Richard F. Keevey is the former budget director and comptroller appointed by two New Jersey governors from each political party. He held two presidential appointments as the CFO at HUD and the deputy undersecretary at DOD. He is currently an executive-in-residence at the School of Planning and Policy, Rutgers University and a visiting lecturer at the School of International and Public Policy, Princeton University.
At the risk of repeating himself, former state budget director and comptroller lays out alternatives to the perilous path of adding to New Jersey’s debt ...
The agreement between Gov. Phil Murphy and legislators to allow nearly $10 billion in emergency state borrowing is bad public policy with ruinous long-term consequences
The state should always be mindful of both the short- and long-term implications of the budget adjustments that are made — avoiding one-time revenue sources ...
New Jersey spends $28 billion annually through the tax code. The governor and Legislature should review these expenditures every year, just as appropriations are examined