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GENERATION
DOMINATION
SPECIAL REPORT

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Staff members wait outside Village Elementary School in

Holmdel for what turned out to be a swatting incident.

Lawmakers
taking aim
at swatting
STEPH SOLIS @STEPHMSOLIS

A series of patrol cars rushed into the Freehold

Raceway Mall parking lot April 16, responding a frightening 911 call from the food court.
But when they arrived, officers found no signs of
trouble.
Shoppers were browsing clothing racks and sitting
down for dinner. The mall owner wasnt aware of any
emergency, much less a 911 call.
They had just been swatted.
It was the third case that week of swatting, a prank
where someone makes a hoax 911 call while disguising
their phone number and its origin, drawing police and
often heavily armed SWAT officers to the location of a
made-up emergency.
Officers quickly realized the Freehold call was a
ANDREW FORD/STAFF PHOTO

Millennials are a connected generation to their communities, their mobile devices and each other.

New Jersey is in the crosshairs of supply and demand. The Garden State
doesnt have enough of what millennials want and thats a major problem.
Generation Y those between the ages of 18 and 35 prefers urban communities to the suburban landscape crafted for an influx of residents that left be-

See SWATTING, Page 6A

This is a demented, evil act that puts

people at risk of significant injury or
death.
ASSEMBLYMAN PAUL MORIARTY

hind crowded cities in the 1940s and 50s. Those among the younger generation
who want a house in the burbs, find New Jersey too expensive because they are

millennials will take home a win in the marketplace. Today in @issue, 1AA.

N.J.s benefits debt

at $29G per home
and counting

Debt

Housing

Jobs

MICHAEL SYMONS @MICHAELSYMONS

New Jersey millennials billiondollar student-loan debt problem is weighing heavily on everyone in the Garden State.

Pricey homes in a tight job market not only mean there are
fewer qualified buyers to sell
your home to it means buyers
may move to states that better
meet their needs.

Companies offering flexible

hours and an engaging work
culture will be able to hire the
best of the millennial bunch.

TRENTON New Jerseys pension debate ratcheted

up a few notches last week, with what could well be expensive implications for taxpayers, past and future
pensioners, and a host of state-funded programs.
The state teachers union broke off talks with Gov.
Chris Christies administration on additional benefits
reforms. Democratic legislative leaders asked the New
Jersey Supreme Court to order Christie to reverse $3.3
billion in pension cuts he made on his own.
And the governor took to Twitter and a town hall
meeting to rip Democrats. Key court hearings in two
cases loom in early May.
Why should taxpayers care about all this tit for tat?
Billions of reasons, but lets narrow that down to a handful.

under-employed in the states tight job market or buried in student loan debt.
Read about what businesses and communities should be doing to cater to the
largest generation since baby boomers. Those that recognize New Jersey needs

To spotlight our Millennial Project, APP is going on the

road to talk to millennials and their younger counterparts
about what life in N.J. is like for Gen Y. Were bringing
beats, free food for the first students to show up at our
tent, and a chance to win an Apple Watch.
Tuesday, noon to 2 p.m.: Brookdale Community College, Student Life Center Patio
Wednesday, noon to 2 p.m.: Monmouth University, in front of the Multipurpose
Activity Center (MAC)
Thursday, noon to 2 p.m.: Georgian Court University
Friday, noon to 2 p.m.: Ocean County College, Parking Lot 1
Visit app.com/njneedsme for more info.

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