New Jersey Assembly Democrats
Speaker Prieto on Court Ruling Delaying the President’s Executive Action on Immigration Reform
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- Speaker Prieto on Court Ruling Delaying the President’s Executive Action on Immigration Reform
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) discusses his disappointment in the court ruling delaying the implementation of President Obama’s executive action on immigration reform.
Born in Cuba, Prieto immigrated to the United States with his mother in 1970, at the age of 10.
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- Moriarty on Legislation Reuglating Use of GPS-Enabled Ignition Interlocks by Auto Lenders (A-4033)
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- 2:12
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee Chairman Paul D. Moriarty (D-Gloucester) discusses his legislation to regulate the use of GPS-enabled ignition interlock devices by auto lenders.
Lenders use the devices as an extra layer of protection against default when lending to consumers with bad credit. It’s estimated that about 2 million vehicles are equipped with these devices nationwide, however safety concerns have arisen as borrowers have reportedly had their vehicles remotely disabled while idling or in motion.
Moriarty’s bill (A-4033) would seek to add consumer safeguards to the use of these GPS interlock devices, such as requiring that borrowers know the car is equipped with the device and ensuring that lenders cannot remotely disable a vehicle while it is on or in motion.
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- Diegnan on Reviewing Implementation & Participation in the PARCC Test in NJ (A-4165 & A-4190)
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- 2:27
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Education Committee Chair Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr. (D-Middlesex) discusses his legislation that examines the current implementation of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) standardized test in New Jersey’s schools.
The PARCC is replacing the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge and will be administered to all students in grades 3-11 in March.
Diegnan’s parental opt-out legislation (A-4165) was slated for discussion only in the Education Committee.
The second bill (A-4190) would prohibit the state Department of Education from using the PARCC test to determine a student’s placement in a gifted and talented program, placement in another program or intervention, grade promotion, as the state graduation proficiency test, or as a component of any evaluation rubric submitted to the DOE for three years, beginning in the 2015-2016 school year.
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- Johnson on 2-Bill Package to Enhance Oversight of Military Surplus to Law Enforcement
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- 1:27
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assemblyman Gordon M. Johnson (D-Bergen) discusses his legislative package to create greater oversight of surplus military equipment distributed to local law enforcement agencies by the federal government.
Federal law authorizes the transfer of military equipment that might otherwise be destroyed to law enforcement agencies in the country free of charge, commonly known as the “1033 program.”
The first bill in the package (A-3754) would require the state Attorney General to direct the Office of Emergency Management to review the transfer. Based on this review, and criteria developed by the AG’s office, the 1033 program equipment transfer would be approved or suspended.
The second bill (A-3901) would require any applications for participation in the 1033 program to be approved by the appropriate local government first.
The two-bill package received final legislative approval in January and is currently...
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- Mazzeo & Andrzejczak on the 'Disaster Victims Protection Act' (A-3666)
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assemblymen Vince Mazzeo (D-Atlantic) and Bob Andrzejczak (D-Cape May) discuss legislation they sponsored to ensure that disaster relief funding is prioritized to those New Jersey residents and businesses who are hardest hit.
The legislation, entitled the “Disaster Victims Protection Act” (A-3666), would require the governor to allocate federal and state disaster relief funding to municipalities, including residents and businesses, in proportion to the relative amount of catastrophic physical damage suffered within each affected municipality.
Residents in Ventnor, Brigantine, and the Cumberland County bayshore - areas devastated by Superstorm Sandy - are still waiting on Sandy relief funding more than two years after the storm.
The sponsors said that such an aid allocation methodology is necessary to ensure that residential victims and business owners in the most heavily damaged areas of the state following a disas...
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- Prieto & Greenwald Response to 2015 State of the State Address
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- 9:03
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) and Assembly Majority Leader Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) give the Assembly Democratic response to the governor’s 2015 State of the State address.
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- Lampitt Testimony in Support of Her Earned Sick Leave Legislation (A-2354)
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- 3:45
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assemblywoman Pamela R. Lampitt (D-Camden) testifies before the Assembly Budget Committee on her legislation to allow New Jersey workers to accrue one hour of earned sick leave for every 30 hours worked.
An estimated 1.1 million New Jerseyans are unable to earn sick leave at their place of employment, with nearly one in four American adults reporting they’ve lost a job or been threatened with job loss for taking time off due to illness or caring for a sick family member or relative.
Lampitt’s bill (A-2354) would require each New Jersey employer to provide earned sick leave to each employee it employs in the state. The employee would accrue one hour of earned sick leave for every 30 hours worked. Employers would be required to pay employees for earned sick leave time at the same salary and benefits rate that the employee normally earns for regular work.
Under the bill employees would not be able to accrue or carry...
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- Wisniewski, Weinberg Media Avail after NJ Select Committee Receipt of Interim Report
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- 24:26
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, the co-chairs of the New Jersey Legislative Select Committee on Investigation - Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) and Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) - hold a media availability following the panel’s receipt of an interim report prepared by special counsel.
The co-chairs made brief opening remarks and then took questions from the assembled news media for about 20 minutes.
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- Wisniewski Statement at Start of NJ Select Committee on Investigation's Receipt of Interim Report
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- 8:54
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex), co-chairman of the New Jersey Legislative Select Committee on Investigation gives opening remarks at the start of his panel’s hearing to receive an interim report prepared by special counsel.
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- Burzichelli Discussing his 'Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act' (A-2270)
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- 2:11
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assemblyman John J. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester) discusses his legislation that would give terminally ill New Jerseyans the option to end their life with a physician’s help.
The bill (A-2270) would require patients suffering from a terminal disease to first verbally request a prescription from their attending physician, followed by a second verbal request at least 15 days later and one request in writing signed by two witnesses. In addition, the attending physician would have to offer the patient a chance to rescind their request. A consulting physician would then be called upon to certify the original diagnosis and affirm the patient is capable of making a decision.
A patient must have a prognosis of six moths or less to live to request and be prescribed medication under the bill.
The General Assembly passed the legislation in November 41-31; the Senate is set to discuss the legislation in committee on Monday.
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- Mazzeo on Supporting and Reinvesting in Atlantic City
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- 1:06
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assemblyman Vincent Mazzeo (D-Atlantic) discusses some of the legislative steps he’s taking to help support Atlantic City and encourage reinvestment in the city and the surrounding area.
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- Assembly Dems on Environmental, Economic Impact of Monarch Butterfly Conservation in NJ
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- 2:58
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Democrats Timothy J. Eustace, D.C. (D-Bergen), L. Grace Spencer (D-Essex), Robert Andrzejczak (D-Cape May) and Daniel R. Benson (D-Mercer) discuss their recent field visit to a monarch butterfly conservation and tracking program based in Cape May Point.
New Jersey is considered a monarch butterfly way station: the insects make their final stop here to bulk up before migrating to Mexico for the winter. The monarch migration is a significant part of fall agro-tourism in the state, with thousands of individuals coming to New Jersey each year to witness the tens of thousands of butterflies before their annual migration south. However, in recent years, the butterfly population has shrunk significantly, due to a reduction in their natural habitat: milkweed.
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- Andrzejczak, Caride & Mazzeo on Bill to Help Preserve & Expand Cranberry Production in NJ (A-1958)
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- 2:17
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Robert Andrzejczak (D-Cape May), Assemblyman Vincent Mazzeo (D-Atlantic), Assemblywoman Marlene Caride (D-Bergen) and Stephen Lee III, the president of Lee Brothers, Inc., a cranberry farm in Chatsworth, NJ, discuss legislation that would ease some of the cost burdens for cranberry and blueberry harvesters in New Jersey.
Currently, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) considers any cranberry bog that has been un-harvested for five years to be abandoned. Reactivating a bog requires an Individual Wetlands Permit, which is extremely hard to obtain and can carry mitigation costs of up to $30,000 per acre, making it nearly impossible for multigenerational family farms to reactivate portions of their farmland that may have become dormant.
The bill (A-1958) would designate agricultural fields, such as blueberry fields and cranberry bogs, as “active” if an...
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- Andrzejczak Tours Cape May County Aquaculture Industry
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Robert Andrzejczak (D-Cape May), Michael P. De Luca, the director of Rutgers’ Aquaculture Innovation Center and David Bushek, Ph.D., the director of Rutgers’ Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory discuss their tour of aquaculture research centers and farm locations in New Jersey.
The aquaculture tour is part of an ongoing series of tours of New Jersey’s varied and diverse farming industry that the agriculture panel is conducting throughout the state. The tour series, conceived by Andrzejczak, is intended to help members of his committee get a first-hand look at the various types of research, farming and food processing that makes up the backbone of the state’s agriculture and agro tourism industries. It is his hope that this will help give the committee members a better understanding to the specific issues facing New Jersey farmers and the type of legislation that may be nec...
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- Vainieri Huttle, Stender & NY Assembly Members on Port Authority Reforms (A-3350 & A-3417)
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- 18:55
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen) and Assembly State and Local Government Committee Chairwoman Linda Stender (D-Union) participate in a legislative committee hearing on Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) reform legislation.
The first bill (A-3350) would require the PANYNJ to be subject to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act and the New York Freedom of Information Law, making its record readily accessible, upon request, for inspection, copying or examination.
The second bill (A-3417) would make many modifications to the PANYNJ, the most significant of which would be establishing an office of the inspector general to investigate complaints from any source regarding allegations of corruption or abuse within the agency.
Because of the bi-state nature of the PANYNJ, any legislative action to modify the agency must be approved by both the New Jersey and New York legislatures and signed by bo...
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- Riley on Legislative Package to Reform Higher Ed & Enhance College Affordability in NJ
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- 1:41
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Higher Education Committee Chairwoman Celeste M. Riley (D-Cumberland) discusses several pieces of legislation that are part of a larger 20-bill package aimed at addressing the systemic factors pushing more and more New Jersey students into the real world saddled with debt and lacking a college degree.
Riley, with Assemblyman Joseph Cryan (D-Union) first unveiled the 20-bill package in March to address many of the critical factors standing in the way of whether a student successfully completes college and in the most cost-effective manner possible, including: college reediness, completion rates, costs, data collection, accountability, and pathways to success.
Riley discussed the following bills, which were approved by the General Assembly Thursday:
A2801 – sponsored by Jasey, Stender, Riley and Garcia – stipulates that no more than 120 credits will be required for a bachelor degree awarded by a public insti...
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- Wisniewski, Prieto & Caride on Special Hearings on New Jersey's Transportation Funding Crisis
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- 2:04
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee Chairman John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex), Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) and Assemblywoman Marlene Caride (D-Bergen) discuss the series of hearings being conducted by the transportation panel on New Jersey’s transportation funding crisis.
The hearing series seeks to examine how a first-class transportation network for moving goods, services and people is essential to New Jersey’s economy and ongoing economic health. At each hearing location, testimony will be taken from transportation experts, public officials and members of the public on the Transportation Trust Fund and the impact it has on the state’s economy.
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- Lampitt on Earned Sick Leave Legislation (A-2354)
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- 2:28
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assemblywoman Pamela R. Lampitt (D-Camden) discusses her legislation (A-2354) to provide New Jersey workers with earned sick leave pay and the collaborative process involved in creating a complex piece of legislation.
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- Singleton, Advocates Call for Renewed Action on 'Lisa's Law' Domestic Violence Prevention
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- 8:17
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assemblyman Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) holds a news conference with domestic violence prevention advocates in which he criticizes a long-delayed report from the Executive Branch and promises to reintroduce domestic violence monitoring legislation, colloquially known as “Lisa’s Law.”
“Lisa’s Law” was a groundbreaking measure Singleton sponsored last year that would have authorized New Jersey courts to order GPS monitoring of certain domestic violence offenders and would have required victims be notified when the offender was within a certain proximity.
The measure is named in remembrance of Letizia Zindell, of Toms River, who was murdered in 2009 by her former fiancee a day after he was released from jail for violating a restraining order that she had filed against him.
Governor Christie conditionally vetoed the measure, putting the monitoring program on hold while the Attorney General’s office conducte...
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- Prieto, Diegnan & Educators Hold News Conference on Plans to Enhance Teacher Effectiveness in NJ
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- 17:40
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) and Assembly Education Committee Chairman Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr. (D-Middlesex) hold a news conference with education leaders to discuss ways to enhance teacher effectiveness in New Jersey.
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- Andrzejczak on Bill Allowing Recreational Activities on Pinelands-Protected Farmland (A-3257)
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- 1:39
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Robert Andrzejczak (D-Cape May) and Allen Carter, a consultant for Tuckahoe Turf Farms, discuss legislation the assemblyman sponsored to allow recreational activity on lands protected by Pinelands development restrictions.
The bill (A-3257) was prompted by the Pinelands Commission’s recent refusal to allow Tuckahoe Turf Farms, of Hammonton Township, to host youth soccer tournaments on the grounds. Specifically the commission ruled that the soccer tournaments violated a deed restriction limiting the farm’s recreational use to “low recreation” activities, such as hiking, hunting, canoeing, horseback riding and bicycling.
Andrzejczak’s bill provides that a recreational use, like soccer, would be allowed on lands subject to a Pinelands development credit deed restriction, providing that recreational use involves only minimal or temporary impact on the agricultural...
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- Andrzejczak & Mazzeo Tour Atlantic County Farming Industry
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- 1:53
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Robert Andrzejczak (D-Cape May) and Assemblyman Vincent Mazzeo (D-Atlantic) discuss the first in a series of tours of New Jersey’s varied and diverse farming industry Andrzejczak’s agriculture panel is conducting throughout the state.
The tour series, conceived by Andrzejczak, is intended to help members of his committee get a first-hand look at the various types of research, farming and food processing that makes up the backbone of the state’s agriculture and agro tourism industries. It is his hope that this will help give the committee members a better understanding to the specific issues facing New Jersey farmers and the type of legislation that may be necessary to maintain the state’s position as the Garden State.
Farms visited on this leg of the tour include: Atlantic Blueberry Co.; Tuckahoe Turf farm; and Pastore’s Orchard.
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- Assembly Dems News Conference Excerpts Unveiling Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Package
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- 11:28
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Human Services Committee Chairwoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen), Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee Chair Herb Conaway, M.D. (D-Burlington), Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee Vice-Chair Daniel R. Benson (D-Mercer) and Assembly members Joseph A. Lagana (D-Bergen) and Nancy J. Pinkin (D-Middlesex) hold a news conference to announce the creation of a bipartisan, bi-cameral 21-bill package to combat the heroin and prescription drug abuse epidemic affecting all corners of New Jersey.
The legislative package focuses on education about prescription drug abuse, evidence-based prevention of prescription drug and opioid abuse, improving treatment options and expanding recovery efforts for residents battling the disease of addiction.
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- Assembly Dems on Comprehensive Domestic Violence Prevention Bill Package
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- 2:35
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Assembly Democrats Gabriela M. Mosquera (D-Camden), Pamela R. Lampitt (D-Camden), Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer), Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen) and Gordon M. Johnson (D-Bergen) issued a multimedia package Monday on their legislative package to prevent domestic violence in New Jersey, which was unanimously approved by the General Assembly.
The six-bill package would:
- Create a 16-member task force to review current law in New Jersey concerning domestic violence and abuse (A-2163);
- Require defendants convicted of a domestic violence offense who are on probation or have their sentence suspended attend domestic violence counseling (A-1310);
- Create a self-defense justification for victims of domestic violence (A-1579);
- Require law enforcement officers to search domestic violence restraining order registries during an arrest to determine if the individual in custody has a domestic violence restraining order entered against them (A-1953);
- Permit a w...
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- Mazzeo, Andrzejczak & Eustace on Constitutional Amendment to Reform NJ's Bail System (ACR-177)
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assemblymen Vincent Mazzeo (D-Atlantic), Robert Andrzejczak (D-Cape May) and Timothy J. Eustace (D-Bergen) discuss legislation they sponsored that puts a constitutional amendment to overhaul the state’s criminal justice system before voters on the November ballot.
The measure (ACR-177) proposes an amendment to the state constitution that would institute much needed changes to both the pretrial release and detention programs in New Jersey and grant the Legislature the authority to enact these changes through companion legislation signed into law today.
The proposed amendment to the New Jersey Constitution would authorize a court, under certain circumstances, to order the pretrial detention of a person in a criminal case by changing the current constitutional right to bail.
While eliminating the upfront right to bail, the proposed amendment would still make all persons eligible for pretrial release from jail by either ...
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- Prieto on Bail Reform Consideration
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) discusses the consideration of bail reform legislation.
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- Wisniewski, Weinberg Media Avail Following Testimony from Regina Egea to NJ Select Committee
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- 19:50
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, the co-chairs of the New Jersey Legislative Select Committee on Investigation - Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) and Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) - hold a media availability following hours of testimony and Q&A from Christie authorities unit director, Regina Egea.
The co-chairs took questions from the assembled news media for about 19.5 minutes.
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- Prieto, Schaer & Johnson Support Providing Tuition Aid for Undocumented NJ Students
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- 18:32
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) and Assembly members Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic) and Gordon M. Johnson (D-Bergen) hold a news conference with advocacy groups in support of providing undocumented New Jersey students with state tuition aid and announce the introduction of legislation to do the same.
Under current New Jersey law, undocumented students who meet certain requirements are eligible for the in-state tuition rate, but not state financial aid. The fiscal year 2015 budget approved by the Legislature included a provision to extend state financial aid assistance to undocumented students, but it was line item vetoed out by the governor. The members' legislation would make undocumented students who are eligible for in-state tuition also eligible for state financial aid.
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- NJ Democratic Assembly Budget Committee Members Respond to Gov. Christie's Budget Vetoes
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- 2:57
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Democratic members of the Assembly Budget Committee - Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic), the panel's chairman, Gordon M. Johnson (D-Bergen), John J. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester), the Assembly Appropriations Committee Chairman, Eliana Pintor Marin (D-Essex), Joseph Cryan (D-Union), Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) and Benjie E. Wimberly (D-Passaic) - discuss Governor Christie's vetoes of the Democratic budget for fiscal year 2015.
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- NJ Asm Dems on Passage of Budget Protecting Middle Class & Fulfilling State Obligations (S-2015)
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- 3:18
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, the Democratic members of the Assembly Budget Committee - Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic), the panel's chairman, Joseph Cryan (D-Union), Gordon M. Johnson (D-Bergen), John J. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester), the Assembly Appropriations Committee Chairman, Troy Singleton (D-Burlington), Benjie E. Wimberly (D-Passaic), Eliana Pintor Marin (D-Essex) and Raj Mukherji (D-Hudson) - discuss the passage of the Democratic budget for fiscal year 2015.
The Democratic budget (S-2015) sent to Governor Christie's desk is a budget that protects the values of New Jersey's hard working middle class families. It recognizes that women and families require access to quality health care and that vital services, such as nursing homes, cancer research, college affordability and domestic violence programs must be protected.
It gives tax relief to those who need it most, while responsibly fulfilling the obligations the state has to teachers, police and firefighters...
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- Assembly Budget Dems on GOP Failure to Support Middle Class & Fulfill Budgetary Obligations
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- 3:24
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Democratic members of the Assembly Budget Committee - Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic), the committee chairman, John J. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester), Assembly Appropriations Committee Chairman, Gordon M. Johnson (D-Bergen) and Raj Mukherji (D-Hudson) - note Assembly Republican failure to support New Jersey's middle class and poor and their refusal to acknowledge the state's budgetary obligations in the fiscal year (FY) 2015 Budget.
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- Andrzejczak, Caride & Mazzeo on 6-Bill Package To Protect, Promote NJ's Beekeeping Industry
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- 2:03
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Democrats Robert Andrzejczak (D-Cape May), Marlene Caride (D-Bergen) and Vincent Mazzeo (D-Atlantic) discuss a six-bill package they sponsored to protect and promote New Jersey's beekeeping industry and the vital role it plays in the state's agricultural community.
The following bills comprise the package:
A-1294 - Extends protections under the state "Right to Farm Act" to commercial beekeepers that produce honey or other agricultural or horticultural apiary-related products, or provide pollination services that total more than $10,000 annually.
A-1295 - Prohibits any municipality in the state from regulating the breeding or keeping of honey bees and any related activities, including the use of the bees for pollination, reproduction and sale of the bees, or the production of honey or other apiary products.
A-1296 - Establishes a civil penalty of up to $500 any time a person intentionally destroys ...
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- Prieto on Assembly Democrats' Plan to Balance the Budget While Addressing Core Democratic Priorities
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) gives remarks at a news conference on the Assembly Democratic budget plan.
The Assembly budget plan for next fiscal year will restore money for women's health care and shore up funding for nursing homes and domestic violence programs, while also providing tax relief for working families and fully funding the state's pension obligation.
The plan, among other things, will also eliminate the tax break enjoyed by millionaires under Governor Chris Christie.
It will include $7.5 million to restore money Christie has cut from women's health care.
And it all also increase the benefit amounts under New Jersey's earned income tax credit program to 25 percent of the federal earned income tax credit amounts, restoring another Christie cut and giving tax relief to working poor families.
According to Prieto, the plan will also shore up funding for nursing homes and...
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- Andrzejczak on Resolution Calling for Congress to Allow Vets to Receive Care at Non-VA Facilities
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- 1:06
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblyman Robert Andrzejczak (D-Cape May) discusses his legislation to urge the United States Congress to consider changes to federal law that would allow military veterans to receive health care at nonfederal Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities.
Currently, military veterans utilizing the VA as their primary form of health coverage have to wait weeks and travel dozens, if not hundreds of miles, to access approved VA facilities to receive even the most basic of medical care. Andrzejczak's measure (ACR-164) formally requests that Congress consider legislation that would enable veterans to receive health care at any facility, regardless of its VA affiliation.
Andrzejczak himself is a veteran and a VA hospital patient. He served in the US Army, attaining the rank of Sergeant, before being wounded during a 2008 deployment in Iraq. His convoy was hit by an anti-tank grenade, injuring Andrzejczak and resulting in the loss ...
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- Speaker Prieto on Police and Fire Interest Arbitration Compromise Legislation (A-3424)
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- 1:48
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) discusses his compromise legislation to address interest arbitration reforms for police and fire fighters in New Jersey, following the bill's unanimous passage Monday by the General Assembly.
Prieto's compromise legislation would make various changes to the law governing arbitration awards in disputes between public employers and their police and fire departments.
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- Andrzejczak on NJTEAM Act, Allowing Military Vets In-State Tuition at Colleges in NJ (A-2622)
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblyman Robert Andrzejczak (D-Cape May) discusses his legislation that would allow military veterans attending a public college or university in New Jersey to pay in-state tuition rates.
Andrzejczak's bill (A-2622), entitled the "New Jersey Tuition Equality for America's Military (NJTEAM) Act" would allow any honorably discharged military veteran living in New Jersey to be considered a state resident for the purposes of paying in-state tuition at any of the state's public two- and four-year colleges or universities.
Andrzejczak himself is a veteran. He served in the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of Sergeant before being wounded during a 2008 deployment in Iraq. His convoy was hit by an anti-tank grenade, injuring Andrzejczak and resulting in the loss of his left leg.
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- Riley & Cryan on 20-Bill NJ Higher Education Reform Package
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- 2:05
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Higher Education Committee Chairwoman Celeste M. Riley (D-Cumberland) and Assemblyman Joseph Cryan (D-Union) outline their 20-bill higher education reform package, following the conclusion of a series of public hearings on the legislation.
The comprehensive bill package would address many of the critical factors standing in the way of whether students in New Jersey successfully completes college and completes it in the most cost effective manner possible. The major areas addressed by the bill package include: college readiness, college completion rates, college cost, data collection, accountability, and pathways to success.
To view a copy of the bills, as introduced, please click here:
http://bit.ly/1q7UXwa
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- Wisniewski, Weinberg Media Avail Following Testimony from Kevin O'Dowd to NJ Select Committee
- Runtime
- 12:31
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, the co-chairs of the New Jersey Legislative Select Committee on Investigation - Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) and Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) - hold a media availability following hours of testimony and Q&A from Christie chief of staff Kevin O'Dowd.
The co-chairs made brief remarks and then took questions from the assembled news media for about 8.5 minutes.
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- Wisniewski, Weinberg Media Avail Following Testimony from Pat Schuber to NJ Select Committee
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- 8:15
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, the co-chairs of the New Jersey Legislative Select Committee on Investigation - Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) and Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) - hold a media availability following hours of testimony and Q&A from Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Commissioner William "Pat" Schuber.
The co-chairs took questions from the assembled news media for about 8 minutes.
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- Final legislative approval for A-2006, which bans high-capacity ammunition magazines in New Jersey
- Runtime
- 14:21
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- New Jersey Assembly Majority Leader Lou Greenwald and parents from Newtown, Ct. on final legislative approval for A-2006, which bans high-capacity ammunition magazines in New Jersey
- Title
- Prieto & Diegnan News Conference on 8-Bill Package to Improve Vo-tech Education in NJ
- Runtime
- 12:33
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto and Assembly Education Committee Chairman Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr. (D-Middlesex) hold a news conference in which they announce a set of eight bills designed to improve and expand the state's vocational school programs.
The legislators were joined at the announcement by business and education advocacy organizations, in particular the New Jersey Business and Industry Association (NJBIA) and the New Jersey Council of County Vocational-Technical Schools.
When Prieto (D-Hudson) became Assembly Speaker in January he said that improving vocational education would be one his top legislative priorities. He stressed that as a state, "we need to get away from that narrative of the single path to success," and used his own story as an example. A Cuban immigrant, Prieto went to school to become a plumber and later received technical certifications in fire and building technologies and is now a code enforcement o...
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- Wisniewski, Weinberg Media Avail Following Testimony from Michael Drewniak to NJ Select Committee
- Runtime
- 12:56
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, the co-chairs of the New Jersey Legislative Select Committee on Investigation - Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) and Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) - hold a media availability following hours of testimony and Q&A from Christie press secretary and spokesperson Michael P. Drewniak.
The co-chairs made brief remarks and then took questions from the assembled news media for about 9 minutes.
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- Stender on Lack of Info, Accountability of Superstorm Integrity Monitors
- Runtime
- 1:37
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly State and Local Government Committee Chairwoman Linda Stender expresses her concerns about Superstorm Sandy relief integrity monitors, following her committee's hearing on the matter.
Stender (D-Union/Middlesex/Somerset) specifically voiced concerns over whether relief funds had been allocated and used properly.
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- Schaer on Lack of Solutions from Christie Administration to Close $800M Current Year Budget Gap
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Chair Gary S. Schaer (D-Bergen/Passaic) comments on the Christie administration's failure to provide specifics on its plan to close an $800 million current year budget gap to his panel.
With less than two months before the close of the current fiscal year, Schaer expressed misgivings that the administration's solution - whenever it's finally revealed - would, at best, not leave enough time for the Legislature to appropriately debate the proposal and, at worst, kick the fiscal ball down the road into next year's budget, a move that credit ratting agencies have warned could force another downgrade of the state's credit.
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- Wisniewski, Weinberg Media Avail Following Testimony from Christina Renna to NJ Select Committee
- Runtime
- 19:40
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, the co-chairs of the New Jersey Legislative Select Committee on Investigation - Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) and Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) - hold a media availability following hours of testimony and Q&A from former Christie administration Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (IGA) employee Christina Genovese Renna.
The co-chairs made brief remarks and then took questions from the assembled news media for about 15 minutes.
- Title
- Schaer & Cryan Question Treasurer on Lack of Solutions to $800M Revenue Shortfall
- Runtime
- 2:54
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic) and Assembly Budget Committee member Joseph Cryan (D-Union) question the state treasurer on his department's lack of plans to deal with the $800 million revenue shortfall in the current year budget.
The pair of lawmakers questioned the treasurer's rationale of waiting until his May 21 appearance before the panel to present them with details of how treasure expects to close the current year budget deficit.
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- Greenwald & Eustace News Conference Unveiling Plan to Keep Tesla in NJ
- Runtime
- 5:44
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Majority Leader Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) and Assemblyman Timothy J. Eustace, D.C. (D-Bergen) hold a news conference to unveil new legislation they are sponsoring to strengthen the automobile market, promote innovation and keep Tesla Motors in operation in New Jersey.
In March, the state Motor Vehicles Commission (MVC) made a ruling that required automobiles in New Jersey to be sold through franchises.
The Greenwald/Eustace compromise legislation - which was endorsed Thursday by James Chen, Vice President for Regulatory Affairs at Tesla Motors - would reverse the MVC's March decision, which limited Tesla Motors' ability to compete in the New Jersey marketplace.
Under the legislation, Tesla would be allowed to sell cars directly to consumers at up to four licensed locations in New Jersey. Manufacturers engaging in direct sales would also be required to operate at least one retail facility in the state for ...
- Title
- Cryan on Need to Keep College Affordable for NJ Residents
- Runtime
- 1:10
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblyman Joseph Cryan discusses the need to keep college tuition in New Jersey affordable for students, following a review by the Assembly Budget Committee of higher education funding in the governor's FY 2015 proposed budget.
Cryan (D-Union) is a sponsor of a 20-bill higher education reform package that would help reduce the high cost of college in the state.
- Title
- Singleton: State Transportation Needs Not Being Met
- Runtime
- 1:19
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblyman Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) criticizes the Christie administration for its failure to properly fund the state's Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) and maintain the state's surface road infrastructure.
According to published reports (http://bit.ly/1tVQ2i8), the governor's failure to properly provide the TTF with pay-as-you-go funding will result in the fund becoming insolvent a year earlier than projected.
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- Pintor Marin on Lack of Funding for Women's Health Care in FY 2015 Proposed Budget
- Runtime
- 0:54
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor Marin, a member of the Assembly Budget Committee, expresses her dismay at the continued lack of funding for women's health care in the governor's proposed FY 2015 state budget.
Pintor Marin (D-Essex) noted that for the fifth straight year, the governor's budget has failed to include funding for women's health care, which, at $7.5 million, represents less than one tenth of one percent of the proposed budget's $34.4 billion price tag.
