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By DMUAdmin News & Releases Steve Sweeney

21 Apr: Sweeney, Oroho: Have Every Community That Benefits Contribute To State Police Budget

Senate Majority Leader Steve Sweeney (D-3) and Senator Steven Oroho (R-24), members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, made this statement after hearing testimony before the committee about the governor’s proposal to charge residents of 89 municipalities extra fees for the cost of State Police protection:

“State Police officers aren’t just watching the streets of small towns. They patrol highways and help law enforcement in towns big and small with efforts to combat gangs, solve major crimes and keep streets safe,” Sweeney said. “If the governor wants municipalities to bolster the State Police budget, he should have all 566 communities contribute, not just take from small towns.”

By DMUAdmin News & Releases Paul A. Sarlo

18 Apr: Sarlo: Workers’ Comp To Be Focus Of Next Senate Labor Panel Meeting

TRENTON – Senator Paul A. Sarlo, Chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, today said the panel would schedule a special hearing May 5 on the workers’ compensation system in New Jersey.

“It’s appropriate to take a close look at the workers’ compensation system to see whether it can be made more efficient,” said Senator Sarlo, D-Bergen, Essex and Passaic. “The recent media focus on the system gives us a chance to see if we can make it a better, fairer program so nobody falls through the cracks.”

By DMUAdmin News & Releases Paul A. Sarlo

17 Apr: Sarlo Calls For Restoration Of Muncipal Aid Cuts

TRENTON – Senator Paul A. Sarlo, D-Bergen, Essex, and Passaic and Vice Chair of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, released the following statement today at a news conference held by the New Jersey League of Municipalities Concerning the impact the proposed FY09 State Budget will have on local property taxes:

“I’ve been clear from the day Governor Corzine announced his budget proposal that we must restore the $189 million in municipal aid cuts to New Jersey’s small municipalities. Our small towns are among the most efficient in the State and these cuts would dramatically raise property taxes for countless families throughout the State and send the wrong message to taxpayers.

By DMUAdmin News & Releases Sandra Cunningham

16 Apr: Cunningham: Critical Corrections Programs Go Beyond Locking Up Inmates

TRENTON – Senator Sandra Bolden Cunningham, D-Hudson and a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement regarding today’s panel hearing on the affect of the FY 2009 Budget on the State Department of Corrections:

“While talking with senior staff from the Department of Corrections today, it struck me that the Department’s most important programs don’t focus on the incarceration of inmates, but rather on making sure New Jersey citizens don’t commit crimes in the first place.

By DMUAdmin News & Releases Shirley K. Turner

16 Apr: Turner On Department Of Corrections – More Focus Needs To Be On Rehabilitation

TRENTON – Senator Shirley K. Turner, D-Mercer and a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement regarding today’s panel hearing on the portion of the FY09 State Budget dealing with the Department of Corrections:

“New Jersey now spends over $1 billion each year incarcerating convicted criminals. In the end, the taxpayers receive no tangible benefit from this spending – our streets still aren’t any safer after we lock away all of these people.

By DMUAdmin News & Releases Steve Sweeney

16 Apr: Sweeney – Roberts’ Property Tax Credit Plan Deserves Full Public Debate

TRENTON – Senate Majority Leader Steve Sweeney, D-Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement regarding Senate Republican attacks on Assembly Speaker Joe Roberts’ plan to move from a property tax rebate check to a credit on the State income tax:

“As long as I’ve known Joe Roberts, I’ve known him to be a dedicated public servant willing to stand up and fight for the needs of his constituents. Even though Republican lawmakers may be loath to admit it, the man has credibility when it comes to seeking to control the soaring costs of government in New Jersey. He has been in the trenches, with measures like the CORE plan, local property tax caps and a 20 percent reduction on the property tax bills of hard-hit taxpayers.

By DMUAdmin Bob Smith News & Releases

15 Apr: Smith – DEP Site Remediation Reform Plan A Good Start For Discussion

TRENTON – After a joint hearing of the Legislative environmental panels in the Statehouse today, Senator Bob Smith, the Chair of the Senate Environment Committee, said that site remediation reform would be a priority for his Committee, and that we must revolutionize the way site remediation and environmental cleanup is done in New Jersey.

“Saving our environment and protecting our natural resources must be a bipartisan Legislative priority every year,” said Senator Smith, D-Middlesex and Somerset. “Over the last few years, we’ve instituted some landmark environmental legislation, from the Highlands plan, to diesel emissions protections, to modernizing environmental regulations and penalties on polluters. However without a strong and efficient site remediation program turning our State’s polluted sites into viable property for redevelopment, any environmental advances of the last few years will be for naught.”

By DMUAdmin Bob Gordon News & Releases

15 Apr: Gordon – New Jersey Must Make Site Remediation A Priority

TRENTON – Senator Bob Gordon, D-Bergen, a member of the Senate Environment Committee, issued the following statement today after a joint meeting of the Legislative environment panels to review the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)’s plan to reform how the State handles site remediation oversight:

“As I said in my opening remarks to the Committee, the two biggest challenges facing New Jersey today are one: getting our fiscal house in order; and two: removing the obstacles standing in the way of redeveloping our State’s older communities. We need to find a balance between maintaining New Jersey’s economy and protecting the health and safety of our residents, and I think that through site remediation reform, we can accomplish both of these goals.

By DMUAdmin Jeff Van Drew News & Releases

15 Apr: Van Drew – Revitalizing Economy And Protecting Environment Should Be Main Goals Of Revised Site Remediation Program

TRENTON – Senator Jeff Van Drew, D-Cape May and Cumberland, the Vice Chairman of the Senate Environment Committee, issued the following statement regarding today’s joint hearing of the Legislative environmental panels regarding the DEP’s plan to reform New Jersey’s site remediation program:

“We heard today how the current system of site remediation and property cleanup in New Jersey is broken. Environmental regulators cannot keep up with the pace of remediation projects in the State, and we’re seeing a growing backlog of cases which not only endanger the health of State residents, but block the growth and redevelopment of our communities and local economies.

By DMUAdmin News & Releases Paul A. Sarlo

15 Apr: Senate Legislative Oversight Committee To Hold Hearing On Underage Drinking And Tailgating At Pnc Bank Arts Center

**NOTE CHANGE OF DATE AND LOCATION**

TRENTON – Senator Paul A. Sarlo, Chair of the Senate Legislative Oversight Committee announced today that the Committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, April 22 at 10 AM in Committee Room 10 of the State House Annex to investigate underage drinking and tailgating before concerts held at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Homdel.

Senator Sarlo noted that representatives of the State Police, the Turnpike Authority and Live Nation, Inc. have been invited to come and share their concerns.

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