Christie Ordered to Work With Lawmakers to Fill Pension Hole
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie must work with lawmakers to fill a $1.57 billion gap in payments to the state pension system, a judge ordered while decrying the failure to address a looming crisis.
Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson sided with hundreds of thousands of government workers, who sued the Christie administration for its failure to make the $2.25 billion payment needed to fully fund the pension system.