NJ Assembly Won't Sell Defunded NJN To WNET; Layoffs Coming
After New Jersey governor Chris Christie signed legislation last year that defunded New Jersey Network, the state’s public broadcaster, it looked like the station’s 129 employees would lose their jobs.
But then Christie suspended the layoffs, the plan apparently being that whatever existing public broadcaster purchased NJN would also receive those employees.
However, the New Jersey Assembly has just rejected a plan that would have sold NJN’s public TV to a subsidiary of WNET, which is based in New York.
“Giving NJN to New York makes no sense,” said Patrick Diegnan (D-Middlesex) before the vote.
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