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New Jersey State House
With cases of COVID-19 once again on the rise in New Jersey, groups representing everyone from public workers and undocumented immigrants to affordable-housing advocates and small businesses say they deserve a share of the state’s federal pandemic relief.
A nearly $4 billion portion of federal funding for New Jersey has yet to be allocated by Gov. Phil Murphy and lawmakers, and dozens of requests for some of those dollars were aired publicly this week by interest groups invited by the administration to participate in two separate virtual events.
The lengthy events put the focus on areas of need that have been exposed by the ongoing health crisis, including a dearth of affordable housing amid a hot real-estate market and continued high demand for rental assistance.
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