Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Nicholas P. Scutari, D-Union, Middlesex and Somerset, addresses his colleagues on the floor of the State Senate. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Nicholas P. Scutari, D-Union, Middlesex and Somerset, addresses his colleagues on the floor of the State Senate. Uncategorized Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney speaks at a news conference unveiling a comprehensive package of reforms designed to responsibly deal with the issue of health benefits for public workers, which will result in hundreds of millions of dollars in savings a year for local governments, allowing mayors and other local elected officials to help rein in ever increasing property taxes, and providing a fair way to implement increased costs on middle and lower income public workers.