New Jersey Assembly Democrats
Speaker Oliver on the Benefits of Her Revamped 'Back to Work NJ' Legislation (A-4332)
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- Speaker Oliver on the Benefits of Her Revamped 'Back to Work NJ' Legislation (A-4332)
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver (D-Essex) discusses her revamped "Back to Work NJ" job creation and economic growth program.
The measure (A-4332), which would allow unemployed New Jerseyans to receive on-the-job training from potential employers, remains a centerpiece of the Democratic legislative efforts to create jobs and reinvigorate the state's economy. A previous version of the measure was approved by the Legislature in January but vetoed by Gov. Chris Christie in February, despite the success of a similar program in Georgia and the inclusion of the concept in the President's job creation package.
The bill, based on the successful Georgia Work$ program, was approved 47-32 by the General Assembly Monday along party lines, with Democrats supporting the measure and Republicans opposed.
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- Moriarty on Bill to help Businesses & Workers Avoid Layoffs (A-3818)
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- 1:11
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty (D-Gloucester) discusses his legislation to help both New Jersey businesses and workers avoid layoffs due to economic conditions.
The measure (A-3818) would encourage employers who are contemplating cost savings through layoffs to instead achieve the savings by sharing the remaining work among all employees.
This shared work arrangement would be achieved by permitting - under certain circumstances, as approved by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development - a full-time employee who has had their weekly work time reduced by 10 percent or more to collect unemployment benefits for the work hours lost while still retaining full-time employment status.
Similar programs are currently used by 22 other states and the District of Columbia. In 2010, according to the Wall Street Journal, work sharing programs prevented nearly 10,000 layoffs in the State of Rhode Island alone.
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- Singleton on Democratic Efforts to Jumpstart New Jersey Job Growth
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblyman Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) discusses the ongoing Democratic efforts to create jobs and jumpstart New Jersey's economy.
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- Coughlin on Re-introduction of 'Back to Work NJ' Legislation
- Runtime
- 1:10
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblyman Craig J. Coughlin (D-Middlesex) discusses legislation reintroducing the 'Back to Work NJ' jobs creation initiative as a one-year pilot program.
Coughlin is a member of the Assembly Labor Committee, which favorably released the bill Monday.
The measure (A-4332), sponsored by Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver (D-Essex), which would allow unemployed New Jerseyans to receive on-the-job training from potential employers, remains a centerpiece of the Democratic legislative efforts to create jobs and reinvigorate the state's economy. A previous version of the measure was approved by the Legislature in January but vetoed by Gov. Chris Christie in February, despite the success of a similar program in Georgia and the inclusion of the concept in the President's job creation package.
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- The Swearing In of Assemblyman Troy Singleton (D-Burlington)
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- 7:41
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver (D-Essex) administers the oath of office to Assemblyman-Select Troy Singleton, of Palmyra.
Singleton (D-Burlington), 38, will fill the seat vacated by Jack Conners who recently retired to serve as Director of the Camden County Office of Veterans Affairs. He joins Assemblyman Herb Conaway Jr., M.D. (D-Burlington) in representing the 7th Legislative District in the Assembly.
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- New Jersey Legislative Democratic Majority Announces 215th Legislature Leadership Teams
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- 16:51
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver (D-Essex) and Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney (D-Gloucester) host a joint news to announce the Assembly and Senate Leadership teams for the upcoming 215th Legislative Session.
Senate leadership shall comprise Sweeney, Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) as Senate Majority Leader; Nia H. Gill (D-Essex) as Senate President Pro Tempore; and Paul D. Sarlo as Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee Chairman.
Assembly Leadership shall comprise Oliver, Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) as Assembly Majority Leader; Jerry Green (D-Union) as Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore; Gordon M. Johnson (D-Bergen) as Assembly Majority Conference Chair; John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) as an Assembly Deputy Speaker with expanded responsibilities; and Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) as Assembly Budget Committee Chairman.
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- Assemblyman Conaway Hosts 10th Annual POW-MIA Remembrance Ceremony
- Runtime
- 40:59
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblyman Herb Conaway, M.D. (D-Burlington/Camden) documents his 10th Annual POW-MIA Remembrance Ceremony.
The annual breakfast, held on the national POW-MIA day of recognition - traditionally the third Friday in September - honors the commitment and sacrifices made by New Jersey's and the nation's prisoners of war and those who are still missing in action and serves as an enduring reminder of the promise made to all POWs and MIAs: that we will not rest until they are all accounted for and brought home.
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- Watson Coleman on Shuttering of NJ After 3 Program due to Christie Budget Cuts
- Runtime
- 2:17
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer) discusses the ramifications of the announced insolvency of NJ After 3, following the elimination of its state funding by Governor Christie in his most recent budget.
Founded in 2004, New Jersey After 3 is a public/private partnership program that partners with local community organizations and public schools to expand learning time by more than 40 percent each school day, keeping kids safe, improving student achievement and providing invaluable and affordable support to working families.
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- Benson, DeAngelo on 'Life Sciences Internship Challenge' Bill for College Students (A-4094)
- Runtime
- 1:21
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblymen Daniel R. Benson and Wayne P. DeAngelo (both D-Mercer/Middlesex) discuss their legislation (A-4094) to provide tax credit subsidies to small New Jersey-based life science companies as an incentive to create paid internship opportunities for college students that would hopefully become a pivot point into full time employment down the line.
The "New Jersey Life Sciences Internship Challenge" program would provide a subsidy in the form of a tax credit to small companies to establish a limited number of paid summer internships in the life sciences field for undergraduate students from New jersey and undergraduate students attending New Jersey schools.
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- Vainieri Huttle on Latest Meeting of Joint Psychiatric Hospital & Developmental Center Review Panel
- Runtime
- 1:44
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Human Services Committee Chairwoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen) discusses the activities of a special bicameral legislative panel, which she co-chairs, tasked with reviewing the operations of state psychiatric hospitals and developmental centers.
The review committee was formed in response to a move by the Christie administration to close the Vineland Developmental Center and the Senator Garrett W. Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital.
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- Schaer on Proposed Changes to NJ's Personal Injury Protection (PIP) Benefits System
- Runtime
- 1:11
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee Chairman Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic) discusses his committee's recent hearing on proposed changes put forth by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) to the Personal Injury Protection (PIP) portion of the state's auto insurance laws.
The committee took over four hours of testimony on the DOBI proposals from a variety of stakeholders, including auto and health insurance representatives, health care professionals, lawyers and concerned residents.
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- Milam on Tourism Committee Hearing Aboard NJ Tall Ship: Schooner A.J. Meerwald
- Runtime
- 1:02
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Tourism and the Arts Committee Chairman Matthew W. Milam (D-Atlantic/Cape May/Cumberland) discusses his committee's ongoing efforts to highlight tourism hotspots throughout New Jersey.
The panel met Monday aboard New Jersey's official tall ship - the rehabilitated 1926 oyster schooner A.J. Meerwald - to discuss tourism opportunities presented by the ship and by her operators, the Bayshore Discovery Project, which seeks to motivate people to care for the environment, history and culture of the state's bayshore region through education, preservation and example.
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- McKeon on Bill Clarifying NJ's Participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (A-4108)
- Runtime
- 0:58
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee Chairman John F. McKeon (D-Essex) discusses his legislation to clarify the need for New Jersey to continue to participate in the 10-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), despite actions from Gov. Christie and the Executive Branch seeking to withdraw from the multi-state coalition.
RGGI is the first market-based regulatory program in the U.S. designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from energy providers. Coalition states from the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic have agreed to cap and reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power producers by 10 percent by 2018. Gov. Christie announced in May that he would be pulling New Jersey out of the RGGI coalition by the end of the year.
McKeon's measure (A-4108) specifically requires New Jersey's continued participation in RGGI and indicates that the governor's actions to the contrary are in direct violation of more than five years wort...
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- Barnes on Gov. Christie's Budget Cuts to Legal Services
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter J. Barnes III (D-Middlesex) discusses the impact of the budget cuts Gov. Christie made to legal services for low-income New Jerseyans.
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- Benson & Riley on Gov. Christie's Budget Cuts to Senior and Disabled Programs
- Runtime
- 1:07
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly members Daniel R. Benson (D-Mercer) and Celeste M. Riley (D-Cumberland) discuss the cuts Gov. Christie made in the FY 2012 Budget to vital programs for senior and disabled New Jersey Residents.
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- Vainieri Huttle on Gov. Christie's Budget Cuts to Children's Programs
- Runtime
- 0:44
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Human Services Committee Chairwoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen) discusses the cuts Gov. Christie made to vital programs for the neediest children in the state.
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- Excerpts from Speaker Oliver's Floor Speech on Restoring the Earned Income Tax Credit (A-4204)
- Runtime
- 4:20
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- This video press release contains excerpts of Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver's (D-Essex) floor speech on restoring New Jersey's Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) program to 25 percent of the federal level.
The measure (A-4204) passed the General Assembly 46-32 and the Senate 24-15 on June 29 and received an absolute veto from Gov. Christie on June 30.
The EITC is a credit for working poor residents who work and have earned income.
Last year, Republicans changed the EITC in New Jersey from 25 percent to 20 percent, effectively raising the income tax liability of residents receiving the EITC by $45 million. This bill would have reversed the change and restored the 25 percent level.
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- NJ Assembly Democratic Response to Gov. Christie's Line Item Veto of the FY 2012 Democratic Budget
- Runtime
- 1:14
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Majority Conference Leader Joan M. Quigley (D-Hudson) and Assemblywomen Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer) and Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen) respond to Gov. Chris Christie's use of his line item veto power to strip the FY 2012 Democratic budget of a majority of provisions that would have funded numerous essential services and offered property tax relief to working class families in New Jersey.
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- Excerpts from Greenwald Floor Speech on FY 2012 Democratic Budget Alternative (A-4200)
- Runtime
- 5:14
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- This video press release contains excerpts of Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Louis D. Greenwald's (D-Camden) floor speech on the Fiscal Year 2012 Democratic Budget Alternative (A-4200), which passed the General Assembly by a vote of 46-32.
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- Barnes & Diegnan on Improving Access to Care for Huntington's Disease Patients (A-387)
- Runtime
- 1:42
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblymen Peter J. Barnes III and Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr. (both D-Middlesex) discuss their bill to create specialized care nursing facilities for the treatment and care of patients with Huntington's Disease in New Jersey.
Huntington's Disease is a hereditary neurological disorder that instigates a programmed degeneration of brain cells in sufferers, causing uncontrolled movements, loss of intellectual faculties and emotional disturbances. It is a family disease, passed on from parent to offspring via genetic mutation.
The legislation (A-387) would require the state Department of Health and senior Services to designate two facilities in New Jersey - JFK Hartwyck Nursing, Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center at Cedar Brook and Leisure Chateau Care and Rehabilitation Center in Lakewood - as specialized care nursing facilities for individuals requiring long-term care for the treatment of Huntington's Disease. It also would issu...
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- Stender, Conaway, Vainieri Huttle & Wagner Rally to Restore Women's Health Care Funding in NJ
- Runtime
- 11:17
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly members Linda Stender (D-Union), Herb Conaway, Jr., M.D. (D-Burlington), Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen) and Connie Wagner (D-Bergen) offer their support to restore women's health care funding in the FY 2012 Budget, during a State house rally to support women's rights in New Jersey.
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- Quijano on Reintroducing DeCroce Bill Preventing Personal Use of State Helicopters by Governors
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee Chairwoman Annette Quijano (D-Union) calls on Assembly Minority Leader Alex DeCroce (R-Morris) to join her in sponsoring legislation he championed in 2004 that would prohibit governors from using state helicopters for personal and political purposes.
Quijano announced her intention to reintroduce the DeCroce legislation following a special meeting of her homeland security panel focused on the protocols and procedures governing the usage of State Police helicopters. The hearing was called after it was revealed that Gov. Christie had used State Police helicopters for personal and political purposes.
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- Albano & Milam on Continued Efforts to Combat Illegal Ocean Dumping in New Jersey (A-861)
- Runtime
- 1:27
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblymen Nelson T. Albano and Matthew W. Milam (both D-Cumberland) discuss their latest efforts to combat illegal ocean dumping off New Jersey's coastline.
The measure (A-861) would suspend for three years the license of any health care professional, medical waste facility, generator or transporter found in violation of New Jersey's medical waste anti-dumping laws. If a medical professional or waste handler continued to operate while under suspension, the appropriate state authority would permanently revoke their license. Otherwise, at the end of the three year suspension period, they would be allowed to apply for reinstatement of their license.
Albano and Milam introduced the measure after several South Jersey beaches were forced to close before the 2008 Labor Day weekend after illegally dumped medical waste washed ashore. As many as 225 syringes and other medical waste were found in Avalon - leading borough officials to cl...
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- Watson Coleman on Christie's Personal Use of Taxpayer-Funded Helicopter
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer) comments on Gov. Chris Christie's use of a New Jersey State Police helicopter for personal travel.
The personal trip had a flight time cost of $2,500, at a time when the governor is demanding increased budgetary sacrifices from New Jerseyans across the board.
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- Coutinho: Christie Plan to Dismantle UEZ Program will Irrevocably Harm NJ's Economic Recovery
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblyman Albert Coutinho (D-Essex), chairman of the Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee criticizes a proposal by the Christie administration to dismantle New Jersey's Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) program.
Coutinho's panel convened a hearing Thursday to gauge the impact of the proposal on municipalities that currently participate in the UEZ program; many municipal officials and urban small business owners who testified said that dismantling the program without a suitable replacement would cause serious harm to the continued economic well being of New Jersey's urban communities.
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- Budget in Brief: Greenwald on Imrpoved FY 2012 Budget Revenue Numbers
- Runtime
- 0:51
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) discusses the improved revenue projections provided b the state Office of Legislative Services and the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 2012 state budget and the importance of applying said revenues toward property tax relief.
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- Budget in Brief: Greenwald on the Importance of Job Creation
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) discusses the need for the Christie administration to focus on job creation and long-term property tax reduction.
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- Budget in Brief: Greenwald on Christie's Lack of a Viable Property Tax Relief Plan
- Runtime
- 0:52
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) criticizes Gov. Christie's continued failure to provide fiscal notes - cost savings estimates - for the majority of the bills in the governor's so-called "toolkit."
The governor submitted 22 bills to the Legislature, 17 of which required fiscal notes. The Legislature was only supplied with fiscal notes for three of the 17.
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- Budget in Brief: Schaer on the Need to Invest in Higher Education
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Vice Chair Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic) discusses the state's ongoing obligation to invest in higher education.
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- Budget In Brief: Pou on Cuts to Free/Reduced Price School Lunch Program
- Runtime
- 0:58
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblywoman Nellie Pou (D-Passaic), chairwoman of the Assembly Appropriations Committee, voices her concerns over the continued reduction in Gov. Christie's proposed FY 2012 budget of more than $5.5 million in funding for free and reduced lunch programs for underprivileged students in New Jersey schools.
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- Wagner & Benson on Creating Tax Credits for Electric Car Purchases (A-3650 & A-3651)
- Runtime
- 1:26
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly members Connie Wagner (D-Bergen) and Daniel R. Benson (D-Mercer) discuss their legislation to create tax credits for electric car purchases.
The first bill (A-3650) would provide a corporation business tax credit or a gross income tax deduction for the purchase and installation of electric vehicle charging stations.
The second measure (A-3651) would provide a corporation business tax credit or a gross income tax deduction for the purchase of an electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, as well as a corporation business tax credit for the purchase of an electric truck or bus.
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- Budget in Brief: Watson Coleman on GOP Budget Attacks on Working Class
- Runtime
- 0:35
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer) criticizes Gov. Christie and Republican's proposed FY 2012 budget for disproportionately attacking programs and funding that benefits working class families.
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- Budget in Brief: Burzichelli on School Activity Fees
- Runtime
- 1:04
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblyman John J. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester) voices his concerns over the public school activity taxes parents must now pay for their children to participate in sports and clubs.
The new taxes resulted from Gov. Christie's $1 billion in school cuts in last year's budget that also delivered the highest property tax increase since 2007.
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- Budget In Brief: Greenwald on Christie's Cuts to Education for the Blind
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) questions the reductions in funding in Gov. Christie's proposed FY 2012 Budget for education assistance for the blind and visually impaired.
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- The New Jersey General Assembly 2011 Celebration of St. Patrick's Day
- Runtime
- 39:30
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, the New Jersey General Assembly celebrates Saint Patrick's Day 2011, honoring various groups and individuals with strong Irish heritage.
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- Budget in Brief: Schaer on Christie Borrowing $4.4 Billion
- Runtime
- 0:57
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Vice Chair Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic) discusses Gov. Christie's plan to borrow $4.4 billion for transportation projects without voter approval.
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- Budget in Brief: Greenwald on Christie's Property Tax Hikes
- Runtime
- 0:51
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) discusses the fact that the proposed FY 2012 budget submitted by Gov. Christie does not address New Jersey's highest-in-the-nation property taxes.
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- Democratic Assembly Budget Committee Members Discuss Importance of the Budget Public Hearing Process
- Runtime
- 2:23
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this multimedia package, Democratic members of the Assembly Budget Committee - Chairman Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden); Vice Chair Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer); and John J. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester) - discuss the importance of public hearings to the process of crafting a budget that is fiscally responsible while supporting the interests and needs of the people of New Jersey.
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- Assemblyman Diegnan Tours Site of Stalled Phillipsburg High School SDA Project
- Runtime
- 4:08
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Education Committee Chairman Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr. (D-Middlesex) tours the Phillipsburg High School Schools Development Authority (SDA) project, which has been stalled in the second stage of development for several years, calling into question the SDA's decision not to include Phillipsburg in their list of 10 projects approved for fiscal year 2011.
The video was first shown during an Assembly Education Committee hearing on school construction and the criteria behind the SDA's project selection process.
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- Barnes on Legislation to Provide Additional Relief for Victims of Gender Violence (A-3086)
- Runtime
- 0:52
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this multimedia package, Assembly Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter J. Barnes III discusses his legislation to provide additional relief for women and men who are victims of gender-motivated violence.
Under the bill (A-3086), which is modeled after the federal "Violence Against Women Act" and similar statues in California and Illinois, victims would be able to pursue a civil cause of action, allowing them to sue for damages and request restraining orders or other injunctive relief without first needing a criminal complaint.
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- Assembly Democrats Voice Their Support for Workers' Right to Collectively Bargain
- Runtime
- 4:25
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly members Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden), Gordon M. Johnson (D-Bergen), Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr. (D-Middlesex), Craig J. Coughlin (D-Middlesex), Wayne P. DeAngelo (D-Mercer), Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer), Jason O'Donnell (D-Hudson), Ralph R. Caputo (D-Essex), Pamela R. Lampitt (D-Camden), Daniel R. Benson (D-Mercer), Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen), Charles Mainor (D-Hudson), Nelson T. Albano (D-Cumberland), Thomas P. Giblin (D-Essex), Connie Wagner (D-Bergen), John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) and Majority Leader Joseph Cryan (D-Union) express their support of police and firefighters' right to collectively bargain during a massive rally in support of workers' rights at the State House.
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- The New Jersey General Assembly 2011 Black History Month Celebration
- Runtime
- 30:13
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, the New Jersey General Assembly commemorates Black History Month in the state by honoring and showcasing various groups that have contributed to the advancement or betterment of African Americans in New Jersey and throughout the Nation.
Participants in the 2011 celebration include:
-Pastor Eric Butler of the True Vine Christian Center in Fair Lawn;
-Bungo's Rythms, a traditional African folk music drum band; and
-Kevin Maynor, a world-renown bass vocalist.
Honorees include:
-Dr. Thelma C. Hurd, a retired principal from Elizabeth with over 50 years of service in the Elizabeth school district; and
-The Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., celebrating 100 years of incorporation.
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- Oliver, Cryan, Greenwald Respond to Gov. Christie's FY2012 Budget Proposal
- Runtime
- 2:41
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, New Jersey General Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver (D-Essex), Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Cryan (D-Union) and Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) respond to Governor Chris Christie's FY 2012 budget proposal.
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- Weinberg, Watson Coleman and Pou Criticize Secretive Republican Fundraising Group
- Runtime
- 1:54
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Senator Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) and Assemblywomen Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer) and Nellie Pou (D-Passaic) - three of the Legislature's leading advocates for open and transparent government - call on Republicans to immediately disclose the contributions and expenditures of the shadowy fundraising group they established to circumvent the public's interest in the upcoming legislative redistricting process.
The three lawmakers said immediate disclosure would eliminate any undue outside influences in the redistricting process and would ensure that the best interests of New Jersey residents come first.
In 2009, Senator Tom Kean, Jr., and Assemblyman Alex DeCroce - the Republican minority leaders of their respective houses - created the Center for a Better New Jersey. The group, a 501(c)4 non-profit organization, does not have to abide by New Jersey's donor disclosure laws, pay-to-play restrictions or fundraising donation limi...
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- Conners, Milam & Vainieri Huttle on Signing of Gold Star Licence Plate Bill Into Law (A-1958)
- Runtime
- 1:51
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jack Conners (D-Camden) and Assembly members Matthew W. Milam (D-Cumberland) and Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen) discuss their recently enacted legislation that creates a gold star license plate in New Jersey.
The law (formerly A-1958), enacted Monday, authorizes a special Gold Star Family license plate to be issued to parents, siblings, spouses, children, stepparents and adoptive parents of service members killed in the line of duty.
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- Assembly Sponsors Continue to Urge Gov. Christie to Restore Funding for Women's Health Care
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblywomen Linda Stender (D-Union), Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen), Pamela R. Lampitt (D-Camden) and Celeste M. Riley (D-Cumberland) - the Assembly sponsors of legislation (A-3273; A-3274) that would restore funding for women's health care in New Jersey - urge Governor Christie to enact their legislation, which has been languishing on his desk since winning Legislative approval on Dec. 20.
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- Oliver & Sweeney Respond to Christie's State-of-the-State Address
- Runtime
- 4:22
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver (D-Essex) and Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney (D-Gloucester) respond to Governor Chris Chrisite's 2011 State-of-the-State address.
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- Assembly Democrats on Assembly Passage of 'Back to Work NJ' Jobs Creation Package
- Runtime
- 1:55
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee Chairman Albert Coutinho (D-Essex), Assembly members Connie Wagner (D-Bergen) and Wayne P. DeAngelo (D-Mercer) and Assembly Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nellie Pou (D-Passaic) discuss passage of the remainder of the Legislature's "Back to Work NJ" bill package.
The dozen bills passed Monday are part of the aggressive jobs and economic growth package, designed to help spur employment, ease antiquated business requirements and boost New Jersey's overall economic recovery.
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- Wisniewski Criticizes Gov. Christie's TTF Funding Proposal
- Runtime
- 2:50
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee Chairman John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) criticizes Governor Chris Chrisite's recently announced proposal to keep New Jersey's Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) solvent for another five years.
Christie's proposal depends on borrowing through bonds and on money that would have gone to fund the now-defunct Access to the Region's Core (ARC) rail tunnel under the Hudson River - exactly the type of tactics that, just over a year ago, Christie decried as "unconscionable."
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- Buono & Cryan Call on Republicans to Support 'Back to Work NJ' Jobs Package
- Runtime
- 7:08
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Senate Majority Leader Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex) and Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Cryan (D-Union) call on their Republican colleagues in the Legislature to put aside partisan politics and support the "Back to Work NJ" jobs package advancing in both Houses.
