and breakdowns on NJ Transit aren’t normal either. We need bold investments to immediately address the housing crisis and to fix our transit infrastructure. Families are really struggling right now, and we need to treat housing and transit like the urgent crises they are, not just long-term challenges to chip away at.”

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