Christie Lacked Power to Abolish Housing Agency, Court Rules
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie didn’t have the right to abolish a housing agency created by the state’s legislature, an appeals court ruled.
The Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court said today that Christie exceeded his authority under an executive reorganization plan by eliminating the Council on Affordable Housing and transferring its duties to the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs.