Murphy’s dire predictions on how coronavirus would wreck N.J. finances far from what’s actually happened so far
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 13, 2020
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy delivers his Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Address at Rutgers University s SHI Stadium in August, maintaining social distancing protocols and following CDC guidelines.Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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Starting in
March and continuing over the turbulent weeks that followed, Gov. Phil Murphy predicted the coronavirus pandemic would plunge the state into fiscal and economic peril.
New Jersey could lose $20 billion in revenue, maybe even $30 billion, the governor said. The state could run out of cash by fall. Two-hundred thousand public workers might be laid off. And, in the absence of a second federal stimulus package, funding for public schools may be slashed by $1 billion.
dollar press release. and as you stated in the beginning, all of the editorials called it a whitewash. again, we did not get any more answers than we had before. i m hoping that as we continue with our investigation, you know, with the committee, that we do get some of the answers for the people that were stuck in the traffic. the port authority reform, i welcome that. and we hope that now the governor will consider the legislation that we are putting together. thank you for joining us. thank you. thank you. stay with us, assemblywoman. mr. isherwood, it seems to me something fascinating here. this whitewash, whatever you want to call it, this legal paper said get rid of the office of intergovernmental relations which is the one that bridget kelly was heading up there. in other words, there is something wrong with that very institution that ought to tell
gotten all that the taxpayers of new jersey paid for. the report released yesterday by christie administration lawyers proclaimed in no uncertain terms that christie has been exonerated. but there are plenty of skeptics out there. nearly every major newspaper in christie s backyard harshly questioned the report. look at this. the new york times editorial board writes, quote, this glossy political absolution cost the tax players 6 new yearsy more than a million dollars in legal fees. this report is an expensive whitewash. the star ledger also called it a million dollar whitewash, saying let s see what the u.s. attorney s investigation turns up. the bergen records editorial board writes, quote, the completed report raises more question than it buries. what it also buries is hope that the internal investigation might rise above the governor s self-interest. the front page of the trentonian one of christie s hometown papers, says christie begins with a headline written in all c
with a headline written in all caps, saying conflict of interest. moments ago, bridget kelly through her lawyer fired back at the report which we know pins much of the blame on her and throws in some salacious details about her personal life to boot. here is part of her statement. the report s venomous, gratuitous and inappropriate sexist remarks concerning ms. kelly have no place in what is alleged to be a professional and independent report. there appear to be two distinct versions of the george washington bridge lane closings. on the one hand, mr. wildstein through his counsel has taken one clear position. on the other hand, mr. mastro has staked a different view. thus, ms. kelly s evidence could be critical in verifying either of the two versions of events. darryl isherwood, reporter with nj.com and valerie vainieri-huttle, a democratic assemblywoman from new jersey and a member of the state committee that is investigating the bridge lane closures. i want to start with the asse
beginning, all of the editorials called it a whitewash. again, we did not get any more answers than we had before. i m hoping that as we continue with our investigation, you know, with the committee, that we do get some of the answers for the people that were stuck in the traffic. the port authority reform, i welcome that. and we hope that now the governor will consider the legislation that we are putting together. thank you for joining us. thank you. stay with us, assemblywoman. mr. isherwood, it seems to me something fascinating here. this whitewash, whatever you want to call it, this legal paper said get rid of the office of intergovernmental relations which is the one that bridget kelly was heading up there. in other words, there is