This is the latest chapter in the reforms Gov. Chris Christie and state lawmakers installed a decade ago to overhaul New Jersey's pubic-worker pension system.
, a decade-old debate over restoring automatic cost-of-living adjustments to the pensions of retired government workers in New Jersey is bubbling again.
On one hand, there’s concern for hundreds of thousands of former employees who have already gone more than 10 years without seeing their pension checks increase to offset inflation — a freeze that was part of a famous law then-Gov.From D.C. to Trenton to your town, the N.J. Politics newsletter brings the news right to your inbox. Sign up with your email here:
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