John Reitmeyer

John Reitmeyer appears in the following:

New Jersey Lawmakers Pass Record High Budget For The 2021 Fiscal Year

Friday, June 25, 2021

The budget -- clocking in at more than $46 billion in spending -- represents a dramatic turnaround from last year. 

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A Mega Mall for the Meadowlands

Friday, May 24, 2019

Reporters John Reitmeyer and Melanie Anzidei discuss New Jersey's new mall.

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Part V: Profiting Off the American Dream

Friday, December 16, 2016

Bloomberg Businessweek
NJ Spotlight
WNYC
After more than a decade and billions of dollars spent on construction, who will benefit when the long-awaited New Jersey megamall opens?

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Part IV: Paying for the American Dream

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Bloomberg Businessweek
NJ Spotlight
WNYC
At an estimated cost of $5 billion, who will foot the bill for New Jersey's rising megamall?

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Part III: A Canadian Dynasty Buys the American Dream

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Bloomberg Businessweek
NJ Spotlight
WNYC
The Ghermezian family built and operates the Mall of America. Now it has shifted its focus from Minnesota to East Rutherford, New Jersey.

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Part II: Building a Mall for the Digital Age

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Bloomberg Businessweek
NJ Spotlight
WNYC
With malls closing across the country, the American Dream Meadowlands faces a dilemma of proving that it is not just a shopping center, but a destination. 

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Part I: Unfinished American Dream Looms Over New Jersey

Monday, December 12, 2016

Bloomberg Businessweek
NJ Spotlight
WNYC
WNYC's "Mall Madness" series begins with a look at how four governors, three developers and more than two billion dollars have failed to produce a megamall in New Jersey.

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NJ's Ballot Question 2 Hands Voters the Wheel on Gas Money

Thursday, November 03, 2016

How will the new gas tax revenue be used?

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Split Over Transportation Funding in New Jersey Appears to Be Growing

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Some say short-term fix based on borrowing may be the only way to restart road repairs.

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Christie Vetoes $300 Million, Then Signs New Jersey Budget Into Law

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

The spending plan, approved at the end of last week, tries to address the state's underfunded public employee pension system, but also calls for healthcare cutbacks for public workers.

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NJ Supreme Court Turns Attention to Public-Worker Cost-of-Living Adjustments

Friday, July 31, 2015

NJ Spotlight
If court rules COLAs can’t be suspended -- as 2011 law allows -- state could be out $70 billion in projected savings over next three decades

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Working to Keep Politics Out of NJ's Pension-Fund Investments

Thursday, March 26, 2015

NJ Spotlight
Offered a chance to put wider restrictions in place, NJ State Investment Council says it will first look to tightening current regulations

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Christie Pushes Business-Tax Cuts, Racking Up $600M in Lost Revenue

Tuesday, March 03, 2015

NJ Spotlight
Next year's budget calls for more in business tax breaks, despite depleted transportation fund and court-ordered pension payments.

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Doomsday Budget

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine's 2010 budget has to close a $7 billion shortfall. How will he do it? John Reitmeyer, a reporter in the Record's Trenton bureau, talks about the governor's plan for shared sacrifice.

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