Press Releases
Singleton Bill To Establish The ‘Mortgage Assistance Pilot Program’ Passes Committee
Trenton – Legislation to establish the “Mortgage Assistance Pilot Program”, which would help a homeowner reduce the remaining amount of money owed on a mortgage, cleared the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee today. The bill, S-2034, was sponsored by Senator Troy Singleton.
Singleton: Use Stimulus Money To Provide Hazard Pay Bonuses For Essential Workers
Trenton – State Senator Troy Singleton today urged the Governor and Legislative Leadership to consider utilizing a share of New Jersey’s federal stimulus money for hazard pay bonuses for our essential workers. The text of the letter is below:
Singleton: Invest In NJ’s Unemployment System Now To Address Claims Backlog
Trenton– State Senator Troy Singleton today issued the following statement regarding the State’s backlog of unemployment claims:
Singleton Introduces Legislation To Ease Financial Burdens On Local Governments During COVID-19
Proposal allows counties, municipalities to borrow to cover shortfalls resulting from pandemic through issuance of ‘coronavirus relief bonds’
Sweeney And Senate Colleagues Offer Murphy’s Economic Commission Strategic Ideas To Support Economic Comeback
Trenton – Senate President Steve Sweeney and Senators Paul Sarlo, M. Teresa Ruiz, Steve Oroho, Declan O’Scanlon and Troy Singleton issued the following joint statement today offering Governor Murphy’s Economic Commission a plan to continue the public safety measures needed to counter the COVID-19 crisis and to offer some strategic steps to guide the reopening of New Jersey’s economy.
Sweeney Adds Ruiz & Singleton To Team Of Fiscal Recovery Strategists
Senate President Steve Sweeney today said that he is naming Senate President Pro Tempore M. Teresa Ruiz and Senator Troy Singleton to the team of fiscal strategists who will work with the Murphy Administration and the Legislature to develop plans to restart the state’s economy in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
Singleton, Greenstein, Oroho Bill To Help People Paying Off A Mortgage Or Rent Clears Senate
Trenton – Legislation to allow the Governor to permit mortgage forbearances and reduced rents for those who have sustained a substantial loss of income during a state of emergency or public health emergency, cleared the Senate today. The bill is sponsored by Senator Troy Singleton, Senator Linda Greenstein and Senator Steve Oroho.
Bucco/Singleton Bill To Save Jobs, Cut Taxes Clears Senate
Bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senator Anthony Bucco and Senator Troy Singleton that would provide protections for school employees covered by an existing collective bargaining agreement was advanced today by the Senate.
Greenstein, Singleton Bill Concerning Arbitration For Certain Non-Teaching School Staff Passes Senate
Trenton – Legislation sponsored by Senator Linda Greenstein and Senator Troy Singleton, which would provide non-teaching employees of local, county, or regional school districts, as well as boards or commissions the right to dispute disciplinary action through arbitration, passed the Senate today.
Singleton Introduces Legislation To Keep People In Their Homes During A Public Health State Of Emergency
Trenton – Senator Troy Singleton, Chairman of the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee, introduced legislation today, which would suspend evictions, residential foreclosure processes, and modify the terms of mortgage payments and prohibit rent increases during a statewide public health emergency declared by the Governor.