Governor Orders Departments to Freeze Hiring, Salary Increases – and Reduce Budgets by 5%

November 25, 2024 | roi-nj.com

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In the latest acknowledgement that the long anticipated ‘fiscal cliff’ is coming, the Murphy administration, in an email sent last week, notified the heads of all the cabinet departments that the state will pause approvals for discretionary salary increases and that each department should limit new hire requests to those that are “mission critical” to the functioning of the department, ROI-NJ has exclusively learned.

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NJ SEED: Even without taking note of the NJ Constitution’s provision prohibiting a governor from seeking a third consecutive term, it would be obvious that Phil Murphy isn’t planning on running for elective office in 2025. When governments continue to create new programs and expand existing ones, there comes a day when revenues and quick fixes are not sufficient to cover the costs.