New Jersey Pension Reforms Are Only The Beginning
On June 28, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law pension and health-benefit reform legislation aimed at increasing its state and local pension systems’ funded ratio from 62 percent to more than 88 percent over 30 years, with underfunding at $37 billion by 2041. It’s a start – but it will not close the funding gap.
Judy Ward
July 6, 2011