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State aid to North Jersey towns flat under Christie budget plan
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Last updated: Wednesday February 27, 2013, 6:31 PM
BY JOHN REITMEYER
STATE HO– USE BUREAU
The Record
Related: North Jersey proposed municipal aid by town
The state will increase spending by more than $1 billion under Governor Christie’s proposed budget, but North Jersey towns and most others across the state that faced additional costs after superstorm Sandy will get no additional aid to help hold down property taxes.
Total state aid for municipalities again remained flat in the $32.9 billion budget Christie put forward earlier this week, and town-by-town aid figures released by the administration Wednesday show no increases for every community in Bergen and Passaic counties.
Local municipal officials were not surprised, but no less upset to be getting the identical aid payment they received last year from Trenton even as their costs continue to go up.
“When it’s flat, that’s just wrong,” Ridgewood Mayor Paul Aronsohn said. “This is taxpayers’ money that goes to Trenton, and they decide how much we get back. Flat sounds good, but the fact is it is a decrease in state aid.”
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