BY PATRICIA ALEX, STAFF WRITER, The Record
Newark Mayor Cory Booker vowed Tuesday to “consider every option” – from lawsuits to legislative action – to “trip up” the plan that dismantles the city-based University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Booker voiced his strongest opposition yet to the proposal unveiled by Governor Christie late last month that would reorder public higher education in the New Jersey.
“We want to see if we can prevent what I think would be the undermining of my city,” Booker, a Democrat, said during a meeting with the editorial board of The Record.
“I will consider every option to defend critical assets for Newark,” he said.
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