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The Schools Development Authority, responsible for billions of taxpayer dollars in New Jersey s poorest areas, will be restructured or moved under state control after a political patronage scandal led to mass firings and internal reforms as well as costly lawsuits in the fallout, Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative leaders announced Tuesday.
The unexpected announcement means it could be the second time the authority has been broken up and reconstituted in its two-decade existence.
The first time, under Gov. Jon Corzine, followed news reports showing that what was then the Schools Construction Corporation had mismanaged millions of dollars through poor planning, excessive professional fees and lax oversight.
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The patronage scandal that engulfed the Schools Development Authority two years ago was not an isolated incident of failed leadership, a state watchdog agency has found, but the result of years of inconsistent and questionable management and policies that has led to wasteful property management, costly construction overruns and poor practices to weed out bad contractors.
If the authority does not enact further reforms, the public cannot be confidently assured that the SDA can consistently and successfully serve as a capable and trustworthy custodian of public tax dollars to build schools in New Jersey s poorest districts, the State Commission of Investigation said Wednesday.