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“I thought I’d be doing budgets and zoning hearings until I retired,” Steinmann admits. “Suddenly, I was the face of the town during a pandemic.”

“Crime is down,” he says flatly. “The data is on our website.” ewing nj mayor

His first year was a trial by fire. Covid-19 shut down town hall. Tax revenues wobbled. And the GM site, after a developer’s bankruptcy, fell back into the township’s lap. “I thought I’d be doing budgets and zoning

“He doesn’t have the charisma of a Christie or the fire of a Fulop,” says Micah Rasmussen, director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics. “But in a small town like Ewing, charisma fades. Competence doesn’t. He’s turning Ewing from a pass-through town into a destination.” Steinmann is running for a full third term next year (Ewing operates under a non-partisan municipal election system, though he is affiliated with Democrats). His likely opponent? A Republican small-business owner who claims Steinmann is “soft on crime” following a string of car thefts. Covid-19 shut down town hall

His administration has launched “Operation Smooth Asphalt,” a data-driven program that repaved 22 miles of local roads last year—a visible win for suburbanites. But he’s also pushed through a controversial zoning change allowing “missing middle” housing (duplexes and townhomes) near the Trenton border, angering some residents who fear density.