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Healy Warns of Fiscal Crisis | Jersey News
Former Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy warns the city is in a “budgetary disaster,” drawing parallels to his own rocky 2009 re-election amid the Great Recession. While he and current Mayor James Solomon don’t always agree, Healy applauds Solomon’s efforts to stabilize finances without crushing taxes or services. Healy, who left a $60 million surplus for his successor, is stunned that Steve Fulop didn’t follow suit — leaving Solomon with a massive deficit and no emergency fund. Unlike Healy’s time, when state aid was scarce, Solomon teamed up with Governor Mikie Sherrill to secure $120…
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