Garden State police and firefighters lead the state in one economic matter — their joint pension system is better funded than others in New Jersey. But is it "far" from bankruptcy, as the president of the Professional Firefighters Association of New Jersey claimed in a recently published column? That depends on who's asked and how bankruptcy is defined, according...
Garden State police and firefighters lead the state in one economic matter — their joint pension system is better funded than others in New Jersey.
But is it "far" from bankruptcy, as the president of the Professional Firefighters Association of New Jersey claimed in a recently published column?
That depends on who's asked and how bankruptcy is defined, according to a PolitiFact New Jersey investigation that rates Dominick Marino's claim Half True.
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Dominick Marino, right, president of the Professional Firefighters Association of New Jersey, looks on as Bill Lavin, left, an Elizabeth firefighter and president of the Firemen's Mutual Benevolent Association, speaks during a "Stand Up for Safety" rally at the Statehouse in Trenton on March 3.More N.J. Truth-O-Meter rulings:
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