New Jersey Assembly Democrats
Assembly Speaker Prieto on Bills to Continue Funding Transportation Trust Fund in NJ (A-10 & A-11)
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- Assembly Speaker Prieto on Bills to Continue Funding Transportation Trust Fund in NJ (A-10 & A-11)
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) discusses his legislation that would authorize and secure new funding for New Jersey’s Transportation Trust Fund (TTF).
The TTF, once regarded as a national model for transportation finance, runs out of money on July 1. Speaker Prieto’s legislation sets out a 10-year, $20 billion capital transportation program for the state’s highway and rail infrastructure (A-10) and secures dedicated funding for the plan (A-11).
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- Eustace & Gusciora Lead the Assembly in Remembering the Victims of the Orlando Shooting
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- 5:37
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assemblymen Timothy J. Eustace (D-Bergen) and Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer) pause the normal deliberations of the New Jersey General Assembly to honor and remember the victims of the June 12 Orlando shooting tragedy that targeted the LGBTQ community.
The Assemblymen – the only two openly gay members of the New Jersey Legislature – called for a moment of action at the state and federal level, underscored by members in the chamber wearing badges bearing the names of each of the 49 victims.
The General Assembly subsequently passed legislation aimed at overturning efforts by the Christie administration to weaken gun safety regulations in New Jersey (ACR-175).
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- Speaker Prieto on Assembly Passage of Atlantic City Economic Recovery Legislation (A-2569 & A-2570)
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- 1:38
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) offers commentary on the General Assembly’s passage of new economic recovery legislation (A-2569 and A-2570) he sponsored for Atlantic City.
The new compromise legislation respects Atlantic City’s right to self-governance and worker’s rights while providing reasonable benchmarks to put the city back on sound fiscal footing.
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- Assembly Judiciary Committee Hearing on Atlantic City Live Stream 5-23-16
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- 39:05
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) testifies before the Assembly Judiciary Committee as the panel considers legislation to put Atlantic City on the path to recovery.
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- Prieto, Wisniewski Testimony Before Labor Committee in Support of Raising NJ’s Minimum Wage to $15
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- 3:25
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) and Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee Chairman John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) offer testimony before the Assembly Labor Committee in favor of legislation that would raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour.
New Jersey’s current minimum wage is only a little over a dollar above the federal floor for wages in one of the highest cost states in the country. The take home pay for a full time minimum wage worker is less than $18,000 a year.
According to a report -http://www.unitedwayalice.org/documents/14UW%20ALICE%20Report_NJ_Lowres_10.24.15.pdf- from the United Way of Northern New Jersey, a single New Jerseyan with no children would need to earn $13.78 just to make basic needs like food and shelter.
Prieto and Wisniewski’s legislation (A-15) would increase the minimum wage to $10.10 on Jan. 1, 2017. From Jan. 1, 2018 until 2021, it would be...
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- Prieto, Wisniewski Testimony Supporting a $15 Minimum Wage (A-15) Live Stream 5-19-16
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- 18:47
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) and Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee Chairman John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) testify before the Assembly Labor Committee in support of their legislation (A-15) that would raise the state minimum wage to $15/hr and index further minimum wage increases to increases in the consumer price index (CPI).
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- Budget Committee Chairman Schaer on Projected $1.1 Billion Budget Shortfall
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- 2:57
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic) discusses the projected $1.1 billion budget hole facing the current (FY 2016) and upcoming (FY 2017) state budgets and its potential impact on the state's budget.
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- Newser Excerpts of Speaker Prieto on Comprehensive Economic Agenda to Help Families Statewide
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- 3:41
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- This video press release excerpts Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto's (D-Hudson) comments during a Working Families Alliance news conference calling for action on a comprehensive economic policy agenda for state families that includes the current proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour as well as a coordinated effort to fight wage theft, pay inequality, and unfair scheduling practices.
New Jersey’s current minimum wage is $8.38, or just over $17,400 for a full time worker. Even with a proposed increase, countless workers stand to be cut out of a beneficial increase due to the propensity of wage theft, pay inequality and unfair practices that hurt working families.
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- Speaker Prieto, Advocates Newser on Working Families Economic Agenda Live Stream 5-16-16
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- 38:11
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) and members of the Raise New Jersey Coalition, a campaign coordinated by New Jersey Working Families Alliance, experts and workers hold a news conference calling for action on a comprehensive working families economic policy agenda that includes Raising the Minimum Wage and Fighting Wage theft and circumventing gubernatorial vetoes if necessary. Policy recommendations supported by the coalition include the current proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour as well as a coordinated effort to fight wage theft, pay inequality, and unfair scheduling practices.
New Jersey’s current minimum wage is $8.38, or just over $17,400 for a full time worker. Even with a proposed increase, countless workers stand to be cut out of a beneficial increase due to the propensity of wage theft, pay inequality and unfair practices that hurt working families.
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- Assembly Higher Education Committee Hearing on College Student Fee Usage Live Stream 5-12-16
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- 1:34:56
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The Assembly Education Committee will hear testimony from invited guests on report issued on April 27, 2016 by Office of the State Comptroller entitled "Controls Over Collection, Allocation and Use of Student Fees at Selected New Jersey Colleges and Universities."
A copy of the report can be viewed here: http://www.nj.gov/comptroller/news/docs/college_fees_audit_report.pdf
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- Speaker Prieto Discusses Atlantic City Live Stream 05-05-16
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- 24:17
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) holds a news conference to discuss Atlantic City.
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- Assembly Budget Committee Hearing on Higher Education Live Stream 05-04-16
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- 3:03:28
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The Assembly Budget Committee reviews proposed spending plans for higher educational services with the Secretary of Higher Education, the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority and several college presidents.
Besides Secretary of Higher Education Rochelle Hendricks and the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, the following college presidents have been invited to attend:
• Steve Rose, Passaic County Community College;
• Richard Levao, Bloomfield College;
• Joel Bloom, New Jersey Institute of Technology;
• Barbara Gitenstein, The College of New Jersey;
• Robert Barchi, Rutgers University; and
• Ali Houshmand, Rowan University.
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- Muoio Response to Governor’s Action on Gender Pay Equity Bill (A-2750)
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assemblywoman Elizabeth Maher Muoio (D-Mercer) responds to the governor's conditional veto of legislation she sponsored to close the wage gap and create gender pay equity in New Jersey (A-2750).
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- Wimberly, Spencer, Oliver, Sumter & Tucker Newser Supporting Bill to End State Takeovers of Schools
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- 20:53
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly members Benjie E. Wimberly (D-Passaic), L. Grace Spencer (D-Essex), Speaker Emeritus Sheila Y. Oliver (D-Essex), Majority Conference Leader Shavonda E. Sumter (D-Passaic) and Cleopatra G. Tucker (D-Essex) hold a news conference to promote legislation to end the state takeover of New Jersey school districts.
The bill (A-3637), sponsored by Wimberly, Oliver, Sumter and Tucker, would eliminate the authority of the state board of education to place school districts under full or partial state intervention via the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC), the state’s system of monitoring and measuring educational outcomes in individual districts. The bill also would require that any school districts currently under full or partial state intervention be returned to full local control within one year of the date of enactment.
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- Wimberly News Conference on State-Controlled School Districts Live Stream 4-26-16
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- 38:15
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assembly Regulatory Oversight and Reform and Federal Relations Committee Vice-Chair Benjie E. Wimberly (D-Bergen/Passaic) holds a news conference with legislators and education advocates in support of legislation to eliminate state school district takeovers and return full control to municipalities with school districts currently under state management.
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- Excerpts of Assembly Democrats Speaking in Support of Striking Verizon Workers
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- 7:57
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) and Assembly members Wayne P. DeAngelo (D-Mercer), Majority Conference Leader Shavonda E. Sumter (D-Passaic), Daniel R. Benson (D-Mercer), Elizabeth Maher Muoio (D-Mercer) and Andrew Zwicker (D-Somerset) voice their support of striking Verizon workers in excerpts from a State House rally in support of the striking workers and organized labor.
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- Wimberly Excerpts from Budget Committee Hearing on NJ DOE Management, Funding of Paterson Schools
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- 7:10
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- This video press release excerpts Assemblyman Benjie E. Wimberly's (D-Passaic) questioning of New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) Commissioner David C. Hespe during the Assembly Budget Committee’s review of the DOE’s management, oversight and funding of schools in the City of Paterson, which have been under state control for the past 25 years.
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- Speaker Prieto on the Need to Increase NJ’s Minimum Wage to $15
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- 1:11
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) continues his call for raising New Jersey’s minimum wage to $15/hr.
The push to increase the state’s minimum wage is part of the speaker’s ongoing effort to have the General Assembly focus on ways to lift New Jersey residents out of poverty, rebuild the middle-class and make New Jersey more affordable.
According to a recent report by Legal Services of New Jersey, more New Jersey residents are in poverty now than in the past five decades. The agency estimates about 2.8 million adults and 800,000 children lived poverty in New Jersey 2014. That's 40 percent higher than it was before the 2008 Great Recession.
The current take home pay for a full time minimum wage worker in New Jersey is $17,430.40 a year.
According to a United Way report on financial need in New Jersey, a single New Jerseyan with no children would need to earn $13.78 just to afford essential ne...
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- Speaker Prieto & Budget Chairman Schaer Join NJ Working Families, Advocates to Call for Tax Fairness
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- 32:13
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) and Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic) attend a news conference – hosted by New Jersey Working Families and a coalition of advocates – to call for tax fairness for New Jersey working families.
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- News Conference with Speaker Prieto; Working Families Alliance on Tax Fairness Live Stream 4-18-16
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- 44:20
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) joins a diverse coalition of advocates, activists, and community leaders to lay out how New Jersey’s fiscal policies have compromised essential services and shifted costs from the wealthy onto the state’s working families and what can be done to address this discrepancy.
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- Prieto on Assembly Continuing to Advance His Atlantic City Economic Recovery Legislation (A-3614)
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) issues a statement following the Assembly Judiciary Committee’s unanimous, bipartisan approval of his sweeping new economic recovery legislation that would provide Atlantic City with stable annual payments in lieu of property taxes from casinos and create a special new planning committee with significant powers to reform city spending and operations.
The speaker's bill (A-3614) was initially heard by the Assembly Judiciary Committee on April 7, and the committee released it with unanimous, bipartisan approval. The Judiciary Committee approved several amendments to the bill , chief among them being a provision specifying that payments in lieu of property taxes from casinos will also go to city schools, as initially intended. The bill is now poised for an Assembly floor vote, which is expected to be scheduled as soon as member availability is confirmed.
Under the bill:
• T...
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- Schaer Questions DOT Commissioner Over Apparent Lack of Concern in Locating TTF Funding Source
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- 1:57
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic) expresses outrage and disbelief over the fact that the state Department of Transportation has no apparent plan or concern to address the Transportation Trust Fund’s pending insolvency on July 1.
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- Excerpts from Assembly Budget Committee Hearing with DCA Chief Over Atlantic City Funding, Oversight
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- 14:43
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- This video press release excerpts pointed questioning by the Assembly Budget Committee Democrats – Chairman Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic), John F. McKeon (D-Essex), Elizabeth Maher Muoio (D-Mercer), Raj Mukherji (D-Hudson) and Eliana Pintor Marin (D-Essex) – of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Charles A. Richman during the Assembly Budget Committee’s review of the DCA’s handling of Atlantic City since the state-appointed a city monitor in 2010 and what its current financial condition means for the fiscal year 2017 budget.
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- Singleton Excerpts from Assembly Budget Committee Hearing on NJ DCA Sandy Funding
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- This video press release excerpts a line of questioning between Assemblyman Troy Singleton (D-Burlington), a member of the budget committee, and New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Charles A. Richman, during the Assembly Budget Committee’s review of the DCA’s handling of Superstorm Sandy federal relief funding for the fiscal year 2017 Budget.
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- Excerpts from Judiciary Committee Hearing on Speaker Prieto’s Atlantic City Economic Recovery Bill
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- 15:16
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- This video press release excerpts testimony and commentary from Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson), Assembly Judiciary Committee Chairman John F. McKeon (D-Essex), Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee Chairman Ralph R. Caputo (D-Essex), Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker (D-Somerset) and Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee Chairman Gordon M. Johnson (D-Bergen) during the Assembly Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Speaker Prieto’s Atlantic City economic recovery legislation (A-3614).
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- Spencer on Need to Properly Fund Lead Detection, Abatement in NJ
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee Chairwoman L. Grace Spencer (D-Essex) discusses the need for funding proper detection and abatement of lead hazards in New Jersey.
The focus on lead abatement in buildings and the water supply is one portion of efforts by Assembly Democrats to lift people out of poverty and rebuild New Jersey’s middle-class.
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- Schaer, Burzichelli on Democratic Focus, Priorities at Start of NJ FY 2017 Budget Review Process
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- 1:40
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic) and Assembly Appropriations Committee Chairman John J. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester) detail some of the Democratic focus and priorities at the start of the Assembly’s review of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Budget.
The budget officers discuss the impact of public input into shaping the budget and how that translates to priorities Democrats will seek to secure and protect during the months-long review process.
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- Prieto Details How Christie Failed to Use Existing Authority to Help Atlantic City
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- 12:36
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- In this video press release, New Jersey Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto holds a news conference to detail the many ways Gov. Chris Christie and his administration are neglecting their job and putting the state at risk by failing to use their existing authority to help Atlantic City through its fiscal crisis.
The Speaker (D-Hudson/Bergen) noted Atlantic City has been under state supervision, pursuant to a 1947 state law, since 2010. This has included an emergency manager appointed by Gov. Christie via executive order. Also, Atlantic City has been receiving transitional aid that has been subject to a memorandum of understanding between the state and the city.
The Speaker has consulted with financial and legal experts and the nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services. He noted, for instance, the state, under its authority, can:
• Provide municipalities with emergency loans for up to 180 days - and allow for loan extensions - at typically low- or z...
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- Excerpts from HCDNNJ Newser on Lead Abatement With Prieto, Spencer & Muoio
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- 14:09
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
- Description
- This video press release excerpts portions of a Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey (HCDNNJ) news conference on the topic of funding lead abatement in the Garden State, featuring Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson), Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee Chairwoman L. Grace Spencer (D-Essex) and Assemblywoman Elizabeth Maher Muoio (D-Mercer).
The HCDNNJ news conference focused on legislation (A-1378) sponsored by Spencer and Muoio, that would add $10 million in funding to the state’s Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund for fiscal year 2016. The Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund provides financing to address and abate lead-based paint in New Jersey in a comprehensive and focused manner.
HCDNNJ’s news release on the news conference can be read at the following link:
http://www.hcdnnj.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1128%3Anj-lawmakers-commit-to-lead-prevention-funding-in-budget&Itemid=147
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- Legislative Leaders, Advocates Newser on Funding Lead Remediation in NJ Live Stream 3-22-16
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- 40:27
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson), Assembly Environment Committee Chairwoman L. Grace Spencer (D-Essex) and Assemblywoman Elizabeth Maher Muoio (D-Mercer) join advocates, community leaders and children at a news conference to urge support for $10 million in full funding to prevent childhood lead poisoning in the next state budget.
A bill (A-1378), sponsored by Spencer and Muoio, that would add the $10 million in funding to the state's Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund passed the Assembly in March.
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- Assembly Budget Committee Public Hearing - CENTRAL Live Stream 3-21-16
- Runtime
- 6:30:43
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- A public hearing of Assembly Budget Committee held in Central Jersey for members of the public to express their priorities and concerns about the governor's proposed FY 2017 Budget.
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- Wimberly, Paterson Residents on Budget Committee Public Hearing on Paterson Education Funding
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- 8:40
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- This video press release excerpts comments and testimony from Assemblyman Benjie E. Wimberly (D-Passaic) and Paterson residents, given before the third public meeting of the Assembly Budget Committee on the FY 2017 Budget.
Almost a dozen Paterson residents offered their testimony on the state of education in Paterson and Assemblyman Wimberly added his comments to their powerful testimony. This is the second time during public budget deliberations that the deplorable education situation in Paterson has been highlighted. The first can be found here: http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/03/a_cry_for_help_for_paterson_schools_at_nj_budget_h.html
The full testimony of the Paterson residents is available at the following link, beginning at the 2 hour mark: https://youtu.be/e38BoOLsyoQ
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- Assembly Budget Committee Public Hearing - SOUTH Live Stream 3-16-16
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- 3:44:38
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- A public hearing of Assembly Budget Committee held in South Jersey for members of the public to express their priorities and concerns about the FY 2017 Budget.
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- Prieto on Assembly Passage of Bill Package To Rebuild NJ’s Middle Class
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- 2:10
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) discusses the Assembly passage of a package of bills he and Assembly Democrats championed that would lift people out of poverty and rebuild New Jersey’s middle-class.
Restoring New Jersey’s middle class prosperity by combating poverty has been a legislative priority of the Speaker this session. According to a recent report by Legal Services of New Jersey, more residents are living in poverty now than in the past five decades. The agency estimates approximately 2.8 million adults and 800,000 children lived in poverty in New Jersey in 2014 – 40 percent higher than before the 2008 Great Recession.
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- Spencer on Increasing NJ’s Lead Abatement Funding (A-1378)
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee Chairwoman L. Grace Spencer (D-Essex) offers testimony on legislation that would add $10 million to the state's Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund (A-1378).
The excerpt features Assemblywoman Spencer discussing her legislation.
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- Prieto, Burzichelli, Mosquera & Lampitt on Rebuilding NJ’s Middle Class
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- 5:53
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson), Assembly Appropriations Committee Chairman John J. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester) and committee members Gabriela M. Mosquera (D-Gloucester) and Pamela R. Lampitt (D-Camden) offer testimony on a wide-ranging legislative package to rebuild New Jersey’s middle class before the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
The excerpt features a brief introduction from Chairman Burzichelli and testimony from Speaker Prieto and Assemblywomen Mosquera and Lampitt on a series of bills in the package:
• A-30: would increase the maximum cash assistance benefit for families participating in the Work First New Jersey program for the first time in nearly three decades;
• A-40: would increase the New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to 40 percent of the federal level;
• A-152: would increase to $50 the monthly personal needs allowance for residents in certain state facilities ...
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- Assembly Appropriations Committee Hearing Live Stream 3-7-16
- Runtime
- 42:51
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The Assembly Appropriations Committee, as part of the Assembly’s efforts to combat poverty and rebuild New Jersey’s middle-class, will hear testimony from Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) and consider the following bills:
A-30: Increases amount of benefits under Work First New Jersey TANF program over three years;
A-40: Increases New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit to 40 percent of federal benefit amount beginning in tax year 2016;
A-152: Increases personal needs allowance to at least $50 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities;
A-1000: Makes FY 2016 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $10.5 million to DCA for state Rental Assistance Program;
A-1210: Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families; qualifies families to receive additional nutritional assistance;
A-1378: Makes FY 2016 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $10 million to DCA for Lead...
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- Prieto, Wisniewski, NJ4Transit Newser Calling for Investment in NJ Transit Live Stream 3-3-16
- Runtime
- 38:04
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) and Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee Chairman John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) add their voices to the "New Jersey For Transit" coalition of policy experts and advocates in calling for the state to adequately invest in public transit.
A new report by NJ For Transit examines 15 years of capital funding for NJ Transit and finds a steep decline in capital support, which has resulted in stalled transit expansion projects and stagnant spending on maintenance, harming the state's ability to create a world-class transit system that is affordable and reliable.
New Jersey For Transit is a coalition of 19 organizations, founded last year, focused on the need for greater investment in public transit in the Garden State. http://www.nj4transit.org/
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- Conaway & Eustace Excerpts from Health Committee Hearing on NJ Water Quality & Lead Contamination
- Runtime
- 6:10
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- This video press release excerpts commentary from Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee Chairman Herb Conaway, Jr., M.D. and committee vice-chairman Timothy J. Eustace, D.C. during their committee’s investigation into New Jersey’s water quality and lead contamination levels.
The entire committee hearing video live stream archive can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/UmlygeKMQ68
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- Assembly Health Committee Hearing on Water Quality Live Stream 02-22-16
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- 2:57:37
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee heard testimony from invited guests on the public health consequences of water quality and lead contamination.
The following bills were also considered:
A-1042: Establishes maximum fees for providing copies of patient medical records;
A-2106: Permits homeless to receive certified copy of birth certificate without fee;
A-2320: Raises minimum age for purchase and sale of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices from 19 to 21;
A-2332/S-976: Requires Public Health Counsel to promulgate rules and regulations for use of quality control programs in bio-analytical and clinical laboratories;
A-3101: Permits registered surgical practices to convert to or combine with ambulatory care facilities; provides for phased-in gross receipts assessment; authorizes non-profit hospitals to acquire joint ownership interest in practices; and
AJR-50: Designates May...
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- Prieto Excerpts from Legislative Leadership News Conference on Raising NJ’s Minimum Wage to $15
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- 3:55
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- This video press release excerpts portions of Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto's news conference in which he and the Senate president announce a plan to raise New Jersey’s minimum wage to $15.
The legislative leaders announced they would sponsor legislation raising the minimum wage to $10.10, with annual increases to push the hourly minimum to at least $15 over five years. If the governor refuses to sign the legislation, the senate president and the speaker said they would go to the voters with a proposed constitutional amendment to enact the same plan.
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- Prieto, Sweeney $15 Minimum Wage Agreement News Conference Live Stream 2-19-16
- Runtime
- 16:56
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto and Senate President Steve Sweeney make a major policy announcement: agreement on a $15/hr minimum wage increase for the State of New Jersey.
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- The NJ Assembly Democratic Response to the FY 2017 Budget Address
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- 25:55
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson), Majority Leader Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden), Speaker Pro Tempore Jerry Green (D-Union), Majority Conference Leader Shavonda E. Sumter (D-Passaic) and Budget Committee Chairman Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic) deliver the Democratic response to Gov. Christie’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Budget Address.
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- Democratic Response to the Governor's 2017 Budget Address Live Stream 02-16-16
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- 25:52
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- New Jersey Assembly Democratic Leadership – Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson), Majority Leader Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden), Speaker Pro Tempore Jerry Green (D-Union), Majority Conference Leader Shavonda E. Sumter (D-Passaic) and Budget Committee Chairman Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic) – respond to Gov. Christie’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 budget address.
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- Excerpts from Prieto, Muoio, Advocates at NJPP News Conference Addressing Child Poverty Crisis in NJ
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- 16:30
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) and Assemblywoman Elizabeth Maher Muoio (D-Mercer) join New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) and other advocacy groups at a news conference unveiling a new report on child poverty in New Jersey.
The NJPP report, and some of the common-sense solutions it presents, reinforces the Speaker’s ongoing effort to have the General Assembly focus on ways to lift New Jersey residents out of poverty, rebuild the middle-class and make New Jersey more affordable.
According to the NJPP report, “Lost Opportunities for New Jersey’s Children,” the failure by the state to increase the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) for almost three decades has harmed the state’s poorest children. Too many New Jersey children are part of families with incomes less than half of the federal poverty level – approximately $10,000 for a family of three. And child poverty in the state has risen by 25 p...
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- Jasey, Prieto, Giblin & DeCroce Newser Announcing Bipartisan Bill to Expand Pre-K in NJ (A-2572)
- Runtime
- 33:44
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Higher Education Committee Chairwoman Mila M. Jasey (D-Essex), Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson), Assembly Regulated Professions Committee Chairman Thomas P. Giblin (D-Essex) and Assemblywoman Betty Lou DeCroce (R-Morris) hold a news conference to unveil bipartisan legislation to expand New Jersey’s public preschool program to more school districts.
Currently, less than 40 school districts in the state provide publicly funded preschool programs for three- and four-year-olds, despite the 2008 School Funding Reform Act calling for expansion to over 100 districts.
The bipartisan legislation unveiled today (A-2572) would provide for the expansion of full-day preschool programs in additional districts, to meet the goals of the 2008 reform.
The announcement news conference was held at Clifton Elementary School #17 and included members of the administration, faculty members, teachers, parents, and a specia...
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- Prieto, McKeon & Caputo on Resolution to Bring World-Class Gaming to North Jersey (ACR-1)
- Runtime
- 5:39
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson), Assembly Judiciary Committee Chairman John F. McKeon (D-Essex) and Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee Chairman Ralph R. Caputo (D-Essex) discuss and testify on legislation they sponsored that would ask voters to allow the creation of world-class casino gaming facilities in North Jersey; utilize money from the expansion to fund programs and property tax relief for senior citizens and disabled residents; and aid Atlantic City and the state’s horse racing industry.
Under current law, casino gambling is permitted only in Atlantic City. The proposed constitutional amendment (ACR-1) would allow the Legislature to pass laws to permit casinos in two northern New Jersey counties.
No more than two casinos would be permitted and only one casino would be allowed per county. In addition, each proposed casino would be required to be located in a municipality that is at least 72 miles f...
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- Prieto, Wisniewski & Schaer News Conference Calling for Increasing NJ’s Minimum Wage to $15
- Runtime
- 37:19
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson), Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee Chairman John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex), Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic) and Senate Economic Growth Committee Chairman Raymond J. Lesniak (D-Union) join New Jersey Working Families and a coalition of other groups at a news conference in which they call for increasing New Jersey’s minimum wage to $15 an hour.
The legislation to increase the state minimum wage to $15 is part of the Speaker’s ongoing effort to have the General Assembly focus on ways to lift New Jersey residents out of poverty, rebuild the middle-class and make New Jersey more affordable.
According to a recent report by Legal Services of New Jersey, more New Jersey residents are in poverty now than in the past five decades. The agency estimates about 2.8 million adults and 800,000 children lived poverty in New Jersey 2014. That'...
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- Excerpts of Speaker Prieto during the NJLM ‘Meet the Leaders’ Panel Discussion
- Runtime
- 11:07
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- This video press release excerpts Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto's (D-Hudson) participation in the annual New Jersey State League of Municipalities (NJLM) annual “Meet the Leaders” panel discussion.
The discussion covered a wide variety of issues of concern to the state’s mayors, including funding for the Transportation Trust Fund and addressing the affordable housing crisis in the state.
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- The Organization of the New Jersey General Assembly for the 217th Legislature
- Runtime
- 1:24:12
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, the New Jersey General Assembly holds its organizational ceremony for the 217th Legislature.
From the NJ State Constitution:
Article IV, Section I, paragraph 2 amended effective December 8, 1966.
3. Each Legislature shall be constituted for a term of 2 years beginning at noon on the second Tuesday in January in each even numbered year, at which time the Senate and General Assembly shall meet and organize separately and the first annual session of the Legislature shall commence.
