New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Gov. Chris Christie's 2011 abolishing of the Council on Affordable Housing without legislative action was beyond his authority.
The court found that because COAH's enabling legislation made it "in, but not of" an executive branch department, Christie could not invoke the Reorganization Act, which extends the governor's authority only to agencies that are "of the executive branch."
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