NJ.com, March 2, 2017: (Opinion) The gap between N.J.’s rich and poor keeps growing | Editorial
“It’s no secret that New Jersey has the 13th highest income disparity in the nation, but looking at the state as a whole, it’s astonishing just how wide that gap is.
Nearly 1 million New Jersey residents are living in poverty. Not surprisingly, the hardest hit are our urban areas, with Atlantic City, New Brunswick, Newark, Passaic and Union carrying the ‘honors’ as the poorest in their respective counties.”