Unions for New Jersey public workers said in a court filing that Gov. Chris Christie's administration was wrong to suggest a judge "fabricated" a right to full pension contributions.
Gov. Chris Christie once again pressed the need to reduce state pension and health benefit costs at a town hall event, and this time stressed the blame was on his predecessors for leaving him to pay for "the sins of the past."
As part of an overall plan to reduce debt, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has proposed reforms to the state workers' pension system by giving employees and unions more control over the pension funds.
Fourteen unions representing state public-sector employees announced Tuesday that they intend to sue Republican Gov. Chris Christie again over planned contributions to government employees' pension funds.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A credit rating agency says a judge's ruling this week that Gov. Chris Christie and lawmakers must work together to pay more into public-sector pensions is a negative development.
A judge weighing whether she has the power to force Gov. Chris Christie and the Legislature to make promised payments to public employee pension funds seemed on Thursday to reject a state administration lawyer's argument that there was no way to make the payments.