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This New Jersey Agency Prioritizes Tourism Over Housing, Pushing Vulnerable Residents Out of Their Homes <[link removed]> The state’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority is supposed to put casino taxes back into the community. Some of its deals have made housing options worse, not better, for Atlantic City’s vulnerable residents. by Alison Burdo, The Press of Atlantic City, photography by Kriston Jae Bethel, special to ProPublica

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Casinos Pled Poverty to Get a Huge Tax Break. Atlantic City Is Paying the Price. <[link removed]> Despite growing profits, casino operators used predictions of “grave danger” to convince the state to slash their tax burden, denying millions to the city, its school district and the county. by Alison Burdo, The Press of Atlantic City <[link removed]>

New Jersey Officials Refused to Provide the Numbers Behind New Casino Tax Breaks. So We Did the Math. <[link removed]> Lawmakers claimed, without providing evidence, that casinos would close without a tax cut. A ProPublica, Press of Atlantic City analysis found otherwise. by Alison Burdo, The Press of Atlantic City <[link removed]>

Court Strikes Down State Law That Gave Millions in Tax Breaks to Casinos <[link removed]> A Superior Court judge in New Jersey has thrown out a state law granting Atlantic City’s casinos tens of millions of dollars in tax breaks, saying that the measure was passed on dubious grounds and violated the state Constitution. by Alison Burdo and Michelle Brunetti Post, The Press of Atlantic City <[link removed]>

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