Dozens of city jobs remain open, but few residents are applying for them, city officials said at Wednesday’s CitiStat meeting at Stockton University here.

“We hear people say, ‘Hire people from the city,’” said Business Administrator Anthony Swan as lists of long-open jobs showed on a screen. “This is why we have to go outside the city to bring folks in. Folks who live here aren’t applying for the positions.”

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