New Jersey Assembly Democrats
Greenwald on Gov. Christie's Job Creation Comments
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- Greenwald on Gov. Christie's Job Creation Comments
- Runtime
- 0:54
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) comments on a Wall Street Journal report entitled "Christie Crows About State Job Growth," while New Jersey is still suffering from an unemployment rate of 9.2 percent.
You can read the WSJ article here: http://tinyurl.com/2ahfl5y
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- McKeon Calls on Attorney General to Investigate Steroid Abuse in NJ Police & Fire Services
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- 2:15
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblyman John F. McKeon (D-Essex) calls upon New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow to investigate the allegations of widespread steroid abuse throughout New Jersey's police and firefighter services, as reported by the Newark Star-Ledger in a three part investigative series, which can be found here:
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/12/hundreds_of_nj_police_firefigh.html
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- Oliver, Sweeney on Bipartisan Arbitration Reform Agreement
- Runtime
- 4:35
- 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) deliver remarks during a news conference with Gov. Chris Christie to announce a bipartisan deal on interest arbitration reform.
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- Speaker Oliver Addresses Budget Committee at Start of 'Back to Work NJ' Hearings
- Runtime
- 11:51
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver (D-Essex) delivers remarks to the Assembly Budget Committee at the start of its multi-week hearings on the bicameral "Back to Work NJ" legislative package unveiled before the Thanksgiving holiday.
The 30-plus bill package is intended to create jobs, lure new businesses to the state and upstart economic development, helping to get unemployed residents back to work and to once again make the state an attractive place to do business.
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- McKeon on Making it Easier for Towns to Share Services
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee Chairman John F. McKeon (D-Essex) discusses his committee's review of ways to make it easier for municipalities in New Jersey to share services.
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- Speaker Oliver & Senate President Sweeney on Police & Fire Arbitration Reform Agreement
- Runtime
- 11:27
- 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) discuss their proposal to cap salary arbitration awards for police and firefighters at 2 percent for at least the next three years.
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- Gusciora on Legislation Invalidating Gov. Christie's Medicinal Marijuana Regulations (ACR-151)
- Runtime
- 1:12
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer), a vocal advocate for medicinal marijuana use, discusses his legislation contesting Gov. Christie's draft regulations for implanting the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act.
Gusciora's legislation (ACR-151) formally declares draft regulations created by the Christie administration as being inconsistent with the legislative intent behind the compassionate use law.
Gusciora's measure, a legislative resolution that does not require the governor's signature, passed the Assembly Monday by a vote of 48-22-7.
The measure would give the commissioner of the state Department of Health and Senior Services 30 days to revise or withdraw the proposed rules for implementing the Compassionate Use Act.
If the administration does not comply, the Legislature may hold public hearings to discuss invalidating the proposed rules and may subsequently adopt a second resolution in...
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- Assemblyman Conners Hosts 9th Annual POW-MIA Remembrance Ceremony
- Runtime
- 8:34
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblyman Jack Conners (D-Camden), chairman of the Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs Committee, documents his 9th Annual POW-MIA Remembrance Ceremony.
The annual breakfast, held on the national POW-MIA day of recognition - traditionally the third Friday of September - honors the commitments and sacrifices made by New Jersey's and the nation's prisoners of war and those who are still missing in action.
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- Assembly Education Committee Democrats Commentary on School Participation Fees
- Runtime
- 2:04
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, the Democratic members of the Assembly Education Committee - Committee Chairman Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr. (D-Middlesex), Committee Vice-Chair Joan M. Voss Ed.D. (D-Bergen), Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer), Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (D-Union), Assemblyman Ralph R. Caputo (D-Essex), and Assemblywoman Elease Evans (D-Passaic) - discuss the negative impact public school participation fees for sports, clubs and other activities are having on middle-class New Jersey families.
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- Vainieri Huttle, Buono Unveil 'Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights' (A-3466)
- Runtime
- 7:59
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen), Senate Majority Leader Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex), Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney (D-Gloucester), Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver (D-Essex) and Senator Richard J. Codey (D-Essex) discuss their "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights" (A-3466) - bipartisan legislation designed to combat harassment, intimidation and bullying among school-age children.
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- New Jersey General Assembly Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
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- 11:27
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, the New Jersey General Assembly commemorates Hispanic Heritage Month, this year honoring the only Hispanic-segregated unit in United States military history - the Borinqueneers - and one of its last living members, New Jersey resident Sabino Del Valle.
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- Wisniewski & Cryan on Christie's Decision to Kill Hudson River Commuter Rail Tunnel Project
- Runtime
- 11:20
- 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) and Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Cryan (D-Union) lambaste Gov. Chris Christie for pulling the plug on the single largest public works project in the country - building a second commuter rail tunnel under the Hudson River.
The $8.7 billion project - funded by the federal government, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the State of New Jersey - would have created 6,000 jobs, more than doubled the current capacity of trains into NYC from NJ and generated approximately $45 billion in new economic activity over the life of the project.
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- Greenwald, Coutinho on Republican Failure to Override Christie Homebuyer Tax Credit Veto (A-1678)
- Runtime
- 1:52
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblymen Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) and Albert Coutinho (D-Essex) discuss the Assembly Republican failure to override Gov. Chris Christie's veto of the New Jersey Homebuyer Tax Credit (A-1678).
Despite initially supporting the bill 67-8-2 in the Assembly in May and 38-0 in the Senate in June, Republicans Thursday unanimously turned their back on the legislation, which was designed to put families back to work and spur New Jersey's economy out of its sluggish recession recovery.
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- Assembly Democrats on Gaming Summit Hearings
- Runtime
- 2:44
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver (D-Essex) and Assembly members John J. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester), Ralph R. Caputo (D-Essex), Thomas P. Giblin (D-Essex), Fred Scalera (D-Essex), Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen) and Connie Wagner (D-Bergen) discuss the bicameral legislative hearings on New Jerseys' gaming industry being held across the state.
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- Stender on GOP Failure to Override Gov's Women's Healthcare Funding Veto (A-3019)
- Runtime
- 0:43
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblywoman Linda Stender (D-Union) vows to continue to fight to restore access to healthcare for working class women in New Jersey, despite Gov. Christie and Senate Republicans turning their back on the women of the state.
The Assemblywoman discusses the Republican failure to override the governor's veto and the next steps she will be taking to ensure that women have access to routine checkups and critical screenings.
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- Asm Dem Committee Chairs on Hearings Focused on Impact of Budget & Economy on NJ Residents
- Runtime
- 1:48
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, six Assembly committee chairs - Assembly members Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic), chairman of the Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee; Albert Coutinho (D-Essex), chairman of the Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee; Pamela R. Lampitt (D-Camden), chairwoman of the Assembly Higher Education Committee; Upendra J. Chivukula (D-Somerset), chairman of the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee; Assemblyman Herb Conaway, M.D. (D-Burlington), chairman of the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee; and Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty (D-Gloucester), chairman of the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee - discuss the impact of the economy and Gov. Christie's state budget on the lives of New Jersey residents.
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- Pou Opening Statement on Race to the Top Hearing
- Runtime
- 6:05
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblywoman Nellie Pou (D-Passaic), chairwoman of the Assembly Appropriations Committee, delivers her opening remarks from her committee's examination into the Christie administration's Race to the Top application error, which cost the state $400 million in federal education funds.
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- Speaker Oliver on Assembly's Race to the Top Hearing
- Runtime
- 2:47
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver (D-Essex) comments on the Assembly Appropriations Committee's investigation into the Christie administration's botched Race to the Top application, which cost the state $400 million in federal education grant funds.
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- Greenwald on Christie Veto of NJ Homebuyer Tax Credit (A-1678)
- Runtime
- 2:52
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblyman Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) describes how Gov. Chris Christie's veto of a proposed New Jersey Homebuyer Tax Credit would stall recovery of New Jersey's housing market and keep residents out of work.
Greenwald's legislation (A-1678), which passed with strong bipartisan support in both houses of the Legislature (38-0 in Senate; 67-8-2 in Assembly), would have offered tax credits of up to $15,000 for people buying new construction or previously owned homes. The total available credits would have been capped at $100 million, with roughly $33 million available per year, with credit distribution split between new and existing home purchases 75 percent to 25 percent.
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- Assembly Budget Committee Democrats on FY 2012 Projected $10.5 Billion Structural Deficit
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Democratic members of the Assembly Budget Committee - Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden), Budget Committee chair; Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic), Budget Committee vice chair; Nellie Pou (D-Passaic), Appropriations Committee chair; Gordon M. Johnson (D-Bergen); and Albert Coutinho (D-Essex) - discuss a projected $10.5 billion structural deficit for fiscal year 2012, as estimated by the non-partisan Office of Legislative Services.
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- Stender, Weinberg on Continued Effort to Restore Funding for Women's Healthcare (A-3019)
- Runtime
- 9:12
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblywoman Linda Stender (D-Union) and Senator Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) hold a news conference to discuss their efforts to secure the votes needed to successfully override Gov. Chris Christie's veto of their legislation (S-2139/A-3019) that would have restored $7.5 million in women's healthcare funding in this year's budget.
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- Stender on Continued Effort to Restore Funding for Women's Healthcare (A-3019)
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblywoman Linda Stender (D-Union) continues her calls to Gov. Chris Christie to sign her legislation (A-3019) that would restore $7.5 million in women's healthcare funding in this year's budget, highlighting testimony provided Monday to the Senate Health Committee by the Guttmacher Institute, which said that without a restoration of this funding, family planning centers in the state will not only lose money but will likely see a substantial rise in abortions and teen pregnancies.
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- Assembly Dems Continue to Call on Christie to Restore Women's Healthcare Funding (A-3019)
- Runtime
- 2:46
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblywoman Linda Stender (D-Union), Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Cryan (D-Union), Assemblywoman Nellie Pou (D-Passaic) and Assemblyman Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr. (D-Middlesex) - for the fourth time in two weeks - call on Gov. Chris Christie to take action on their legislation that would restore $7.5 million for women's health programs in the state budget enacted July 1.
The legislation (S-2139/A-3019) would reverse Gov. Christie's $7.5 million cut to family planning and women's health services in New Jersey. It also would require the state to apply for an expansion of Medicaid coverage, to allow women between 134 and 200 percent of the federal poverty level - or earning between $29,547 and $44,100 a year in income - to receive family planning services under the Medicaid program. By expanding the enrollment, the state would receive $9 in federal reimbursement for every additional $1 spent for family planning services through the state's Med...
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- Assembly Budget Committee Dems on 2 Percent Property Tax Cap Plan
- Runtime
- 1:26
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) and Budget Committee members John J. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester), Gordon M. Johnson (D-Bergen) and Peter J. Barnes III (D-Middlesex) discuss plans to cap annual property tax increases at 2 percent.
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- Assembly Democrats on Gov. Christie & Republicans' Income Tax Increase on Working Poor (A-3016)
- Runtime
- 1:17
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly members John J. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester), Albert Coutinho (D-Essex) and Joan M. Quigley (D-Hudson) today issued a multimedia package on Republican approval of legislation (A-3016) to increase income taxes on working poor New Jerseyans by reducing the Earned Income Tax Credit.
The legislators noted that this tax increase on the working poor came after Republicans twice voted against increasing the taxes on those New Jerseyans making more than $1 million.
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- McKeon, Barnes on Bill to Cap Property Tax Increases at 2.9 Percent (A-3065)
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblymen John F. McKeon (D-Essex) and Peter J. Barnes III (D-Middlesex) discuss their legislation (A-3065) to cap annual property tax increases in New Jersey at 2.9 percent.
The measure would improve upon the four percent cap McKeon sponsored in 2007 that successfully held property tax increases to 3.3 percent last year after years of increases that averaged near 7.5 percent.
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- AssemblyDems on Republican Refusal to Override Christie Veto on Senior Property Tax Relief
- Runtime
- 1:38
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly members Paul D. Moriarty (D-Gloucester), John J. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester), Celeste M. Riley (D-Cumberland) and Linda R. Greenstein (D-Middlesex) discuss Assembly Republicans' refusal to override Gov. Chris Christie's veto of property tax relief for senior and disabled New Jerseyans.
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- Wisniewski on "Sara's Law" (A-2592)
- Runtime
- 1:36
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex), chairman of the Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee discusses his legislation to create a next-of-kin registry in the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to be used in the event of a life-threatening or incapacitating car accident.
Wisniewski's bill (A-2592) would be entitled "Sara's Law," in honor of Sara Dubinin, a 19-year-old Sayreville resident who was critically injured and incapacitated in a car accident in September 2007.
It took emergency personnel an hour and a half to notify Sara's parents of the accident and, by the time they arrived at the hospital, she had already slipped into a coma. Sara died the next morning, having never awoken.
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- Smith, Greenstein on Bill to Protect New Jerseyans from Identity Theft Through Digitial Copiers
- Runtime
- 3:33
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblywoman Linda R. Greenstein (D-Middlesex) and Senator Bob Smith (D-Middlesex) discuss legislation they introduced to protect sensitive personal information stored on digital copiers from being stolen by identity thieves.
The new bill would require the internal hard drives of digital copy machines to be wiped clean before a vendor or renter releases the machine to a new customer.
Video courtesy of NJ Senate Democratic Office - http://www.njsendems.com.
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- Stender, Johnson, Gordon & Advocates on New Jersey's Continued Iran Divestiture
- Runtime
- 2:16
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly members Linda Stender (D-Union) and Gordon M. Johnson (D-Bergen) and Senator Robert M. Gordon (D-Bergen) discusses New Jersey's ongoing efforts to divest its employee pension fund investments from corporations doing business in Iran.
The 2007 law, sponsored by Stender, requires the state to reapportion all of its financial investment in Iran by January 2011. So far, the state has divested over $480 million, with $11 million left to go.
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- Burzichelli, Moriarty on Bill to Change How Manufacturers' Rebates are Advertised (A-1692)
- Runtime
- 1:13
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblymen John J. Burzichelli and Paul D. Moriarty (both D-Gloucester) discuss legislation they sponsored to change how retailers advertise manufacturers' mail-in rebates.
Under the legislation (A-1692), retailers would only be able to advertise a product's "net price" - the price after a manufacturer's rebate is applied - if one of the following two conditions is met:
1. The retail establishment charges the rebate price to consumers at the time of sale, making it the retailer's responsibility to complete the rebate redemption process; or
2. The advertising language for the rebate is displayed in the same font and size as the after rebate price.
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- Assembly Dems on Gov. Christie's Budget at End of Budget Public Hearing Process
- Runtime
- 2:06
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Democratic members of the Assembly Budget Committee - Gordon M. Johnson (D-Bergen), John J. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester), Nellie Pou (D-Passaic), Joan M. Quigley (D-Hudson) and chairman Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) - discuss how Gov. Christie's proposed FY 2011 Budget protects millionaires while targeting the middle-class, seniors and the poor with $1.1 billion in tax hikes.
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- Moriarty on Christie's Veto of Legislation to Save Seniors from Property Tax Relief Cuts
- Runtime
- 0:30
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblyman Paul D. Moriarty (D-Gloucester), the sponsor of legislation (A-20) that would have eliminated Gov. Chris Christie's cuts to property tax relief for senior and disabled residents and guaranteed the elimination of new and increased prescription drug fees, discusses the governor's veto.
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- Asm Dems on Passage of Bills to Save Seniors from Gov's Property Tax Relief Cuts (A-10 & A-20)
- Runtime
- 1:50
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver, Majority Leader Joseph Cryan and Assembly members Celeste M. Riley and Paul D. Moriarty discuss legislation to eliminate Gov. Chris Christie's plan to slash property tax relief for senior and disabled residents and ensure continued prescription drug assistance for seniors and the disabled.
Moriarty (D-Gloucester) and Riley (D-Cumberland) sponsored the legislation (A-20) to restore property tax rebates and ensure prescription drug assistance for more than 600,000 senior and disabled residents. It passed the Assembly Thursday 46-31.
Speaker Oliver (D-Essex) and Majority Leader Cryan (D-Union) sponsored the legislation (A-10) to restore the millionaire's tax surcharge to fund the property tax relief and ensure prescription drug help. It was approved 46-32. The leaders noted that limiting the surcharge to taxable incomes of at least $1 million would shield small business owners.
The...
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- New Jersey Assembly Dems on Impact of Gov. Christie's Budget on Seniors
- Runtime
- 1:28
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly members John J. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester), Fred Scalera (D-Essex), Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic), Albert Coutino (D-Essex) and Gordon M. Johnson (D-Bergen) discuss the impact Governor Chris Christie's FY 2011 budget will have on senior citizens.
Their comments came during the Assembly Budget Committee's final public hearing in Newark, Monday, in the Oral Health Pavilion of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey's (UMDNJ) Dental School. Over 110 individuals were scheduled to testify.
The General Assembly on Thursday is scheduled to consider legislation (A-10 & A-20) to reverse Christie's cuts to prescription drug and property tax relief programs for senior and disabled citizens.
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- Greenwald on Impact of Christie Budget on NJ Seniors
- Runtime
- 0:39
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) discusses the negative impact of Governor Chris Christie's FY 2011 budget on senior citizens.
Under Christie's budget, senior citizens would have to pay a new $310 annual deductible for prescription drugs, while their co-payments also would more than double.
Under the Christie budget, seniors also would lose as much as $,295 in property tax relief this year. Additionally, the Senior Freeze property tax relief program would not accept new applicants and would limit reimbursements to last year's amounts.
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- Pou: Arizona Immigration Law Un-American, Violation of Civil Rights
- Runtime
- 1:13
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblywoman Nellie Pou (D-Passaic) discusses how immigration legislation recently enacted in Arizona erodes civil rights.
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- Greenwald: Wage Freezes Not Magic Bullet to Stop Property Tax Increases
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 16 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) discusses an analysis prepared by the non-partisan Office of Legislative Services that concludes that if every school district entered into agreements for wage freezes, New Jersey schools would still be facing property tax increases under Gov. Chris Christies FY 2011 budget plan.
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- Quigley Concerns Over Lack of Funding for New State Police Classes in FY 2011 Budget
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblywoman Joan M. Quigley (D-Hudson) discusses her concerns over a lack of funding for new State Police trooper recruit classes in Gov. Christie's proposed FY 2011 budget.
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- Assembly Budget Committee Dems on Second Budget Public Hearing
- Runtime
- 1:59
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Democratic members of the Assembly Budget Committee - Chairman Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden), Vice Chairman Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic), Gordon M. Johnson (D-Bergen) Peter J. Barnes III (D-Middlesex), Albert Coutinho (D-Essex), Joan M. Quigley (D-Hudson) and John J. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester) - discuss testimony received during the panel's second public hearing on Gov. Christie's FY 2011 Budget.
The testimony taken by the committee reinforces the fact that the governor's proposal disproportionately burdens the middle class and New Jersey residents on fixed incomes.
The public hearing took place Monday in Committee Room 11 of the State House Annex in Trenton. Over 150 people were scheduled to testify.
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- Burzichelli on Red Tape Review Group Final Report
- Runtime
- 1:41
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblyman John J. Burzichelli discusses the final report of a bipartisan panel tasked with reducing unnecessary and cumbersome government bureaucracy in New Jersey.
Created by Executive Order No. 3 on Jan 20, the Red Tape Review Group - a bipartisan body with representatives from both the Legislative and Executive branches - was empowered to "review all pending and proposed rules and regulations," and create a blueprint for reform.
Burzichelli (D-Gloucester) was one of seven individuals who served on the panel.
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- Schaer on Higher Education Cuts in FY 2011 Budget
- Runtime
- 1:41
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Vice Chairman Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic) examines the impact of higher education funding cuts in Governor Chris Christie's proposed FY 2011 budget on New Jersey's middle class students and families.
The $173 million reduction in funding for higher education will force state colleges and universities to increase tuitions; curtail successful and needed tuition assistance programs; and slam students and families attempting to cope with the bad news in the rest of the budget.
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- Burzichelli on Lack of Shared Sacrifice in FY 2011 Budget
- Runtime
- 1:19
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assemblyman John J. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester) compares the 'shared sacrifice' between New Jersey homeowners making more than $500,000 and New Jersey seniors making less than $25,000 in Gov. Christie's FY 2011 proposed budget.
Under the governor's proposal, the super wealthy would receive a $1,630 tax break while seniors on fixed incomes would lose $1,725.
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- Greenwald Budget Committee Opening Remarks on FY 2011 Budget
- Runtime
- 8:34
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Budget Commitee Chairman Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) gives opening remarks as the Assembly Budget Committee opened its hearings Wednesday on Gov. Chris Christie's fiscal year 2011 budget plan.
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- Assembly Democrats on First Budget Committee Public Hearing
- Runtime
- 3:42
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Chair Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden), Assembly Appropriations Committee Chair Nellie Pou (D-Passaic) and Assembly members John J. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester), Jack Conners (D-Camden), Pamela R. Lampitt (D-Camden) and Celeste M. Riley (D-Cumberland) discuss the first Assembly Budget Committee public hearing on Gov. Chris Christie's proposed FY 2011 Budget.
The hearing took place Wednesday at the Scottish Rite Auditorium in Collingswood.
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- Speaker Oliver on Passage of Pension Reform Legislation (A-2459, A-2460, A-2461)
- Runtime
- 5:47
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver (D-Essex) discusses the General Assembly's passage of three bills that would reform New Jersey's pension and health benefits system, including one measure that would save local governments and schools $314 million in the fiscal year starting July 1.
The bills:
1. Make numerous changes to public worker health benefits, mainly by requiring all public employees to pay at least 1.5 percent of their salary toward health benefits after the expiration of a current contract (A-2460), sponsored by Oliver and Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce (R-Morris). It passed the Assembly 66-3-6;
2. Make numerous changes to other public employee benefits, mainly by limiting sick leave payouts for all new local and school employees (A-2459), sponsored by DeCroce and Oliver. It passed 73-2-1; and
3. Make numerous changes to public worker pensions, including amendments to ensure the pensio...
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- Assembly Democratic Response to Gov. Christie's FY 2011 Budget Address
- Runtime
- 3:33
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, members of the Assembly Democratic caucus respond to Governor Chris Christie's FY 2011 proposed budget, which was unveiled during a Joint Session of the Legislature on Tuesday.
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- Assembly Dems on Education Committee Hearing on Impact of Concussions
- Runtime
- 3:17
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, the Democratic members of the Assembly Education Committee discusses the impact of concussions and other head injuries on the health and well being of student athletes and youth in general.
The committee's discussion was the first step in an examination of the necessity of creating guidelines for addressing these types of injuries.
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- Assembly Democrats on Budget Committee Pension Reform Hearing
- Runtime
- 2:03
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Democratic members of the Assembly Budget Committee - Assembly members Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden), the panel's chair, Nellie Pou (D-Passaic), Joan M. Quigley (D-Hudson), Gordon M. Johnson (D-Bergen), John J. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester) and Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic), the panel's vice chair - discuss the need for a thorough review of reforms to the state's pension and benefits system.
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- Coutinho, Quigley & Wisniewski on Importance of Fixing Bayone Bridge Clearance Problem (AR-54)
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- In this video press release, Assembly members Albert Coutinho (D-Essex), Joan M. Quigley (D-Hudson) and John S. Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) discuss legislation sponsored by Coutinho emphasizing the importance of addressing the Bayonne Bridge's low ship clearance.
According to the legislators, when the Panama Canal expansion project is completed in 2014, New Panamax or Panamax II ships - the largest ships capable of navigating the canal's locks - will have an air draft in excess of 190 feet, far greater than the Bayonne Bridge's 151 to 156 foot clearance.
The legislation (AR-54) urges the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to take swift action to remedy this problem and restore Ports Newark and Elizabeth's competitive edge.
The General Assembly passed the resolution Thursday by a vote of 74-1.
