Atlantic City officials present their plan to the state

TRENTON — Atlantic City pitched its recovery plan Tuesday to the state officials who will decide the city’s fate.

City and Department of Community Affairs officials met privately for two hours to go over the city’s proposed fiscal recovery plan. The state has a week to decide whether to accept the plan or take over the city’s finances for five years.

Mayor Don Guardian, who carried a cardboard box full of hard copies of the plan, said he was happy with the city’s presentation and said he felt “better” about the state accepting the plan after the meeting.

“I think they understood and asked questions about each part of the plan,” Guardian said. “I can’t say that they accepted any part of the plan. They told us that they were completely open-minded.”

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