Public outrage over Rutgers University’s spending practices is growing louder and now includes state lawmakers. Republican state Sen. Declan O’Scanlon is calling for an investigation over a recent Bergen Record report that the public university racked up more than $450,000 worth of DoorDash food deliveries from May 2021 to June 2022 despite the school — which is partially funded by taxpayer dollars — running at a $73 million deficit in the year prior. Responding to the investigation, Rutgers said athletes were permitted to use the delivery service due to pandemic-related quarantine regulations. But Sen. O’Scanlon (R-Monmouth) points out that some of the orders included hundreds of dollars worth of lavish steak and seafood items, along with non-food items.
“We should stop spending taxpayer resources to help them continue with this lack of responsibility. It’s got to stop, there have to be accountabilities … there’s something wrong with decision-making at Rutgers,” said O’Scanlon.
