Steve Fulop in The Economist

On Families & Children: Require companies to grant paid sick leave

Unemployment has dropped from 8.8% when Mr Fulop was elected to 5%. While Mr Fulop, a Democrat, has streamlined regulations and expedited business approvals, he is protective of the city's industrial past. "Grittiness makes the city special. We don't want to become a Main Street with chain stores." He has also pushed a progressive agenda. Under his watch, the city became the first in the state (and sixth in the country) to require companies to grant paid sick leave. It is the first New Jersey city to have a transgender health care programme. More affordable housing has been built, even along the desirable waterfront, in the past two and a half years than in the previous ten. Source: The Economist on 2017 New Jersey Gubernatorial race Jan 27, 2016

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