N.J. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Bracken statement on the Fiscal Year 2026 State Budget
Trenton NJ, we are deeply disappointed in this year’s budget. It marks the eighth consecutive year of overspending and continues to show a troubling lack of focus on growing New Jersey’s current and future economies. This budget makes the state less affordable, less competitive, and less business friendly. Rather than driving progress, it maintains a status quo that has failed to deliver real economic success – and it’s not what New Jerseyans want, as reflected in a recent Rutgers-Eagleton poll showing widespread dissatisfaction with the state’s economic direction.
