Joe Feinberg is a Korean war veteran and retired city planner, long associated with city and state government in New Jersey. An eyewitness, and co-planner of the Department of Community Affairs within the New Jersey State Government, he describes its birth and uncertain path from 1967 until the present day. This detailed book is indispensable for those studying state government histories during the tumultuous late sixties and subsequent periods. It describes the many programs and bureaus folded into the Department and the various personalities associated with its history during the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st.