TRENTON — A New Jersey Assembly panel is scheduled to hear from poor people who rely on state-funded legal assistance. Gov. Chris Christie cut $10 million from the program that assists poor people with housing and tax disputes and myriad other legal matters. The cut in this year's budget comes atop a $9.7 million cut last year. Christie also...
TRENTON — A New Jersey Assembly panel is scheduled to hear from poor people who rely on state-funded legal assistance.
Gov. Chris Christie cut $10 million from the program that assists poor people with housing and tax disputes and myriad other legal matters. The cut in this year's budget comes atop a $9.7 million cut last year.
Christie also eliminated funding for legal clinics at Rutgers Law School in Newark and Camden.
Democrats who scheduled today's Assembly Judiciary Committee hearing in Trenton say the impact is even worse because of high unemployment and rising poverty.
Lawmakers have been reviewing 11th-hour cuts Christie made before signing a $29.7 billion budget on June 30.
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