How New Jersey's Political Machine Really Works

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 7, 2019

Nancy Solomon, managing editor of New Jersey Public Radio, talks about the out-sized political influence of the Norcross family, and how tax breaks that were supposed to benefit one of the state's poorest cities, Camden, ended up benefiting George Norcross and his associates.

Read the full story, in partnership with the ProPublica Local Reporting Network, here

 

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