Article: New Jersey to Police against Mob Involvement in School Construction Boom.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Sep. 18--Students, homeowners and beleaguered educators are not the only ones looking forward to the $12 billion deluge of school construction New Jersey plans to unleash next year.

Mobsters, con artists and unscrupulous contractors are probably licking their chops in anticipation of the most dollar-rich construction program New Jersey has ever attempted, said Edward M. Neafsey, the state's newly appointed corruption-buster.

In anticipation of the unsavory interest, Neafsey said he is hiring several law enforcement officers whose sole mission will be to detect or prevent mob involvement in the massive construction program.

Next month, Neafsey ...

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