Newark Police Layoffs Threatening Crime-Fighting

Newark – Layoffs in Newark have not only forced cops to look for jobs they never thought of taking, but it has also forced many Newark neighborhoods to fend for themselves.

“We’re facing, literally, the worst economy of our lifetimes,” Booker said in an interview with HuffPost. “It came to a point where we couldn’t cut enough to make up for the tremendous budgetary shortfall.